Category Archives: Technology
Digital Diapers? What’s Next?
I seriously laughed when I read the following article (listed below). As many of you know, we have five children. I was never able to get the toddler out of diapers before the next baby came along, so I often had 2 children in diapers at the same time. I was just born too early [...]
Consider Using Technology for Your Prayer Chain
Prayer Chains have been around for a long time and have taken on many forms. In the past, they usually consisted of pure phone calling with the “chain” starting off with one main contact person. That person would then call a few key contacts who then had a list of a few people to call. [...]
I Have an iHeadache
Two of my sons, Caleb and Jared, have wanted “iPods” for the longest time. Jared has saved up his money and has been on the hunt for a used iPod for awhile and Caleb turns 13 next month so I said we could get him a used one for his birthday. For Jared, when he [...]
The Whole World Connected in 10 Years?
According to Google’s Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, the plan is for every person in the world to be on the internet in the next decade. Last week he sent out this tweet, “Think about how great the internet is with 2B (billion) users. Now think about how amazing it will be when 5B (billion) come online [...]
Is Technology Making Us Lazy?
I recently read an article about a new brand chain of hotels that are controlled entirely by Samsung tablets. A person walks into the hotel, checks in at an automated kiosk and when they enter their room a tablet is waiting for them. According to the company website, “The touchscreen tablet lets you control the [...]
Bible Reading – traditional or digital?
As I mentioned in a previous post, I recently purchased a Google Nexus 7. Surprisingly, I was able to transition fairly well from my traditional paper planner and start using my tablet as my daily planner. It took awhile to get used to, and sometimes I miss the ability to doodle and put things in [...]
The Kevin Ware Experience
Before Sunday, most of us had probably never heard of Kevin Ware, but now, none of us can ever forget him. The 20 year old sophomore from the Bronx, New York left the sports world reeling, and the internet buzzing after suffering a horrific leg injury during Sunday’s March Madness matchup between the University of [...]
News in the Digital Age
It wasn’t that long ago that journalism was restricted to the select few reporters with large cameras, pen and paper and secret access to the biggest stories. All that has changed and now every person on the street with a smartphone is an instant journalist. News content, images and video are pouring into news agencies [...]
The Latest Teen Millionaire
17 year old Nick D’Aloisio wasn’t even born when Yahoo! was founded in 1994. On March 25 he sold his mobile software company to Yahoo! for a measly 30 million dollars. Not a bad payday for a teenager. He started his company when he was 15 and got noticed by a few investors early on. Yahoo! [...]
The Dilemma of Going Paperless
As I mentioned in a previous post, I recently got a tablet and I’ve been setting it up with a great free app called Schedule Planner. I am not sure exactly how to say this without sounding ridiculous, but it’s truly a scary thing for me to go paperless with my planner. I’m such a [...]