Tag: Scriptures
ScriptureCast highlights
by Jacob on Nov.18, 2007, under Religion
A few months ago I announced the release of a new website, ScriptureCast.net. Since then, things have taken off. The site has been featured in the ldsWebguy blog as well in the More Good Foundation blog. I’ve also received numerous emails praising the site for helping people study the scriptures.
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Introducing ScriptureCast.net
by Jacob on Jun.10, 2007, under Religion
Sometimes, some of us need a little help remembering to keep on top of our daily scripture study. To assist in this, I’ve built a new website at ScriptureCast.net . This site helps you to create custom podcast feeds of the scriptures to help you stay on top of your scripture reading.
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Religion case example for OpenSearch
by Jacob on Nov.10, 2006, under Religion
On my technical blog, I talked about aggregating search results with OpenSearch. Below is a religious case example for use of the OpenSearch technology. (You should read what I’ve written about OpenSearch before continuing to read this.)
Ethics
by Jacob on Oct.27, 2005, under Business
In one of my classes, we’ve been talking about business ethics. I presented the following self-check questions that someone can ask themselves. Here is the list of these questions:
- Is it against the law?
- Is it against the commandments or the teachings in the scriptures?
- Would my wife approve? (Note, I don’t have a wife, but this would be one of those questions to ask yourself if you did)
So, supposing in business, there was an opportunity to do something questionably non-ethical. One can begin to answer resolve if the opportunity is or isn’t ethical by answering the three questions above.
