John Dyer, Author at John Dyer

Optimizing CSS with Base64 Embedded Images (with Bonus Utility!)

As I design a new site (current site | early demo of new site), I am working through what combination of technologies (CDN, sprites, caching, gzipping, etc.) we wantContinue readingOptimizing CSS with Base64 Embedded Images (with Bonus Utility!)

Have you ever had the chance to meet someone in person that you’ve only met online? If you have, you know that strange feeling of trying to match a person’sContinue readingWho’s Your Favorite Online Person You’ve Never Met?

In an aticle entitled Religious Self-Profiling ChristianityToday.com reports that “Christian” is still the most frequent religious label on Facebook, many people choose not to use it. I am quoted on theContinue readingWhat Does It Mean to “Religiously Self-identify” Online?

Last November, Christianity Today asked me to write a short piece that answered the question, “Which new technologies hold the most promise—and the most peril—for use in church ministries?” InsteadContinue readingHave You Ever Wished You Had an “I Give Online” Token?

A reader named Adam posted a few videos from Wheaton College of Professor Read Schuchardt’s chapel presentation in which he addresses several issues with our media and electronically saturated culture (seeContinue readingGod Does Not Post to YouTube? Dr. Read Schuchardt on the Morality of Media

Technology, like “art,” is not a terribly easy word to define. It turns out that some philosophers have already done a decent job of parceling out categories, and I thinkContinue readingDefining the Word “Technology” … Four Times

I love books. I love them so much that I even created a site (www.bestcommentaries.com) to help people find good resources for Biblical studies. A cool part of that site isContinue readingMerry Christmas: Please Choose a Free Book

I feel like the luckiest guy in the world that something I really like to doing – coding websites – can be an important ministry. But it’s not all fun andContinue readingIs Online Ministry ‘Incarnational’?

Just kidding. It’s the other way around. Dallas Theological Seminary‘s Center for Christian Leadership is hosting Shane Hipps, author of Flickering Pixels (my review), for a one day conference inContinue readingShane Hipps is Coming to My Conference: The Electronic Gospel