by Rhett Smith | Feb 24, 2010 | Technology
[image by Adam McLane] When I was called and asked to be a part of the Adventures in Missions YMATH Team, I was told that one of the reasons I was being asked to go was to communicate through my blog, Twitter and Facebook during my time there. In an earlier post Why...
by Rhett Smith | Nov 10, 2009 | Parenting
[image by Zieak] Something I have been torn over for a while is the question of “How much of my daughter’s life do I share online?” With blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and other services it’s more convenient than ever to post photos, share...
by Rhett Smith | Jun 16, 2009 | Technology
Great TED video interview with Clay Shirky at the TED@State event. Clay has been super influential in my thinking, especially after I read his book Here Comes Everybody last year. I highly, highly recommend this book. It is a must read for anyone in a leadership...
by Rhett Smith | May 1, 2009 | Marriage, Technology
There are some great therapists out there who have a blog which I enjoy reading…and which I think you will too. Luckily for me, the two I’m highlighting today are in the Dallas-Ft.Worth Metroplex, which means I have had the opportunity to connect with them...
by Rhett Smith | Feb 10, 2009 | Marriage
McLuhan and Twitter via John Dyer This is a post I have had in the making for a while, but when I read John Dyer’s post Tools for Tech Thinking: McLuhan on Twitter, and well, he unknowingly gave me some inspiration to post some of my thoughts on this issue. Read...
by Rhett Smith | Jan 16, 2009 | Marriage, Technology
If you have been reading my blog lately you know that I posted a couple of entries related to this post, “Taking Online Community Offline:” What I’m Doing About It And My 2009 Goal. What is my 2009 Goal? “meet & have coffee with every...
by Rhett Smith | Dec 17, 2008 | Technology
The Question? It seems like people have been asking the question: Can you have community online? Or at least some form of this question is asked. Usually adjectives are thrown in front of the word community such as “true” or “real” or...
by Rhett Smith | Nov 10, 2008 | Technology
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...
by Rhett Smith | Nov 3, 2008 | Marriage
Looking to Connect It is no surprise to any of us that people are looking online to connect with others, and that in the process a certain level of intimate needs are met. Whether it’s a chat group, dating service, blog or class reunion site, people are finding...
by Rhett Smith | Oct 28, 2008 | Technology
Curbing My Addiction About two weeks ago I wrote the post, You Might Be A Social Media Addict If……Setting Boundaries On Social Media. In that post I proposed the 10 things that I was going to try to help curb my addiction. Two weeks is hardly an...
by Rhett Smith | Oct 23, 2008 | Leadership
HT: Marcus Hackler
by Rhett Smith | Sep 25, 2008 | Faith
I said something earlier this week about my appreciation for GodblogCon and their attempt to be more “missionally minded.” I know that when they brought the conference to Vegas from the campus of Biola not everyone was happy about it. In fact, I think many...
