Zondervan, "a world leader in Christian communications," says it's just bought Mars Hill's social-networking, community-building software The City (we prefer "Christbook"), which was the brainchild of ex-Amazonian Zack Hubert. Now Zondervan will roll the software out to online churched-up types all over, hoping to recreate the Mars Hill experience: "Mars Hill launched The City earlier this year to create a dynamic, engaging interactive online community for its more than 7,000 members. Within two months of ...

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photo by Brittney Bush Bollay [flickr] via our group pool [#] On a day with other big pirate news comes another story of grand theft in the form of a half dozen parking meters being stolen from beneath the crumbling viaduct. [seattlest] Speaking of disappearances, all of the Sound Transit artwork has been cleared out of Broadway storefront to make way for demolition. [capitolhillseattle] WiFi in the Ferries still won’t be free, but it might be cheaper under ...

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