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Misguided Technology Use

Posted by John Saddington on Nov 18, 2008

I have to admit: I like to be “innovative” and “creative” just like the next tech geek and sometimes I take it too far for a spin in the seat, but this guy has has me beat.

He’s using Twitter to turn on and off his lights.  You have to see it to believe it.


Control Lights with Twitter from Justin Wickett on Vimeo.

But here’s the challenge that I all think we can take away from this: Are we using technology properly?  Or are we creating uses that the medium never was intended for (and not that’s always a bad thing)?

Have you ever used a technology in such a way that was way outside the boundaries of it’s user manual?  I know that I have.  Perhaps the even greater question, and much more tough one, is whether this is the absolute best use of our time.

Remember, time is our most valuable and limited resource.

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John Saddington

John is the Chief Editor @ The 8BIT Network and Senior Blog Junkie here at ChurchCrunch. He enjoys Triple-Tall Americanos, developing Wordpress Themes, and a few other Random Things.

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12 Responses to “Misguided Technology Use”

  1. Brandon
    Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 2:24 am

    Wow, how convenient. Instead of flipping a switch, you can now type out a whole tweet on a tiny phone and wait 30 seconds. In ministry, sometimes it's faster to do something that doesn't require a plug.

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  2. human3rror
    Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 2:43 am

    … haha. most definitely.

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  3. Ryan Burns
    Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 4:20 am

    Dude… he turned his lights off with Twitter… that's just cool. Waste of time or not, that is cool.

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  4. AdrianRodriguez
    Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 11:52 am

    Wow. That's pretty amazing. I think though when it comes to your question about using technology the way it was meant to be; I think that my problem is that I don't use technology to it's fullest potential. I am lazy sometimes.

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  5. human3rror
    Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 12:00 pm

    ah. laziness. not every NEEDS to be all out on tech.. and that's a good thing. i know some of the “rocks” of my faith and life don't ever get online…

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  6. Shaneen Clarke
    Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 2:56 am

    He's very creative and resourceful on what he did, but its amazing.

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  7. human3rror
    Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 3:06 am

    it is pretty fly. i mean, seriously… the guy's got talent.

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  8. human3rror
    Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 3:06 am

    i want to learn those ninja skills.

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  3. human3rror (human3rror)

    Misguided Technology Use http://tinyurl.com/5hklgs // Use Twitter to turn your lights on and off!

  4. nwbingham (Nathan W. Bingham)

    Twitter can turn off your lights. http://tinyurl.com/5hklgs