Wygle Wide Web

A quiet field journal of digital archaeology. Reconstructing a life from 25+ years of digital traces, with occasional help from ChatGPT when things get weird or surprising.

Day: June 2, 2010

  • Technology: The Bottleneck of Ministry

    doxopolis: As I’ve traveled the country visiting many churches I’ve noticed a strange phenomenon: sometimes IT ministries, in an effort to serve their church well, become a bottleneck to the mission of the church. Though largely unintentional, the effect is the crippling of the communications and community ministries. Here are some reflections I hope can…

  • When you have to buy a ticket or a coffee or a beer to encounter other people in neutral spaces, you lose some folks. How front porches encourage loitering (aka “community”) Source: instapaper.com