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Monday, January 19, 2009

Thinking Differently

First of all, thanks to AJay and Tre for holding things down during my slow week last week. Hopefully, life and tech will allow them to more frequently contribute so that there are a few additional voices here.

For me, there has been a whole lot of this "thinking differently" that has been a part of my days. On one side, there is this consistent reality that there is more than one mobile context, and on the other side, that I need to get things done.

I am still thinking about this and trying to process it through, but one thing is really clear: that mobile devices require a different kind of attention span that is not like anything else. Contextual computing, computing based on what you are doing and where you are, is a lot different when the device comes with you (notebook, smartphone, PDA, etc.). There are more variables and cultural things to consider. And at the same time, there are at least two generations in play: digital pioneers and digital natives. Both have a significantly different ways of looking at their world, and nether are wrong, just different.

Thinking about this in the relation of that intersection of faith and technology is a toughie, and I am sure that more thoughts will come in time on this wise.

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