BestCommentaries.com Update and The Problem of (Religious) Algorithms By BylineJohn Dyer on July 23, 2021July 27, 2021 I’m happy to announce that today, I’m releasing the first major update to bestcommentaries.com in almost 10 years. I originally created bestcommentaries.com in 2008, as a project for one ofContinue readingBestCommentaries.com Update and The Problem of (Religious) Algorithms
Does the Bible Pass the Bechdel Test? A Data-Driven Look at Women in the Story of Scripture By BylineJohn Dyer on September 11, 2020October 26, 2020 Image: Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Bathsheba, and Mary by Sally Poet The Question Sometimes a friend’s tweet can send you down the internet rabbit hole in the best way possible. ThisContinue readingDoes the Bible Pass the Bechdel Test? A Data-Driven Look at Women in the Story of Scripture
worship.ai – What an Artificial Intelligence Lyric Generator Teaches Us about Image Bearing By BylineJohn Dyer on March 6, 2020March 8, 2020 This tool generates song lyrics using artificial intelligence. But more than that, if offers us a clear example of how our tools reflect our values and how we can choose to reflect the values of our maker. … Continue readingworship.ai – What an Artificial Intelligence Lyric Generator Teaches Us about Image Bearing
Writing Worship Music with AI – Recurrent Neural Networks By BylineJohn Dyer on April 4, 2017March 5, 2020 Over the past few weeks, I’ve been toying around with a type of Artificial Intelligence (AI) called a Recurrent Neural Network (RNN). Since they’ve already been used to cooking recipes,Continue readingWriting Worship Music with AI – Recurrent Neural Networks
Texas Bible (plugin): Fixing the Second Person Plural Problem One Website at a Time By BylineJohn Dyer on May 24, 2013March 5, 2020 Download Google Chrome Extension Try Now at YallVersion.com KERA, Dallas’s NPR affiliate, covered this: Southern-Style Scripture And Other Technological Leaps Of Faith Texas Has What English Lacks As a preteen on my first visit outContinue readingTexas Bible (plugin): Fixing the Second Person Plural Problem One Website at a Time
Powerful, Secure Bible Software for Closed Countries … and You! By BylineJohn Dyer on February 28, 2012March 5, 2020 (video demo of the software discussed below) Digital Bible Society I’d like to an organization that you’ve probably never heard of: Digital Bible Society (DBS). For the last 10 years orContinue readingPowerful, Secure Bible Software for Closed Countries … and You!
bib.ly – a Bible Reference Shortener and Linker By BylineJohn Dyer on March 25, 2011March 5, 2020 Two years ago, I got to go up to Seattle to present at the BibleTech conference put on by the great folks at Logos. I can’t attend this year, butContinue readingbib.ly – a Bible Reference Shortener and Linker
The Table Project: Values Driven Technology? By BylineJohn 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?
2 Bible Experiments: Reading Plans and Instant Search By BylineJohn Dyer on September 14, 2010March 5, 2020 From time to time, I like to share programming experiments that relate to the digital world. Here, I’ve applied recent Internet memes to Bible tools. How Long Does it Take toContinue reading2 Bible Experiments: Reading Plans and Instant Search
ECHO Conference and MediaElement.js By BylineJohn Dyer on July 29, 2010March 5, 2020 My good friend Nathan Smith and I are giving a little presentation Friday at ECHO Conference. We’re not presenting on media ecology or anything theological, just good old straight forwardContinue readingECHO Conference and MediaElement.js
