Jun 1, 2011

Just after midnight on an ordinary night one Fall, I came across a very intriguing conversation between two female college students – one I knew personally, the other I did not. They were talking about a guy both had known in high school and who went to the same university as the young women I knew.  I changed the names, of course. “Nicole” is the...

Apr 14, 2011

A response I posted recently to a post at CatholicTechTalk.com got me thinking about something: the value of social media for the Church rests precisely in that it is a two-way street. In other words, it is not simply a virtual version of posting up a flyer on the narthex bulletin board. Sure, we’ve all got something to promote: a concert, a fundraiser, a...

Apr 8, 2011

Let me start with two basic presumptions I work from when it comes to technology, in general, and social media, especially. 1. Technology accelerates. Period. – For good, bad and otherwise, technology helps do everything we humans already do, just faster. Here I am defining technology very broadly, not limiting to computers and the interwebs. But I...