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Every Reference to Technology in the Scriptures

By John Dyer on November 23, 2009March 5, 2020

Matthew Clarke (site | blog) contacted me to let me know that he’s been reading through the Bible to compile every reference which mentions some kind of technology. He listsContinue readingEvery Reference to Technology in the Scriptures

Refactoring the JavaScript Color Picker – Step 1: Clean up the HTML and CSS

By John Dyer on November 19, 2009March 5, 2020

On of the most popular posts on this blog was a color picker (demo) I created about 4 years ago and then released 2 years ago. It was based onContinue readingRefactoring the JavaScript Color Picker – Step 1: Clean up the HTML and CSS

Four Questions for Technology from the Biblical Story

By John Dyer on November 13, 2009March 5, 2020

A few months ago, in a post called From the Garden to the City, I briefly mentioned four aspects of technology that show up in the redemptive narrative of Scripture,Continue readingFour Questions for Technology from the Biblical Story

A Meaningful Distraction: The Beeper that Wouldn’t Stop

By John Dyer on November 5, 2009March 5, 2020

In the course of studying the nature of technology, I am often faced with the negative side of our tools. So, for this blog’s first birthday (happy birthday, blog!), IContinue readingA Meaningful Distraction: The Beeper that Wouldn’t Stop

SimChurch: Being the Church in the Virtual World by Douglas Estes (Review)

By John Dyer on November 2, 2009March 5, 2020

As an aside, I’ve just added a Books & Resources section that has a brief bibliography of books that address technology and faith. Recently, Douglas Estes posted on CT’s Out ofContinue readingSimChurch: Being the Church in the Virtual World by Douglas Estes (Review)

The Church of Facebook: How the Hyperconnected Are Redefining Community (Review)

By John Dyer on October 30, 2009March 5, 2020

Jesse Rice is a former worship arts director from California, and he’s just released one of the first books that directly addresses Christian community and identity in the social networkingContinue readingThe Church of Facebook: How the Hyperconnected Are Redefining Community (Review)

Testing Out Four Philosophies of Technology on Twitter

By John Dyer on October 27, 2009March 5, 2020

In the philosophy of technology world, there are quite a few theories and descriptions of technology. In an attempt to simply (and most likely butcher) the dozens of highly nuancedContinue readingTesting Out Four Philosophies of Technology on Twitter

Updating Postman’s Future: Terminator vs. Matrix

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

Postman’s Genius In the introduction to Postman’s classic Amusing Ourselves to Death he compares the futures presented in two sci-fi novels to make a point about the direction he seesContinue readingUpdating Postman’s Future: Terminator vs. Matrix

Running Without All The Noise

By rhettsmith on October 2, 2009March 5, 2020

The following is a guest post by Rhett Smith in a series called Media Ecology Experiments in which we encourage each other to use technology creatively and differently so thatContinue readingRunning Without All The Noise

Did You Know 4.0

By John Dyer on September 21, 2009March 5, 2020

Last week an update to the popular “Did You Know” videos was released by the XPLANE group: Here are the earlier versions: Did You Know 3.0 (November 7, 2008) DidContinue readingDid You Know 4.0