A Networked Church
Sometimes I think that aspects of technology that would be best used for ministry (community) are those things that to some degree can make connecting easier. Whereas we have many tools and services that allow us to connect with one another seemlessly, not all of the time can we do it as gently as we do a handshake or a wave.
What if a possiblity for using mobile devices to interact with one another had its bases in personal area networking (PAN)? I got the idea today when reading an article about Personal Cell Networks.
Now, the way that this article describes things, you are in an area and then because your personal mobile tech item can speak to another trusted device wirelessly, instead of using cellular connecting to do things like send a text message, it would automatically switch to using Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. Its really neat, and you'd have to read the article to get the entire picture of how it could work.
Now taking that idea to the fellowship. Imagine that as an alternate to handing out bulletins and flyers, there was a point in a meeting where you told everyone to turn their Bluetooth or Wi-Fi devices on and then wait to receive from your friend's device the bulletin. If you will, each person's device would hand off the bulletin to the other's device. One, creating a lot of beeping, but two giving people a sense of ownership about the information that you want to share with them.
I even envision something like this working in areas where you are speaking to someone about the Lord and you want to give them a verse or two to hold onto. You then ask them if they want to receive that verse from your device (along with your contact information), and then you "share" with them via your personal network that Word on their device.
Some downsides would be security and lack of a wireless standard that would make this easy as it sounds. But, it does sound like something that would be tailor made for our interactions with each other. Especially those of us who like to fellowship and meet new people all the time. Nothing like getting a beep that your "buddy" is in the room and you can say a quick and unobtrusive hello.
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Sometimes I think that aspects of technology that would be best used for ministry (community) are those things that to some degree can make connecting easier. Whereas we have many tools and services that allow us to connect with one another seemlessly, not all of the time can we do it as gently as we do a handshake or a wave.
What if a possiblity for using mobile devices to interact with one another had its bases in personal area networking (PAN)? I got the idea today when reading an article about Personal Cell Networks.
Now, the way that this article describes things, you are in an area and then because your personal mobile tech item can speak to another trusted device wirelessly, instead of using cellular connecting to do things like send a text message, it would automatically switch to using Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. Its really neat, and you'd have to read the article to get the entire picture of how it could work.
Now taking that idea to the fellowship. Imagine that as an alternate to handing out bulletins and flyers, there was a point in a meeting where you told everyone to turn their Bluetooth or Wi-Fi devices on and then wait to receive from your friend's device the bulletin. If you will, each person's device would hand off the bulletin to the other's device. One, creating a lot of beeping, but two giving people a sense of ownership about the information that you want to share with them.
I even envision something like this working in areas where you are speaking to someone about the Lord and you want to give them a verse or two to hold onto. You then ask them if they want to receive that verse from your device (along with your contact information), and then you "share" with them via your personal network that Word on their device.
Some downsides would be security and lack of a wireless standard that would make this easy as it sounds. But, it does sound like something that would be tailor made for our interactions with each other. Especially those of us who like to fellowship and meet new people all the time. Nothing like getting a beep that your "buddy" is in the room and you can say a quick and unobtrusive hello.
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posted by Antoine @ 2/26/2007 11:48:00 PM
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