Realizations and Reflections of Mobile Technology
I am not too long from getting off the phone with MMM team member Jay Noggle and something during our phone call struck me as both a hurdle and a stepping stone for MMM, and mobile technology as a whole. Acoording to some, there are two types of mobile tech users: those that use it as a lifestyle device (usually smaller devices, on the cutting edge with technology, and somewhat fashionable) and those that use it as an informational tool (usually larger devices that combine several facets of functionality, and not usually fashionable, but have a stigma of being "work first, play later" devices). And while it is that MMM stands at the crossroads of those two paradigms, something that I realized is that for ministry to take place with mobile tech, the push has to be to make it noticable as a lifestyle device, while expanding on its accessiblity and usabilty as an informational one (a similar mindset in this article, but for differnet reasons).
Another thought that passes today:
We very much in the US underestimate the power and ability of mobile devices to be lifestyle devices, and are far too fearful of using them as informational ones in order to better connect and develop our communities. Part of that comes from a profit mindset, where things that we do have to first be for profit before they be for betterment. I very much understand the ideals of wanting to make a few dimes, but see that the constant refinement of an art in the long term leaves a better legacy than a dent of finances ever does. A music artist made the statement about Jesus, "now whose name has been made into a figure of speech..." Tis a very powerful statement about the effectiveness of a message and a Person who over time continues to refine our lives, versus the rich men of Jesus's day who most probably have done little to infulence where our lives are.
The "So What" Moment:
And so I do have these thoughts, and for the most part I tend to have them all the time, but what do they mean and does it really matter? Yes and yes. Yes, it is possible to use mobile tech as both an informational and lifestyle device, but in some cases the infrastructure has to be remade,or enhanced to support it (like here). And then there needs to be a grasp of those essential principles of what things really matter (simple and necessary things so to speak) and how mobile tech can make it easier or smarter/cheaper to get those needs met. I tend to look at the initiatiives like CoosBay TV and P4HHH and think that there is something going on here that is bigger than just a Bible on a PDA, but that needs the stepping stone of a Bible on a PDA before getting any further. I wonder about mobile tech, and then think as well, that it just might be the last big push that we can do to share the Gospel before time is up.
I believe that the Bible was very much on point when it says that we are created in the image and likeness of God. But sometimes, we tend to get tired and lose sight of the marvelous creations that He has made us to be. When I talked to Jay this evening, he spoke with a passion of not so much the mobile tech, but sharing the energy and passion for using it to help people that is very much missing in many of the articles and websites out here that promote using mobile tech. I know that we can use it, but tech is only relevant if it is personal, and only effective when it brings God glory.
Another thought that passes today:
We very much in the US underestimate the power and ability of mobile devices to be lifestyle devices, and are far too fearful of using them as informational ones in order to better connect and develop our communities. Part of that comes from a profit mindset, where things that we do have to first be for profit before they be for betterment. I very much understand the ideals of wanting to make a few dimes, but see that the constant refinement of an art in the long term leaves a better legacy than a dent of finances ever does. A music artist made the statement about Jesus, "now whose name has been made into a figure of speech..." Tis a very powerful statement about the effectiveness of a message and a Person who over time continues to refine our lives, versus the rich men of Jesus's day who most probably have done little to infulence where our lives are.
The "So What" Moment:
And so I do have these thoughts, and for the most part I tend to have them all the time, but what do they mean and does it really matter? Yes and yes. Yes, it is possible to use mobile tech as both an informational and lifestyle device, but in some cases the infrastructure has to be remade,or enhanced to support it (like here). And then there needs to be a grasp of those essential principles of what things really matter (simple and necessary things so to speak) and how mobile tech can make it easier or smarter/cheaper to get those needs met. I tend to look at the initiatiives like CoosBay TV and P4HHH and think that there is something going on here that is bigger than just a Bible on a PDA, but that needs the stepping stone of a Bible on a PDA before getting any further. I wonder about mobile tech, and then think as well, that it just might be the last big push that we can do to share the Gospel before time is up.
I believe that the Bible was very much on point when it says that we are created in the image and likeness of God. But sometimes, we tend to get tired and lose sight of the marvelous creations that He has made us to be. When I talked to Jay this evening, he spoke with a passion of not so much the mobile tech, but sharing the energy and passion for using it to help people that is very much missing in many of the articles and websites out here that promote using mobile tech. I know that we can use it, but tech is only relevant if it is personal, and only effective when it brings God glory.
posted by Antoine @ 9/13/2006 01:16:00 AM
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