by Rhett Smith | Aug 31, 2017 | Parenting, Podcast
One of the most prevalent topics that I come across in my counseling and when I’m speaking, is the topic of technology and relationships. Specifically, the technology of the smart phone/iPad/computer…but usually the smart phone. And along with this...
by Rhett Smith | Aug 26, 2015 | Podcast
I love technology. It has absolutely shaped my life in some amazing ways in the last 12 years especially. Technology can encompass all kinds of things, but the technology I’m primarily speaking about here have to do with computers, cell phones and social media....
by Rhett Smith | May 6, 2015 | Podcast
I first met John Dyer online somewhere in the summer of 2008. I was engaged online quite a bit at the intersection of faith and technology. I am definitely not an expert in technology, but there was a period of about 4-5 years where I spent a lot of time at social...
by Rhett Smith | Oct 22, 2010 | Technology
“The technology is rewiring our brains,” said Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute of Drug Abuse and one of the world’s leading brain scientists. She and other researchers compare the lure of digital stimulation less to that of drugs and alcohol than to...
by Rhett Smith | Apr 22, 2010 | Marriage
[image by Bidrohi Hirok] Technological Paradox One of the glaring paradoxes in my use of technology/social media, is that it has both the ability to make me feel connected and intimate with others, while at the same time feeling isolated, alienated and lonely. I think...
by Rhett Smith | Nov 18, 2009 | Marriage
[image (47/365) :: Saga] Triangling Facebook Into the Marital Unit Often I find myself working with a kid in therapy whose parents have brought him/her in because of the problems they are creating in the family. In therapy/counseling terms that kid has become the...
by Rhett Smith | Aug 3, 2009 | Technology
The Running of the Salmon When I was in high school my family and I went on an Alaskan cruise, and along the way we stopped at one of the islands to get a tour of where the salmon swim upstream during the spawning season. I don’t remember a lot of details about...
by Rhett Smith | Jul 2, 2009 | Technology
Morse Code-Leno – The funniest movie is here. Find it I was watching this video (which is a few years old), and a couple of thoughts came to mind: I was thinking about how quickly we are to announce the arrival of the latest, and the best new technology. Whether...
by Rhett Smith | Apr 13, 2009 | Technology
More great stuff from John Dyer, BibleTech:2009-Technology is Not Neutral: How Bible Technology Shapes Our Faith. This is definitely worth your listen. Really challenged me to think about the role of technology (computer, mobile phone, tv, etc.) in my life. Technology...
by Rhett Smith | Mar 25, 2009 | Technology
A couple of things in the area of technology and some of the social media tools we use–caught my eye this week. And I wanted to share them with you because I think they are of great importance for us as we think through and wrestle with the implications of our...
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 | Feb 3, 2009 | Leadership
incarnation: the act of embodying or state of being embodied in human form I have been thinking about that word quite a bit in recent months as I have come “face to face” with more and more of my online friends on Facebook, Twitter and blog. In fact, if...
