Tag Archives: Internet Culture
So Virtual Reality Minded You’re Of No Earthly Good
I am going to guess that most people who read this have never even heard of the incredibly popular Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) Eve Online. So first let me briefly describe what it is: an online video game set in a science fictional universe where tens, even hundreds of thousands of people play [...]
DO NOT Skype Another Missionary Until After You Read This
Remember the prisoners as if chained with them – those who are mistreated – since you yourselves are in the body also. Hebrews 13:3 NKJV Over the last few weeks the interwebs have been ablaze with reports of the Chinese Government actively monitoring Skype’s instant messaging feature. At first glance this doesn’t seem like a [...]
Who Owns Who?
Mobile Relationship comic from Bonkers World
Want To Keep The Kids Safe? Android Trumps Apple
One of the most common misconceptions regarding mobile technology is that iOS (think iPhone, iPad, and iPod) provides a safer environment than Android based phones and tablets. While it may seem like a paradox, the open nature of Android (vs. the tightly controlled Apple environment) actually works in favor of parents who desire to lock [...]
Internet Culture
In an earlier blog post, Modern Day Elementary Education, I attempted to demonstrate that it is no long necessary to have extensive technical knowledge to use modern computers or the Internet — but there IS something else that we DO need to understand. We need to understand the environment — or culture — of the [...]
Modern Day Elementary Education
Earlier today my wife and I visited Education Station — a store located in a neighboring county that sells educational supplies and materials. Because we homeschool our children we tend to visit the store around this time of year annually, you could even call it an annual pilgrimage of sorts. This year, however, something caught [...]