A New Use for My Treo Brings Some Thoughts
I know that many times we talk here at MMM about how one can use the technology and its ability to connect people to communicate and do some neat things. But for me, the past few days has been spent thinking about my grandfather who recently passed (hence the lack of posts).
Something that I am doing as a means of me giving tribute to him is to use my Treo to build a memorial to him on my personal website using much of what I have learned about CSS (cascading stylesheets) and webdesign. There is a program that I have been using called DragonEdit that allows for me to edit the HTML and CSS that drive my personal site. And the fact that it is on my Treo allows me to do those edits anywhere and not really have to wait until I get in front of a larger computer to do things (though I need to do so when it comes to testing and that sort).
In a broader context, this is a larger way that mobile devices help us to access the world around us and create connections where previously there was little way to, or that it was too expensive for the "lower than rich man" to do. With the opening yesterday of the .mobi domain, there is yet another way that one can take advantage of the web as a means to join people and places. However, I do feel (like many of you) that the missing and most neglected aspect of computing has been the people aspect. Communicating is a lot of fun, but doing it with people (and not to people) seems to make a richer experience of things all around.
When that context is taken in lieu of MMM's vision, we see that ministry with tech isn't just a matter of getting people to know that tech is here to serve in a particular capacity, but that we are built to serve within that capacity of service for the benefit of others. From that these tools help to facilitate the more sketchy ends of getting things done. By no means is a mobile device the only way to do business, ministry was done way before tech decided to go silicon and transistors. However, with the advent of this technology, many people find themselves increasingly disconneted from the immediate world around them. If we use this technology responsively to firm up these ends, chances are that we end up with more than just a device to play with, but a new use for communicating that could go beyond the end of the "dash."
Note: The eBible link goes to a bookmark with a note attached to it. If you have not yet tried eBible, the shared bookmarking feature is really well implemented and works very well within most major web browsers.
Note 2: I started this thought last night, but want to know what you all think about using mobile tech in this way - let's discuss :)
Something that I am doing as a means of me giving tribute to him is to use my Treo to build a memorial to him on my personal website using much of what I have learned about CSS (cascading stylesheets) and webdesign. There is a program that I have been using called DragonEdit that allows for me to edit the HTML and CSS that drive my personal site. And the fact that it is on my Treo allows me to do those edits anywhere and not really have to wait until I get in front of a larger computer to do things (though I need to do so when it comes to testing and that sort).
In a broader context, this is a larger way that mobile devices help us to access the world around us and create connections where previously there was little way to, or that it was too expensive for the "lower than rich man" to do. With the opening yesterday of the .mobi domain, there is yet another way that one can take advantage of the web as a means to join people and places. However, I do feel (like many of you) that the missing and most neglected aspect of computing has been the people aspect. Communicating is a lot of fun, but doing it with people (and not to people) seems to make a richer experience of things all around.
When that context is taken in lieu of MMM's vision, we see that ministry with tech isn't just a matter of getting people to know that tech is here to serve in a particular capacity, but that we are built to serve within that capacity of service for the benefit of others. From that these tools help to facilitate the more sketchy ends of getting things done. By no means is a mobile device the only way to do business, ministry was done way before tech decided to go silicon and transistors. However, with the advent of this technology, many people find themselves increasingly disconneted from the immediate world around them. If we use this technology responsively to firm up these ends, chances are that we end up with more than just a device to play with, but a new use for communicating that could go beyond the end of the "dash."
Note: The eBible link goes to a bookmark with a note attached to it. If you have not yet tried eBible, the shared bookmarking feature is really well implemented and works very well within most major web browsers.
Note 2: I started this thought last night, but want to know what you all think about using mobile tech in this way - let's discuss :)
posted by Antoine @ 9/27/2006 09:20:00 AM
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