Today I took the plunge and wrote my sermon on my iPad. It’s a “doable” experience, but not one I’d want to repeat over and over again just yet. Let me share my two biggest reasons why I don’t think it’s quite “there” yet. There aren’t any windows. I know, on the iPad that’s a…
Category: Mobile
My friend Antoine is into mobile technology – REALLY into mobile technology. His passion is rather infectious, and now he’s got me writing about it too!
Leaving the MacBook at home for fun and prophet
We drove out to pick up our daughter from my wife’s folks after worship on Sunday. As my day off is Monday we stayed over-night and hit HersheyPark on Monday. This isn’t unusual, it’s a ritual we do year after year. What was unusual, however, is that this time I left my MacBook at home….
An Unexpected use for user notes
I don’t like printing things. To me, printing out materials for something that is going to be used one time and then tossed away is a waste of both paper and ink – materials I don’t feel like spending a lot of money on. For all my antagonism towards printing, however, even I have to…
The freedom of immediacy
“I’ll e-mail it to you when I get home.” Thus has much important data been lost in congregations all over the world. Most congregations, for better or for worse, are volunteer organizations. This means that, for better or worse, most of the people doing the work of the congregation have a life away from it….
Immersion emergence
The other day I needed to get some work done on my MacBook, and felt an odd emotion. I was annoyed. It was odd feeling. Over the last decade and a half I’ve moved from Windows, to Linux, and then to Mac. Each time the shift was met with a sense of joy at the…
One Month with the iPad
Just about one month ago I stood in line with my friend Vernl, awaiting the “appointed hour” for the iPad to be released. I had a blast waiting with some other anti-social geek-types, and had some ideas in mind how I’d use this tool before I purchased it. So, I thought I’d share a bit…
