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By: Links, Articles, Books, and More « Pastor and People

Links, Articles, Books, and More « Pastor and People — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:20:02 +0000

[...] One Phone to Rule them All. Richard Clark discusses how the iphone can change the culture. [...]

By: The Dane

The Dane — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:32:27 +0000

While not one to jump on the texting bandwagon, I will echo that when I was a teen, we did not exactly have heart-to-heart discussions about the motives behind events or the feelings that circumstances engendered. My best friend would go to his father's house every other weekend and I never once asked him how he felt about that or about his parent's divorce generally. My other best friend was a Jehovah's Witness and couldn't celebrate birthdays and I never once asked how he felt about being so socially different from those around him. Teenagers are generally still trying to find the boundaries of the social ties in which they find themselves. And they do so with a precariousness that makes intrusive conversation topics undesirable. Not necessarily bad—just scary and maybe distasteful. A lot of times, they haven't even explored their own feelings and motives for thing, so stepping out and requesting the feelings and motives of others isn't even on the radar. So yeah, I think it makes sense that a group of teens—either texting or talking—wouldn't come away from a conversation knowing things like how someone felt about what was going on or where someone was they struggling (especially where someone was struggling). The Danes last blog post..20081119.ChurchLies

By: Matt Redmond

Matt Redmond — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:18:05 +0000

All I am saying is that the discussion at hand, being about the iPhone has to do with the medium. The Students I work with (150 of them) have the same problem I had 20 years ago when I was a teen. Ditto on the sheesh. Matt Redmonds last blog post..Merry Xmas

By: Mink

Mink — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:21:52 +0000

Actually, Matt, lest we be too judgmental, it sounds like Kim *did* have an actual interaction with her daughter that was caring and interested. Drawing a teen’s attention to the effects, both good or bad, of the technology in their life is an important parental task in any generation.

Sheesh.

By: Matt Redmond

Matt Redmond — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:59:23 +0000

Kim, Lest we be too judgmental, were you really all that different? The medium may change but the heart-problem has not changed... Matt Redmonds last blog post..Merry Xmas

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:45:51 +0000

Last week I felt like I was watching a pre-view of a "Wall-e" world. We were surrounded by a group of teens who, instead of interacting with one another during a lull in action, were all standing, staring into phones. Some, my daughter included, were actually texting one another! I asked her later what she felt like she knew about her friends from being with them that night. She mentioned things she learned...what they like, what's going on with them, what college plans someone's made. But then I asked how they felt about what was going on. Where were they struggling? How did she feel about leaving for college? How was he doing? Her answer? Not a clue. The deepest level of talk that night was sacrificed for wikipedia type answers. What seems to be quickly overtaking any desire to even know why or how. Kims last blog post..Really? A month?

By: Matt Redmond

Matt Redmond — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:55:44 +0000

A few weeks after I received my iPhone as a gift 6 months ago, I stopped and thought, "Rulers of nations would have conquered and killed for such technology just 50 years ago and I am holding this technology in my hand." Matt Redmonds last blog post..Merry Xmas

By: Richard Clark

Richard Clark — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:04:39 +0000

Thanks Brent. I find it’s the sort of thing you have to use regularly to really “get” the nature of it.

By: Brent Gudgel

Brent Gudgel — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:57:18 +0000

Good post. For me, getting an iphone was revolutionary like you describe. It allows so many new ways to communicate and access information, and it’s in a new timeframe. And that last line is the kicker. Well said.

By: Still Loving My iPhone « To Be A Pilgrim

Still Loving My iPhone « To Be A Pilgrim — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 04:13:40 +0000

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By: Quick Takes - 12/6/2008 at Ray Fowler .org

Quick Takes - 12/6/2008 at Ray Fowler .org — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:44:39 +0000

[...] Clark reflects on how the iPhone has affected his life. “The iPhone has affected my downtime. It’s safe to say I can’t remember a time I was [...]

By: Minnesota Attorney

Minnesota Attorney — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:18:33 +0000

Great review. However, two things have held me back from the iphone: 1. It doesn't fully integrate with Outlook. Sure, it supports some features, but it doesn't sync with the Task list at all, and other syncing aspects are limited. 2. It doesn't sync with Microsoft OneNote. If there is an app that doesn't this, please correct me. I would be very interested. Minnesota Attorneys last blog post..Minnesota DWI DUI Drunk Driving Attorney

By: The Dane

The Dane — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:55:49 +0000

I'm still not sure revolutionary is the right description. Weren't tech toys doing all this ages ago? Maybe they weren't, but it sure seems like they were. I remember my boss showing me some of his new gadgets six or seven years ago and they sound pretty similar to the iPhone—though incrementally not as pretty. Rather than revolution, the iPhone looks to be more evolution. (And you know how Christians feel about evolution.) As early adopter as I am, I still haven't found any reason to get super excited about the mobile-craze as certain segments of the online world have been. It just doesn't fit my idiom. While I do miss out on having wikipedia available to me during any conversation, I can't think of how I would use an iPhone. I don't even like my regular phone and mostly use it to ignore calls. ________________________ Oh yes. Someday, Rich, remind me to introduce you to

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