Kindle has come to the Blackberry. This is a brilliant app though I have yet to test it. But the idea excites me already. However, I will say that reading books on a Blackberry is not the most enticing option. The screen on most Blackberry phones, aside from the Storm, is pretty small. But this app might be a handy feature for people who travel or need something to read on the fly. You can download the app for free over at Amazon.
I recently acquired a Blackberry Tour as another work tool in the toolbox. Put another way, I get to spend less time away from work. Nevertheless, I’m going to be switching everything over to it soon so I don’t have to carry two phones (but still keep the same number). For other Blackberry folks, are there any apps that you would highly recommend? So far I’m running Score Mobile, Uber Twitter, and Facebook. I’m looking for anything that you find useful in your day to day operations (work or play).
Carl Trueman’s latest article at Reformation 21 takes on the digital age and its influence on the church and ministry. Particularly, Trueman points out that the digital age has given people an excuse to ignore local, real life connections for the sake of connecting globally. It has skewed our priorities so that we spend more time online than we do hanging out with real people. The same case could be made for other things as well. It is likely that we spend more time reading short blog articles about trivial matters than we do reading lengthier books dealing with weighty issues. I have really been thinking a lot about this subject for some time now. Personally I can find so many reasons to spend good chunks of time on the computer. It is questionable whether many of those reasons are good. I found Trueman’s words below convicting.
When I see Christians blogging so much, I wonder how many sermons are being prepared on the fly because of lack of time, how many parishioners go unvisited, how many prayers remain unprayed, how many words of love and affection to spouses and children are never said, how many books – let alone the Bible – are left unread, and how many fellowships atrophy through lack of any real, meaningful social and spiritual intercourse. Indeed, to summarize: how many online `communities’ (sic) prosper to the detriment of the real, physical communities into which the Lord has placed each and every one of us? How many complain of insufficient time to do the boring routines of the Christian life – worship services, Sunday School, visiting the sick and the aged, fellowship, Bible reading, prayer – and yet always somehow manage to fit in a quick twitter or blog or podcast or change to their Facebook status?
A sobering reminder that my time and efforts are better spent connecting with people where I am at. The internet and digital media have given us many useful resources to communicate information and share the gospel. However, technology can never replace the interaction we have every day with real people whether in church, at our jobs, or in our homes.
Hey folks…I need some thoughts on feed readers. Currently, I have been using the feed reader connected to the Windows Live Mail email client. However, I have recently been thinking about switching to the Google Reader. The advantage of readers like Windows Live is that all of the posts are accessible offline. The Google Reader (unless I’m mistaken) can only be accessed through a web browser.
So…what feed readers do you all use and recommend? Advantages? Disadvantages?
There are few phones that have come out in the recent past in which I have really been wanting to get my hands on. Being a closet techie, I find electronic gadgets fascinating and fun. When the iPhone was released, I seriously considered switching cell phone providers just so I could have one. All of the apps and functions set iPhone apart from the competition (not even close really).
Enter the Motorola Droid. It is the latest attempt by an Apple competitor to knock the iPhone off its pedestal. It has a lot of similar features as the iPhone including an intuitive touch screen, multiple media capabilities, and a growing list of apps. Two features found in the Droid that are missing in the iPhone are a slide out QWERTY keyboard (a feature I find much nicer than the virtual keyboard) and a free GPS navigation service. The Droid runs on the Google Android 2.0 OS which means it smoothly connects to all of the Google tools. However, the GPS service is the deal maker. The Droid not only connects to Google Maps but also takes the maps function to another level by giving you street by street audio directions as you are driving. And…the navigation service is free.
So here’s the question of the week…
Is the Motorola Droid truly an iPhone killer (or at least a competitor)?
And…the Droid is releasing on the Verizon network which could make things even more interesting. Since my employer just hooked us up with a Blackberry Tour, I probably won’t be getting a Droid anytime soon. But if I were getting a phone in the near future on the Verizon network, this would be the phone.
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