After writing this, I made the same argument in a different format for Christianity Today, entitled Not Many of You Should Presume to Be Bloggers: How Social Media Changed Theological Debate. The commenters seemed to agree with the post by … Continue reading
Category Archives: Media Ecology Experiments
The Best 2 Hours of the Day During a normal work week, I get home around 5:30 and I put my son down for bed around 7:30. That means I have a maximum of 2 hours per day to foster … Continue reading
When the iPhone came out a few years ago, I remember seeing a few people pull them out during church, and I would always lean in to get a glimpse of the mythically powerful device (see Modern Family for a … Continue reading
A small group of young, social media drenched Jews called Reboot is garnering attention from NYTimes and CNN for creating the Sabbath Manifesto, a project with the goal of taking back the Sabbath. Here’s their explanation: Way back when, God said, … Continue reading
Adventures in Coffee Roasting Five or six years ago, I was a textbook Mountain-Dew-fueled web developer who didn’t really like coffee. But coffee was quickly turning into a social standard, and I realized needed to start developing a tolerance. So … Continue reading
The following is a guest post by Rhett Smith in a series called Media Ecology Experiments in which we encourage each other to use technology creatively and differently so that we can better understand how it shapes our world. I … Continue reading
Back in June, I decided to try a little experiment in how I receive and read the news. My goal was to read news exclusively through a newspaper every day for two weeks. That meant no web news, no NPR … Continue reading
This post is the first in a series of “Media Ecology Experiments” which is about using media and technology in a different way to help understand how it affects us and our faith. The Flower Fades and so Does the … Continue reading
