Eric Bryant‘s book gets a reboot as Not Like Me: A Field Guide for Influencing a Diverse World, the book formerly known as Peppermint-Filled Pinatas. The book now has its own website notlikeme.org, sermon series, small group materials, blog tour … This [ . . . ]
My article, “How Real Relationships Grow Online” was published in the print edition of INHERITANCE Magazine (May 2010). INHERITANCE is a magazine for Asian American Christian that launched in 2009. You know what to do: read + add your comments below. Open [ . . . ]
“Conflict is something that will always be. It is neither good nor bad, it simply is.” [cf. Sam Chand] The incident regarding Deadly Viper had set the online world ablaze, and very uncomfortable words of pain festered in the open space [cf. [ . . . ]
Wow. These blog post comment threads at here and here about unintentional racial stereotypes is blowing up. Big. Time. [cf. summary] I think that discussing highly-emotionally charged issues in an asynchronous public forum like the online blogosphere is mostly ineffective. One party [ . . . ]
Earlier this week, I put an anonymous poll out to my peeps, with this simple question: “For those who know me from offline or online, how much of a people person am I?” I don’t think of myself as the consummate people [ . . . ]
Being on vacation, I’ve resisted making plans — I find planning to be drudgery work. So I’ve been quite spontaneous, even though that makes it hard to sync up with others who aren’t able to be spontaneous with me at the same [ . . . ]
Okay, it’s no more than 26.4% real. Here’s my math, to show my work: We have 5 senses: see, hear, touch, taste, smell. The online world allows us to see and hear one another. That’s 40%. (Aside: I don’t think we want [ . . . ]
I think I’ve been gifted (and cursed?) with capacity for the messiness and depth of relationships, even though it may not be apparent for those who are stuck on first impressions. Which is to say, I’m not very good at small talk. [ . . . ]
Some things I’ve found recently (and way back when that I hadn’t blogged): “The success of the iPhone has rendered the iPod irrelevant.” — Fast Company’s Agree or Disagree 1st internet campus baptism, at Flamingo Road anyways; could virtual communion be next? [ . . . ]
