USA Today Poll...Intriguing yet Opportunity
Saw this post at Palm Addict a few minutes ago:
USA Today has a nice article about Americans being dependent on high tech gadgets:
There is more interest in these products," said Stephen Baker, an analyst of the high-tech market. "Pricing is more reasonable. They're getting smaller, more mobile."
Click here to read the USA Today news article.
Now, while my ladi will be the first to tell you that it MIGHT be hard for me to go without a computer; the fact of the matter is that for many, life is becoming like that. Unfortunately, the bad side of that dependence is lessened interaction with others or a missing foundation towards the essentials. While I too love tech, heck I even like that many devices are converging making personal technology more personal; I do realize that too much dependence is not a good thing.
On the positive side of things, acceptance also means opportunity for ministry. So people wanna move from paper to LCD, then let's take ministry there. But not to be like the world, to be different. Giving the tools necessary to show Christ on this electronic ground, while not losing the foundations in paper-based technology that makes the interactivity of computers appealing.
I think there is room for both paper and computers in the right applications, but if we miss the boat and leave paper completly behind, we also leave a 2000+ year old part of the human experience.
USA Today has a nice article about Americans being dependent on high tech gadgets:
There is more interest in these products," said Stephen Baker, an analyst of the high-tech market. "Pricing is more reasonable. They're getting smaller, more mobile."
Click here to read the USA Today news article.
Now, while my ladi will be the first to tell you that it MIGHT be hard for me to go without a computer; the fact of the matter is that for many, life is becoming like that. Unfortunately, the bad side of that dependence is lessened interaction with others or a missing foundation towards the essentials. While I too love tech, heck I even like that many devices are converging making personal technology more personal; I do realize that too much dependence is not a good thing.
On the positive side of things, acceptance also means opportunity for ministry. So people wanna move from paper to LCD, then let's take ministry there. But not to be like the world, to be different. Giving the tools necessary to show Christ on this electronic ground, while not losing the foundations in paper-based technology that makes the interactivity of computers appealing.
I think there is room for both paper and computers in the right applications, but if we miss the boat and leave paper completly behind, we also leave a 2000+ year old part of the human experience.
posted by Antoine @ 12/21/2005 12:36:00 PM
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