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by Rhett Smith on January 5, 2010
One of the things that I have been telling myself the last few months is that I want to do a better job of “being present” with others in 2010. 2009 was an awesome year, but I felt overwhelmed, and overextended throughout much of the year. There were lots of reasons for that. Lack of [...]
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by Rhett Smith on August 25, 2009
[image by David R. Carroll] Do you remember what life was like before your cell phone, or before you had an internet connection in your house? It seems like such a long time ago. We even wonder at times how we could have lived life without them. The scary thing is that it wasn’t that [...]
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by Rhett Smith on April 2, 2009
Have you lost your ability to think abstractly? That’s a question I have been asking myself lately, and then I came across this quote and started thinking about it even more. While that reasoning appears sound, Hipps cites research that demonstrates television’s affect on our brains. He writes, “We sit hypnotized by the program–the content–which [...]
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by Rhett Smith on December 19, 2008
#churchtechcamp, which was pretty much hinted at, discussed and organized within about 5 minutes on Twitter a few weeks ago, is finally coming to fruition. And instead of Los Angeles, this time it’s going to be in Dallas. When: Thursday, January 8 Where: Irving Bible Church Time: 9am-5pm Cost: $0…yes, I said $0. Lunch: Will [...]
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by Rhett Smith on December 4, 2008
Apologies John Saddington over at Church Crunch had a great post, Digital Apologies and Blog Confessionals. John’s post was in reference to Digg co-founder Kevin Rose’s apology about comments on his uber-popular video podcast Diggnation. John says: Blogging, for most part and for many is a one-way street. It’s a digital megaphone to the public. [...]
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by Rhett Smith on December 1, 2008
The video has me thinking about the future of vocation. Will your job exist in the next 5, 10, 15, 20 years? My dad and I have the conversation about how we will probably “cobble together” a number of vocations, rather than just having that one job. And I think those “cobbling together” of vocations [...]
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by Rhett Smith on November 13, 2008
Below is a list of 10 blog sites that I highly recommend. It’s about time I recognize just some of the sites that have given so much to me. When I read any of these 10 sites I am continually challenged, stimulated in my thinking, and pushed in a direction of valuable growth. We all [...]
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by Rhett Smith on November 11, 2008
Chris Brogan has a fascinating post, Communications in a Post Media World. He begins by saying, When Google is the front door, the side door, the hidden key under the mat, the cash register, the finder of everything we ever lost, and everything we wished we’d lost, what comes next? When everyone is a newspaper, [...]
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by Rhett Smith on November 10, 2008
Two of my passions are technology and community–especially, how technology can be used to create and sustain community, and how it can be used to open up communication. So I’m real excited that Cynthia Ware has a great, great post/presentation on Leveraging Technology to Support Community . Please check it out–it is well worth your [...]
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by Rhett Smith on August 13, 2008
I had the privilege yesterday of interviewing Andrew Jones along with Andrew Jackson, Cynthia Ware, Matthew Anderson and Marcus Goodyear. Jones has some great insight into the history of blogging (he’s been blogging since 1997/1998) and ministry. Some really good thoughts on setting boundaries online, as well as a church’s need to have a sense [...]
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