Diary.of.a.Happy.White.Man

Here you’ll find the journal of an average man wrought with joy. One day you’ll find this diary in libraries across America between copies of Anne Frank and A Million Little Pieces.

The Twitterrific Killer [With Video Tutorial]

Welcome. I write for church leaders on topics like strategy and communication. Since this is your first visit, don’t forget to subscribe to my RSS feed.As I write this, Twitter is down for maintenance, which makes this post seem a little silly.
I’ve been using Twitterrific (not easy to spell) on my MAC for about three [...]

3 Things Worth Mentioning [And Another Video]

Wow. It’s been a while. I’ve been crazy-busy since getting back from Costa. Between catching up on church work, preparing for our new Wednesday evening schedule, getting back in the rhythm of planning, following up with new clients, responding to the less urgent support requests, completing projects, billing, answering overdue emails, and going to meetings, [...]

First Night in San Jose [Video of My Beautiful Wife]

We just got to Costa Rica for our week in paradise. It’s so good to get away from that awful place called Florida (j/k). We’ll be here until Saturday, so be checking back for updates like this one all week.

First Night in Costa from Scott Magdalein on Vimeo.

The Day Before Wibo [My Sweet Vid-Editing Skills]

Pre-Wibo Video from Scott Magdalein on Vimeo.
A video of our day in DC on Wednesday. Wibo is tomorrow.
Flash embedded here.

10 Reasons to Look Forward to WiBo

There are way too many reasons why I’m stoked about WiBo. To name a few:

Eight smart speakers sounds just right.
Two days away with my buddy, Boyd will be fun.
Lunch with TC and 48 other bloggers will also be fun.
Boyd and I are only carrying one bag each: laptop bag with extra clothes stuffed inside.
Boyd is [...]

Can we be mutual stalkers? [through Twitter]

My Twitter followers have almost caught up with my subscriber count (subscribe through a reader or through email). So, I wanted to find out how much overlap there is. If you’re a reader/subscriber and you also follow me on Twitter. Let me know in the comments.
Plus, I’m looking for some interesting people to follow on [...]

10 Best CSS Web Galleries [And Create Your Own]

I love-love-love sifting through CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) web galleries. And, since I love it so much, I thought I’d let you know the galleries I frequent so you can enjoy them, too. It’s a good way to get some inspiration for all-things-design and not just websites. Here’s the list.

CSS Drive
Church Beauty (Great Church Websites)
CSS [...]

Sunday Set List - 4/20/08 [Plus More Fun]

Marvelous Light (Charlie Hall)
How Great is Our God (Chris Tomlin)
I Will Lift My Eyes (Bebo Norman)
Jesus Paid it All (Kristian Stanfill)
Dancing Generation (Matt Redman)

Today was a fun day. Here are some extra highlights.

The student band played today in place of the regular adult band. The two are very different, as you’d expect, but the student [...]

The Back-End of Risk & How to Grow a Pair [2 0f 2]

I posted a short article last week about risk and maintaining a risk-taking culture as your church grows. Over the weekend, I realized my own inexperience and lack knowledge disqualify me from speaking authoritatively on this subject.
I decided not to pretend to know what I’m talking about on this particular topic and, rather, just give [...]

Latest & Greatest Update

Here’s a quick-list of some of latest and greatest in my life in the past couple weeks. They’re random, but this post isn’t a top ten list or a how-to article anyway, so I feel like it’s okay to be random today.

Erica and I bought a new camera yesterday. It’s a Canon Powershot G9. We [...]