John Dyer, PhD

Writing

Lying to Machines: How Apple’s New “Do Not Disturb While Driving” Feature Will Shape Your Soul

By John Dyer on September 20, 2017March 5, 2020

Over the past few months, I’ve been testing out the beta version of iOS 11 on my iPhone, and I’ve found myself doing something very disturbing – I regularly tellContinue readingLying to Machines: How Apple’s New “Do Not Disturb While Driving” Feature Will Shape Your Soul

Export Stills from Adobe Premiere Pro using JavaScript

By John Dyer on April 13, 2017March 6, 2020

Most of the products in the Adobe Creative Cloud suite of applications have a scripting API that allows you to write JavaScript to automate tasks like moving layers around, addingContinue readingExport Stills from Adobe Premiere Pro using JavaScript

Writing Worship Music with AI – Recurrent Neural Networks

By John 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

Little House in the Prairie on Technology Dependence

By John Dyer on March 23, 2017March 5, 2020

I recently had the chance to speak down at the lovely Christ Church of Austin, TX. Afterward one of the attendees sent this to me this great little moment fromContinue readingLittle House in the Prairie on Technology Dependence

Secure Your Online Life with the Bible (and Good Security Practices)

By John Dyer on January 10, 2017March 5, 2020

The New Year is a great time to take inventory of your online security setup. We can’t control the (now commonplace) security breaches at companies that hold our data, butContinue readingSecure Your Online Life with the Bible (and Good Security Practices)

Technelogia, the Virtualization of Culture, and the Theology of Artificial Intelligence (Videos)

By John Dyer on November 4, 2016March 5, 2020

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of delivering a series of lectures on technology for Dallas Theological Seminary‘s Arts Week. Arts week is one of my favorite timesContinue readingTechnelogia, the Virtualization of Culture, and the Theology of Artificial Intelligence (Videos)

Using CSS to Display Fonts for Greek and Hebrew, but not English

By John Dyer on September 30, 2016March 5, 2020

If you have a website that mixes Latin characters languages like English or Spanish with characters from a non-Latin language like Greek, Hebrew, or Arabic it usually requires a lot of extra CSSContinue readingUsing CSS to Display Fonts for Greek and Hebrew, but not English

The History of Bible Software (Infographic)

By John Dyer on September 27, 2016May 26, 2021

Surprisingly, it’s fairly difficult to find a clear, chronological accounting of Bible software development. Wikipedia, of course, has some of the major applications organized by operating system, but it doesn’t include release dates orContinue readingThe History of Bible Software (Infographic)

Certainty vs. Risk – Why We Value Handwritten Notes and “Craft” Beer More than Texts and Budwieser

By John Dyer on June 10, 2016March 5, 2020

*disclaimer: I don’t really like beer. Risk and Certainty In 1968, David Pye, then a professor at Royal College of Art in London, wrote a book called The Nature andContinue readingCertainty vs. Risk – Why We Value Handwritten Notes and “Craft” Beer More than Texts and Budwieser

Why Referring to “Screen Time” May Not Be Helpful to You or Your Kids

By John Dyer on May 13, 2016March 5, 2020

Recently, I had a brief, but eye-opening interaction with one of my kids: “Dad, can I use the iPad?” “Sure, if you want to create something or draw for aContinue readingWhy Referring to “Screen Time” May Not Be Helpful to You or Your Kids