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Book Update: From the Garden to the City

By John Dyer on March 10, 2011March 5, 2020

I’d like to thank all of you who’ve been asking about how my book was coming along and who’ve been praying for me as I write it. Now here’s aContinue readingBook Update: From the Garden to the City

This Lent: What is the Perlocutionary Effect of Your Twitter Feed?

By John Dyer on March 7, 2011March 5, 2020

Beyond Facts Take a look at these two sentences Those two people are married. And I now pronounce you man and wife. Think for a minute – what’s the differenceContinue readingThis Lent: What is the Perlocutionary Effect of Your Twitter Feed?

CBS Dallas Asks “Should Religious Groups Use Social Media?”

By John Dyer on March 2, 2011March 5, 2020

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) andContinue readingCBS Dallas Asks “Should Religious Groups Use Social Media?”

Love Wins and Truth Prevails, But Speed Kills ‘em Both

By John Dyer on February 28, 2011March 5, 2020

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 TheologicalContinue readingLove Wins and Truth Prevails, But Speed Kills ‘em Both

Around the Web: Challies’ Book and Table Invites

By John Dyer on February 9, 2011March 5, 2020

The Next Story Tim Challies is taking preorders for his forthcoming book The Next Story: Life and Faith After the Digital Explosion ($11.99 is a great deal – Amazon hasContinue readingAround the Web: Challies’ Book and Table Invites

The Table Project: Values Driven Technology?

By John Dyer on January 26, 2011March 5, 2020

The Table Project is one of many new socially oriented web platforms being released for churches, and I normally don’t take the time to highlight or discuss all of them,Continue readingThe Table Project: Values Driven Technology?

Martin Buber on Beautiful Girls vs. Sexy Gadgets

By John Dyer on January 21, 2011March 5, 2020

Beyoncé vs Beyoncé Have you noticed the trend in TV ads recently that show a man deciding between an impossibly beautiful women and a fancy new gadget? If not, here’s probablyContinue readingMartin Buber on Beautiful Girls vs. Sexy Gadgets

How To Handle Luddites In The Church

By John Dyer on January 13, 2011March 5, 2020

A few months ago I wrote an article for COLLIDE magazine called, “How To Handle Luddites In The Church,” and it just appeared online. In it, I tell the storyContinue readingHow To Handle Luddites In The Church

ffmpeg Settings for HTML5 codecs (h264/mp4, theora/ogg, vp8/webm)

By John Dyer on January 5, 2011March 5, 2020

This is just a quick tip for people encoding video for HTML5 (and using sweet HTML5 players like MediaElement.js). Go download a copy of ffmpeg, and if you’re on Windows,Continue readingffmpeg Settings for HTML5 codecs (h264/mp4, theora/ogg, vp8/webm)

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