There are certain things I say that make me feel like I’m giving up my man card.
I tweet.
I use Hootsuite.
I have Twittelator on my phone.
Scripty (as in Scripty Goddess’ scaler HERE) is a tool I use on my blog.
Accountabili-buddy (a word my small group has coined).
Part of me likes Ikea.** (see below)
I have never seen Godfather.
I own Crocs.
I tend a garden.
I read a digizine.
It’s after saying the above phrases that I have to go outside and blow something up. Or go grill something. Or smoke a cigarette.
I’ve found myself saying “Digizine” more and more often. Sometimes, it’s just random…while I’m walking around, before I go to bed, after I eat dinner. It’s kind of fun…go ahead, try it.
I’ve been saying “Digizine” more and more because I’m completely blown away by SmallGroups.com ‘s new digital magazine (get a copy HERE).
Why is this digizine so great?
The content is superb. This issue contains articles by Sam O’Neal (managing editor of SmallGroups.com, a division of Christianity Today), John Ortberg(pastor at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, and author of numerous books), and Pat Sikora (founder of Mighty Oak Ministries).
The advertisements are great. Since I live and breathe small groups, ads that are about small groups are right up my alley. They appeal to small group leaders and small group pastors.
There are videos embedded in the digizine. You’re not going to get that in a magazine. And if you could…it would be weird to see a small video screen in a magazine you get in the mail. So instead of just reading an interview with Mark Batterson and Heather Zempel, you can actually watch it…right there on the same page.
It’s digital. Anything that’s digital is cooler, right? Case in point: digital clocks. Digital means means I can read it anywhere…and not wonder, “Where did I leave that magazine?”
But here’s one thing I wish was included:
Social networking ability. Give me the ability to tweet (see…there I go again…giving up yet another man card) what I’m reading. Make it easy for me to share this content with my followers. I want to share insights I get from around the internet…this digizine doesn’t readily give me that opportunity.
You need to get this free resource. If for no other reason that it gives you the opportunity to tell people you read digizines.
**Let it be known, I am a man. When I get stuff from Ikea, I don’t even use the instruction book. Bam.
