Technology Is _______: A Contest

Posted by Scott McClellan on January 20th, 2010 at 2:13 pm

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We’ve never done anything like this … so we’ll see how it goes. We’re going to do a contest, and here’s the deal:

The prompt is, “Technology is ________ …”

You can respond with a word, a sentence, a paragraph, a story, a picture, a video, or a culinary creation. OK, probably not a culinary creation. Whatever you come up with, however you choose to respond, post it (or a link to it) in the comments section by Wednesday, February 3. At that point, I’m going to pick a winner and send them a bunch of stuff — a few books, a few DVDs, some Igniter stuff, maybe a T-shirt, and who knows what else.

There are two catches that go along with this. First, I’m going to pick the winner based on whatever challenges, inspires, intrigues, provokes, amuses, or moves me the most. There’s no rhyme or reason to that, and it may not be entirely fair, but that’s what I’m going to do. Second, if you live outside the US, I’m not going to ship the box to you because I don’t want to eat the massive shipping costs. However, I’ll figure out a cool digital package for you and send it to you electronically.

Well, that’s the contest! Good luck. Enter. Be bold. And if this fails on an epic scale, we can all point and laugh.

Here’s where I turn it over to you. Technology is ________ …

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58 Responses to “Technology Is _______: A Contest”

…like a little ninja in Jesus' back pocket.

posted at 8:17 pm on January 20th, 2010 by Jesse Medina

Cloudy

posted at 8:24 pm on January 20th, 2010 by Frank3

…dangerous. I've spent much of my life living by the following assumption: "The methods may change, but the message never will." Unfortunately, this is false. No technology is neutral. Every technology will change you, no matter what you use it to say. Too often we presume to know what a technology will do to use in the church, and too often we accept technology without proper thought. Technology can be leveraged to great heights, but never without change in our message…and never without change in us.

posted at 8:37 pm on January 20th, 2010 by Brian Holt

… anthropologie (you know, that hip apparel store)

posted at 3:17 pm on January 20th, 2010 by John Charles Dickey

Kip Dynamite
see my post: http://www.ichilly.com/?p=910

posted at 9:40 pm on January 20th, 2010 by chilly

Addictive

posted at 9:43 pm on January 20th, 2010 by _lowedown

…another paintbrush at the artist's disposal.

posted at 9:59 pm on January 20th, 2010 by Joe Ferreira

…what it is. All technological advances become obsolete over time (often a very short time, think IPhones). This is the nature of technology; to advance upon whatever currently exists. However, it is our knowledge that allows us to use technology in a way that enhances life. The best teacher is not the one with the best technology. The best teacher is the one with the most knowledge, often most effectively through the latest vessel of technology.

Also, technology is awesome.

posted at 10:03 pm on January 20th, 2010 by Marc

a tool that reveals (at least) the level to which we've disciplined ourselves.

posted at 10:12 pm on January 20th, 2010 by jr. forasteros

… getting it wrong 10,000 times before you get it right.

posted at 10:15 pm on January 20th, 2010 by Chris M

Technology is one step removed.

posted at 10:25 pm on January 20th, 2010 by Bill

Technology is THE defining force of our society in which efficiency isn't an option but a necessity imposed on all human activity.

posted at 11:47 pm on January 20th, 2010 by Matt Kingsley

both the lamest and most effective way to get more money out of a job if you have it sprinkled strategically on your already-super-bogus resume.

posted at 12:53 am on January 21st, 2010 by human3rror

… spending 6 hours trying to do something that would have taken 15 minutes if you had just done it the old way.

posted at 2:03 am on January 21st, 2010 by Chris M

…a way to fake it, make it, break it, bend the rules, discover our *selves*, connect, and disconnect.

posted at 2:31 am on January 21st, 2010 by Aaron Alexander

…like a Gremlin – (Must love the 80's) yes! Gremlims – There can be rules to hang out with it – There are consequences if you don't use it the right way – But guess! what! – CHANGE is Inevitable!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h24CFZqSEAA

posted at 5:32 am on January 21st, 2010 by seedsdropper

change for better or worse

posted at 1:54 pm on January 21st, 2010 by Matt Hafer

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(in the church) not to wow people, but to engage them in moments where they get to meet with God.

posted at 3:17 pm on January 21st, 2010 by Josh B

…a resplendently useful servant and a despotic master.

posted at 3:42 pm on January 21st, 2010 by Matt C

Technology is challenging our limits

posted at 3:45 pm on January 21st, 2010 by Marcus Rhoads

…what simplifies our processes by complicating our lives.

posted at 4:55 pm on January 21st, 2010 by anthonycoppedge

…an extension of our inability

posted at 6:24 pm on January 21st, 2010 by hector

A dictatorship

posted at 7:06 pm on January 21st, 2010 by jay

Technology is stagnant. I think we are long overdue for a breakthrough.

posted at 7:11 pm on January 21st, 2010 by Martin E Massinger

Technology is… driving people mad one pixel at a time as they crash from an information download while getting infected with a virus and their physical memory is being used up by unnecessary process.

posted at 8:38 pm on January 21st, 2010 by a.perez

dang. Got to it first ;)

posted at 4:52 am on January 22nd, 2010 by Ryan

Totally
Exceptional
Computers
Having
No
Other
Logical
Orders
Getting
Younger

Yup. Just busted out the acrostic.

posted at 5:05 am on January 22nd, 2010 by Ryan

at least I think it's called an acrostic. Hah.

posted at 5:06 am on January 22nd, 2010 by Ryan

Technology is change. 

