The Internet Is Ruining Your Brain….
Here is an interesting infographic that will get you thinking…. Taken from here HT: Tim Challies
Read moreMac Versus PC Infographic
Below is an interesting infographic contrasting the differences between Mac and PC users. I saw it on Mashable but it was original from the Hunch blog. Any thoughts?
Read moreJohn Piper – The distraction of technology
Just to balance the last video I posted about social networking, here is a short but poignant reminder by John Piper about the temptation to distraction that technology can be, with specific reference to the time we spend communing with God in pra…
Read moreSocial Media Revolution
It’s all video today on the blog – here is another interesting one about how social media is changing our lives – as Adrian Warnock commented about it on his blog: They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Sometimes a video is worth a whole bo…
Read moreTim Challies – The next story
Some interesting points made in this trailer for Tim Challies’ new book, “The Next Story”, available from 1 April this year. Do you own technology? Or does technology own you? Good question. I am looking forward to reading his book to find out his…
Read moreEmerging revolution – the church should watch and learn
Kester Brewin has posted an interesting article on his blog today about the part that social media is playing in contemporary revolution – both inside and outside the church: ….change occurs when normal people are given the opportunity to commun…
Read moreThe revolution will not be tweeted
There was an interesting article by Malcom Gladwell in the New Yorker recently questioning the claim that social media is a contemporary aid to social activism and revolution: The world, we are told, is in the midst of a revolution. The new tools …
Read moreMap of online communities
Whilst on the subject of maps – have a think about this one from xkcd:
Read moreMind map of the digital age
I saw this mind map by Richard Watson and thought it was interesting: As discussed on the Fast Company website, the specific things the map seeks to explore include: Constant connectivity means we are constantly distracted. It’s now difficult to b…
Read moreBreakup via Facebook
A true contemporary cultural phenomenon – the breaking up of relationships via Facebook as reported in Newsweek: ….Ilana Gershon, an assistant professor of communication and culture at Indiana University, began to notice a curious phenomenon amo…
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