More on technology...

A couple of interesting pieces about the use (and mis-use of the internet), from the New York Times.

:: On the use of twitter, apparently its not the young who are using it.

:: On the model and the blogger, (freedom to speak, and license to offend?)

:: On the (over) use of email. [The Independant],

And, via the BBC, ten lessons from losing...

Tomorrow's too late ...

A really sad story, and a reminder to reach out to your friends ... today ... because tomorrow it may be too late.

Strict Joy..

I was stoked to visit the NPR Website, and watch a Tiny Desk Concert - featuring Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova performing six songs from their new album (to be released in October this year). Some of these songs were played during their tour at the beginning of the year.

The only problem with watching it, is that it has made me hungry to hear the album now.

Facebook [undermines] Friendship

It saddens me when I read things like this comment about Facebook and virtual community. I am sure that there is a grain of truth it what he is saying, but I'd love to hear more positive comments perhaps embracing it as something that the church can use.

neuro-music...

Here's a link to a great interview with Oscar Sachs - the author of Musicophillia - about the neuroscience of music. He made an interesting point about - given "we are now able to listen to anything we like on our iPods, we
have less motivation to go to concerts or churches or synagogues, less occasion to sing together", and how this is unfortunate, "because music-making engages much more of our brains than simply listening".

The full interview is worth the read.