Observe the following substitutions:

He who rejects TECHNOLOGY is the architect of decay.  The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.  ~Harold Wilson

There is a certain relief in TECHNOLOGY, even though it be from bad to worse!  As I have often found in travelling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one’s position, and be bruised in a new place.  ~Washington Irving

It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to TECHNOLOGY.  ~Author unknown

The wheel of TECHNOLOGY moves on, and those who were down go up and those who were up go down.  ~Jawaharlal Nehru

Those who expect moments of TECHNOLOGY to be comfortable and free of conflict have not learned their history.  ~Joan Wallach Scott

It’s the most unhappy people who most fear TECHNOLOGY.  ~Mignon McLaughlin,

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot TECHNOLOGY; The courage to TECHNOLOGY the things that I can; And the wisdom to know the difference. -Reinhold Niebuhr

So let me remind you tonight that TECHNOLOGY will not be easy. TECHNOLOGY will take time. There will be setbacks and false starts and sometimes we’ll make mistakes…Yes, we can. Yes, we can TECHNOLOGY. Yes, we can…And where we are met with cynicism and doubt and fear and those who tell us that we can’t, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of the American people in three simple words — yes, we can. -Barack Obama

posted at 2:14 am on January 22nd, 2010 by Greg

just technology. It's what you do with it and how much it controls your life that makes it something else.

posted at 3:44 pm on January 22nd, 2010 by dlp

http://sethsoul.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/technolo...

posted at 4:25 pm on January 22nd, 2010 by seth

see blog entry… http://sethsoul.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/technolo...

posted at 5:50 pm on January 22nd, 2010 by seth

…is a capuchin monkey, hosting infectious diseases like Papyrus (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj9SUJdpJS4) and constanly slapping you in the face (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjt8v7oFRXg).

posted at 7:33 pm on January 22nd, 2010 by Greg

a good friend and lurking enemy.

posted at 8:36 pm on January 22nd, 2010 by thedailywalk

…an incredible tool for the furtherance of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

posted at 8:57 pm on January 22nd, 2010 by Michael

is birthed by one person's idea and killed by another's.

posted at 8:58 pm on January 22nd, 2010 by Randall Potter

is just a sequel.

posted at 8:59 pm on January 22nd, 2010 by Randall Potter

is a never ending stream of low-budget zombie sequels whose script was handled by "crowd sourcing."

posted at 9:00 pm on January 22nd, 2010 by Randall Potter

Technology is both amazing and frightening. Amazing how far we have come, frightening that we seemingly can't do anything we used to do without it.

posted at 9:17 pm on January 22nd, 2010 by reva skie

…what keeps us from spending time together.

posted at 2:39 am on January 23rd, 2010 by Gus Beltrami

…the greatest thing in the world until it fails. Then we're just stuck at the front of the line with a handful of merchandise, staring at the clerk, feeling like a chump because we don't carry cash in a world where debit cards appear to be the most convenient idea ever until the computer crashes. But up until that, it was awesome.

posted at 3:46 am on January 23rd, 2010 by Russ

a collection of tools that propel us forward in what pursuits either our own minds or the Mind of God has for us.

posted at 6:40 am on January 24th, 2010 by MANATTWeb

neither good or bad, just those that use it.

posted at 2:53 pm on January 24th, 2010 by Marcus Williamson

is a small glimpse of the human brain put on electronics…more like a fingerprint of what the human brain could do

posted at 4:16 am on January 25th, 2010 by camnio media

Technology is……

Scott McClellan from Collide recently posed the question, “Technology is…“, asking readers to fill in the blank.  Not one to stand back from debate, I threw my hat in the ring.  Technology is … not enough.
You may remember my …..

posted at 6:33 am on January 25th, 2010 by Worship in HD

…not enough.

Good stuff, Scott. Blog entry: http://worshipinhd.com/blog

posted at 12:37 pm on January 25th, 2010 by WorshipInHD

A Batman Character…

http://picasaweb.google.com/keithmcotton/TwoFace#...

posted at 2:41 pm on January 25th, 2010 by Keith Cotton

… like Time; You can have too much, yet never have enough.

posted at 3:02 pm on January 25th, 2010 by del914

man's attempt to undue God's curse upon Adam and Eve

posted at 4:11 pm on January 25th, 2010 by Matt

…Sasquatch. Elusive, hairy, living with the Henderson's & some congregations don't believe he exists!

posted at 5:28 pm on January 25th, 2010 by Jason

unstoppable…

posted at 5:49 pm on January 29th, 2010 by Bryan Benitez

…only as good as the creativity and intentions of the user. Just like anything else, in the right hands it can be an incredible force for good. In the wrong hands, it can destroy.

posted at 5:53 pm on January 29th, 2010 by Kevin

used to glorify God. When I was in 10th grade and used an Apple computer for the first time, I never would have imagined majoring in computer science or one day using those skills for God's glory. God had a plan that I would never have believed if I had not lived it. Funny but true story…I was teaching at a business college in 1990 and distinctly remember telling my students that this world wide web thing was big in Europe but it would never catch on here in the US. Epic technology FAIL. Proved I am no prophet. Better stick to ministry using technology then.

posted at 6:02 pm on January 29th, 2010 by Larry Darnell

Technology is candy…don't over do it or you will get sick

posted at 7:42 pm on January 29th, 2010 by Pete

http://twitpic.com/10dpe7
Think I sent that to the wrong place originally.
Technology is so full of wires.

posted at 11:00 pm on January 29th, 2010 by Donnagray

Technology is… not an excuse for lack of substance.

posted at 4:52 pm on February 2nd, 2010 by Chris M

Technology is… the fiber leading to the next link in the Evolution of Man.

posted at 4:54 pm on February 2nd, 2010 by Chris M

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