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October 2014

October 22, 2014

Dear Siri

In the New York Times this past weekend was the touching story of a boy with...

August 2014

August 27, 2014

Grieving in a Social Media World

Over at Christianity Today, Ken Morefield writes about how to grieve in a social media world:...

April 2014

April 28, 2014

Technology Bits: Social Media Curation through Milq and a Mayor Uses Instagram

Social Media Curation through Milq Overwhelmed by the disarray of social media? Looking for some...

April 26, 2014

Microsoft VP Announces the End of the PC

As Microsoft completed its purchase of Nokia Devices and Services, Stephen Elop, former Nokia CEO...

April 21, 2014

Information and Contemplation – Teaching Students How to Unplug

Do we need to teach college students how to unplug? Is this a good use...

March 2014

March 24, 2014

What’s With the Doppelgangers?

There's a whole bunch of movies about doppelgangers (someone's exact double) coming out in the...

February 2014

February 24, 2014

Those Dandy Selfies

We often think of the "selfie" (the practice of taking self-portraits and posting them to...

January 2014

January 21, 2014

Wearable Technology: Darth Vader or Dick Tracy?

The whole issue of "wearable technology" has been around a long time, but it's starting...

October 2013

October 28, 2013

Facebook: Rediscovering 14th Century Community Values

Last week at The High Calling, Marcus Goodyear wrote about going to his wife's high...

September 2013

September 16, 2013

Outrage? Or Arrogance?

Katelyn Beaty (who is a colleague of mine at Christianity Today) recently wrote an excellent editorial...

September 09, 2013

No More Folders

Yesterday, I was putting laundry away and changing the bedsheets and catching up on NPR,...

August 2013

August 26, 2013

Are You Tired of the Internet?

I don't know about you, but I find the internet exhausting sometimes. Last week I...

August 05, 2013

Back to School – With a Computer in Your Brain

File this under the "terrifying" heading: the New York Times reports that scientists are "edging...

July 2013

July 15, 2013

Comments, Online and Off

Well, this is fascinating: apparently web reviewers often make up reviews of things they have...

July 08, 2013

Will a Trip to Camp Break a Tech Addiction?

Check out a fascinating piece by Matt Haber over at the New York Times. In...

June 2013

June 10, 2013

The Beauty of a Finite Existence – and Technology

There was an excellent piece in the New York Times this weekend by the novelist Jonathan Safran...

May 2013

May 22, 2013

Print Your Lunch

File this one under "Weird But Possibly Amazing": Relevant magazine reports that 3-D printed food might be...

May 21, 2013

Image Capture

My friend Tyler has a post over at Image Journal's Good Letters blog, in which...

May 10, 2013

“I am the sum of my apps. Maybe I am an app.” – Jeffrey Katzenberg

In a recent interview with USA Today, Jeffery Katzenberg, co-founder of DreamWorks, talked about some...

April 2013

April 15, 2013

Dig Out of the Email Crush

It's Monday. Are you getting crushed by your email? Jenna Wortham offered some tips for...

March 2013

March 11, 2013

Digital Era Redefining Etiquette – Living in a World Without “Thank You”

Nick Bilton, bestselling author and New York Times technology specialist, has just written a new...

January 2013

January 23, 2013

At Your Favorite Restaurant . . . Hey, Put Away that Camera!

I read a fascinating little story in a recent edition of the New York Times....

November 2012

November 15, 2012

College Credit for MOOCs – A Great Possibility? Or the Beginning of the End of College Education as We Know It? Or Both?

I have been watching the growing popularity of MOOCs ("massive open online courses") with considerable...

November 14, 2012

Yes, Even Google Can Mess Up Big Time! Oak Hills Church Actually Does Worship on Sunday

A friend of mine was visiting from out of town and expressed some interest in...

November 12, 2012

Goodnight Moon is Now an App! What Do You Think?

The beloved children's book, Goodnight Moon, is now an app. For $4.99, you can purchase...

November 09, 2012

Deliberating on Digital: The Curious Case of the Mountain School

The Mountain School in Vershire, Vermont has been living in a time warp. It lies...

November 05, 2012

Today’s Online Education: The Massive and the Intimate

The New York Times has christened 2012 as "The Year of the MOOC." No, "MOOC"...

November 01, 2012

Digital Technology and Education: A Mixed Bag

Is digital technology the savior of education? Or is it the destroyer of education? Or...

October 2012

October 23, 2012

Living in the Brave New World of Social Media: Posting a Death on Facebook

The pervasiveness of social media forces us to ask new questions about how we live...

October 17, 2012

The Interweaving of Digital Life with Embodied Life – Social Media vs. Privacy

Yesterday, I considered the interweaving of digital life and embodied life in response to an...