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Book Review: Flickering Pixels by Shane Hipps

By John Dyer on January 26, 2009March 5, 2020

Bottom Line Shane Hipps’ Flickering Pixels is a well-written, thought-provoking look at how technology can shape us and our faith. If you are at all interested in technology and ministry,Continue readingBook Review: Flickering Pixels by Shane Hipps

Blogs vs. Classics: The New Experience of Language

By John Dyer on January 20, 2009March 5, 2020

In order to get a handle on just how many words I see every day, I analyzed two of my favorite tech blogs and compared them to a few classics.Continue readingBlogs vs. Classics: The New Experience of Language

Technology and “Face to Face” in the New Testament

By John Dyer on January 17, 2009March 5, 2020

I recently attended Church Tech Camp: Dallas (thanks to John Saddington, Rhett Smith, and Tony Steward for putting it on) and had a blast meeting a lot of neat people.Continue readingTechnology and “Face to Face” in the New Testament

Nested Comments for BlogEngine.NET

By John Dyer on January 16, 2009March 5, 2020

There are some great changes coming for BlogEngine.NET 1.5.0.0, and one of them is nested comments! I checked in the changes to Codeplex just last night, and I’ve implemented themContinue readingNested Comments for BlogEngine.NET

Kid’s Opinions about Hyper-Connectivity

By John Dyer on January 16, 2009March 5, 2020

The Low-Tech Times, a fun Neo-Luddite blog on technology, linked to a blog post by Mr. Patty, an Ohio schoolteacher, who asked his students what they thought about the hyper-connectivityContinue readingKid’s Opinions about Hyper-Connectivity

The Secret Behind the Switches

By John Dyer on January 12, 2009March 5, 2020

Yesterday, the technology news world was buzzing about Harvard physicist Alex Wissner-Gross’ suggestion that a single search on Google makes a major environmental impact. He calculates that a search generatesContinue readingThe Secret Behind the Switches

Book Giveway: The Making and Unmaking of Technological Society by Murray Jardine

By John Dyer on January 10, 2009March 5, 2020

One the most influential books on my thinking about society, culture, and technology has been Auburn professor Murray Jardine’s 2004 work entitled: The Making and Unmaking of Technological Society: HowContinue readingBook Giveway: The Making and Unmaking of Technological Society by Murray Jardine

Five Things We the Church Need to Know About Technology (5 of 5): Technology Tends to Become Mythic

By John Dyer on January 8, 2009March 5, 2020

This is the final part of a five part series based on Neil Postman’s lecture “Five Things We Need to Know about Technological Change” applied to the church and spirituality.Continue readingFive Things We the Church Need to Know About Technology (5 of 5): Technology Tends to Become Mythic

Trouble Memorizing Scripture? Scientists say, “Turn Off Your Computer and Go Outside”

By John Dyer on January 6, 2009March 5, 2020

The Scriptures tell us we are to mediate on the words of the Bible “day and night” (Deuteronomy 6:4-9; Joshua 1:8; Psalm 1:1-2). This requires that we care for ourContinue readingTrouble Memorizing Scripture? Scientists say, “Turn Off Your Computer and Go Outside”

Five Things We the Church Need to Know about Technological Change (4 of 5): Technology is Ecological, not Additive

By John Dyer on January 1, 2009March 5, 2020

This is part 4 of 5 considering the implications of Neil Postman’s Lecture, “Five Things We Need to Know about Technological Change” for the church. I have re-titled it, “FiveContinue readingFive Things We the Church Need to Know about Technological Change (4 of 5): Technology is Ecological, not Additive

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