Recently, I found out that one of my favorite childhood foods – freeze-dried space ice cream – was only used on one space flight: the 1968 Apollo 7 mission. Apparently it just wasn’t very popular among the astronauts. But for … Continue reading
Category Archives: Our Technological World
Before we start, here’s a fun video of some guys doing a man-on-the-street bit where they ask the same questions that Facebook asks its users. Warning: this video contains crude language Arts & Entertainment So the video is funny, but … Continue reading
In case you missed it, this weekend CBS news ran a story on religion and technology. They covered just about everything from online baptism to confessional apps, and they focused quite a bit on LifeChurch.tv‘s tremendous outreach in Bible apps, … Continue reading
Steve Jobs has designed some fantastic products. But that’s something everyone already knows. What most of us don’t realize is that some of the product decisions Apple has made in the last decade have had a positive, though largely unintended … Continue reading
On Wednesday mornings, CBS 11 in Dallas has a segment called “Faces of Faith.” In this morning’s show, they asked a local Rabbi (Zvi Drizin, director of The Intown Chabad) and me about social media in ministry. We talked a little … Continue reading
Here are the posts Google Analytics said were most popular this year. Hope you enjoyed reading them as much as I did writing them. 1. NIV 2011: Every Last Change – Surprisingly the most popular post of the year was my … Continue reading
I haven’t used the new Windows Phone 7 so I have no idea how good it is, but I do love the concept of this ad: The ad is pretty funny, but I especially love how they poke fun at … Continue reading
The Way We Live Now – a parent of a home schooler imparts some excellent principles about technology. [HT: Alan Jacobs] Every new technology will bite back. The more powerful its gifts, the more powerfully it can be abused. Look for … Continue reading
This weekend, I took my kids to a nearby park and while we were playing I met a little Russian girl named Sasha who was there with her grandmother. The grandmother was a native of Russia and didn’t speak much … Continue reading
A friend recently asked if I’d seen any churches using location and check-in tools like Foursquare, Gowalla, and Facebook with their ministries. The Google Trend image above shows they are quickly gaining popularly, but personally, I haven’t come across many … Continue reading
