Women in Mobiles, Mobile Ministry
A recent comment reminded me of something that I've want to know for sometime:
How many of you who read MMM or have wives/girlfriends/family/etc. that appreciates and uses mobile technology in ministry settings? What different patterns of use do you notice and does the tech landscape cater to women moreso or less-so than it does to males?
How many of you who read MMM or have wives/girlfriends/family/etc. that appreciates and uses mobile technology in ministry settings? What different patterns of use do you notice and does the tech landscape cater to women moreso or less-so than it does to males?
posted by Antoine @ 2/02/2007 09:35:00 AM
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I am a woman who uses tech in every aspect of life. I own a Palm Treo 650 which is indispensible to me, keeping my calendar, task lists, contacts, checkbook, ebooks, Microsofe Word and Excel documents, movies and tv shows, music, and a lot of other things, including a game or two. I use the Olive Tree Bible reader and I carry 6 translations on my SD card. I also purchased the electronic version of inspirational books like "The Purpose Driven Life." The Treo isn't a good tool for real study, but I like to be able to carry books with me that I can read in 15-minute intervals while I am waiting at a store or the doctor's office. I think that the tactile properties of paper books are more engaging for study. Olive Tree allows for highlighting in different colors, which helps with inductive Bible study. The user can also take notes and export them to the memopad, then copy and paste them into a document or verse memorization program.
Right now most of the people I know who use Treos, Blackberries, or other so-called smart phones are men. More and more women, particularly businesswomen, are beginning to use them. If they're good enough to store the contact information for a child's soccer team, aren't they also good enough for a 10 or 15-minute daily devotional study?
I am very interested in how pastors, particularly the young ones, are migrating from paper planners to smart phones. Pastors are very busy and tech is a good tool for organizing a busy life, keeping in contact, and taking out that supremely important daily time with God.
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