Tech Reformation: Recent Episodes
Tech Reformation
Welcome to the Tech Reformation – where the world of technology meets the worldview of Christianity. Tech Reformation is a weekly podcast hosted by four Reformed Christians discussing the latest tech topics and how the Christian worldview impacts and interprets the often secular world of technology. Grab your USBs and ESVs and join us each week for the Tech Reformation!
We talk about a really old article about mechanical music.
Links
- The Main Article We Discuss
- Set To Learn (Derek's other podcast)
- Good Memories by Matthew Parker
Ways to Contact Us
- Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
- Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
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Hosts
- Derek Mast
- David Mikucki
- Craig Elliss
- Ryan Tankersley
- Ben Robin
- Joe Carter
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Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
Spoiler Links
These are links, again, from the "Tech News or Naw" section of the show. If you want to play along with that game, definitely don't read them until you've listened to that part. Here's some more text to keep you from actually reading them.
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- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1477302345/qoobo?ref=thanks_link
- https://au.pcmag.com/health-fitness/84805/totos-wellness-toilet-will-analyze-your-poop
We're back! And we're talking about The Social Dilemma!
Links
- The Social Dilemma
Ways to Contact Us
- Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
- Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
- Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
- Derek Mast
- David Mikucki
- Craig Elliss
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
Spoiler Links
These are links from the "Tech News or Naw" section of the show. If you want to play along with that game, definitely don't read them until you've listened to that part. Here's some more text to keep you from actually reading them.
Vivamus sagittis lacus vel augue laoreet rutrum faucibus. Ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequat. Cras mattis iudicium purus sit amet fermentum. Salutantibus vitae elit libero, a pharetra augue. Nihilne te nocturnum praesidium Palati, nihil urbis vigiliae.
- https://www.thedrum.com/news/2019/04/28/purina-creates-vet-billboard-it-actually-needs-dogs-pee
- https://au.pcmag.com/airthings-wave/65128/charmins-toilet-tech-in-the-running-for-weirdest-ces-gadgets
Should you opt-in to your country’s contact tracing apps and features?
Links
- Australia has COVIDSafe. Here is how other countries are using contact tracing apps in the fight against coronavirus - ABC News
- Contact Tracing
Ways to Contact Us
Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
David Mikucki
Craig Elliss
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
Coronavirus, canceling church, and tips for some live-streaming your service for sick people on a budget.
Ways to Contact Us
Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
David Mikucki
Craig Elliss
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Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
This is a bittersweet episode. A milestone, a transition, and a new path forward. Plus some Google Feud thrown in for good measure.
Links
- Verge Article
- Twitter Thread
Ways to Contact Us
- Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
- Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
- Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
- Derek Mast
- David Mikucki
- Craig Elliss
- Ryan Tankersley
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
Tank gets a new person and Craig gets a new Light Phone. The question is, does the title refer to the person or the phone? Listen to find out.
Links
- The Light Phone
Ways to Contact Us
Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
- David Mikucki
- Craig Elliss
- Ryan Tankersley
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
A pretty meandering discussion about Photoshop for iPad, clarity around expectations in software, and how modern development tools and libraries are making it easy to release feature compete apps that compete with companies who've been around for decades.
Links
- Photoshop for iPad is Getting Terrible Early Reviews
Ways to Contact Us
Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
David Mikucki
Joe Carter
Ryan Tankersley
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
Craig and David didn't have a topic so they talk about iPhones, photography, the new MacBooks, creepy voice assistants, and—of course—instruments in worship. They’re technically technology, right?
Ways to Contact Us
- Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
- Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
- Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
- David Mikucki
- Craig Elliss
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
Let’s talk about Salesforce, the 1-1-1 pledge, and vocation.
Links
- Pledge 1% - Salesforce.org
- Marc Benioff will discuss building a socially responsible and successful startup at TechCrunch Disrupt – TechCrunch
- Trailblazer: The Power of Business as the Greatest Platform for Change - Salesforce.com
- Marc Benioff
- 30 Inspiring Mission Statements of Startup Companies That Went on to Earn a Billion Dollars
- Relight App
- "Weird Al" Yankovic - Mission Statement
Ways to Contact Us
Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
David Mikucki
Ryan Tankersley
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
Let's talk about online-offline balance so we can stop screaming at each other like modems.
Links
- Constantly (Dis)connected: How Online Habits Form Us
- How the internet is weakening our language : Recovering a rich vocabulary for a deeper knowledge of God
- Relight – A Reformed Theology and Bible Study Web App
- Lightest Form of Flogging episode that David mentioned
Ways to Contact Us
Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
David Mikucki
Craig Elliss
Ryan Tankersley
Joe Carter
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
Dadgum Milleniums take a lot of photos of their kids—a lot. What are the effects of that and what are some ways to keep kids from thinking they’re the next Paris Hilton?
Probably the best part about this episode is that when Tank finally remembers to hit record, his recording was set up to use his internal mic instead of his main mic, so David’s Skype track actually still sounds better. #professionals
Links
- Do Parents Today Take Too Many Photos Of Their Kids?
Ways to Contact Us
- Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
- Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
- Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
- David Mikucki
- Craig Elliss
- Ryan Tankersley
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
Links
- Here’s everything Apple announced today at the iPhone 11 event
- Review: The iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 do Disneyland after dark
- Apple isn’t even trying anymore to keep its unreleased AR headset a secret
- Apple seeks patent on retinal hologram projectors for AR glasses
- Apple Glasses: Apple's Secret Work on Virtual and Augmented Reality
Ways to Contact Us
- Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
- Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
- Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
- David Mikucki
- Craig Elliss
- Ryan Tankersley
- Joe Carter
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
Are Christians giving Amazon too much power over Christian publishing?
Links
- The Power Over Christian Publishing We've Given To Amazon - Tim Challies
Ways to Contact Us
- Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
- Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
- Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
- Craig Elliss
- Ryan Tankersley
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
Let's talk about a wildly unsourced and unconfirmed rumor about Apple putting rainbows on stuff.
Links
Apple's Rainbow Logo May Return to Some New Products as Early as This Year
Ways to Contact Us
- Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
- Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
- Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
- David Mikucki
- Craig Elliss
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
Space: the final frontier. These are the discussions of the Tech Reformation. Its continuing mission to explore strange new topics, to seek out new tech, and new conversations—to boldly introduce the world of tech to the worldview of Christianity.
Links
- WHY STOWAWAY CREATURES ON THE MOON CONFOUND INTERNATIONAL SPACE LAW
- 100 weird objects sent into space
- How the Kessler Syndrome can end all space exploration and destroy modern life
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xttx2/episodes/downloads
Ways to Contact Us
- Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
- Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
- Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
- Craig Elliss
- Ryan Tankersley
- Joe Carter
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
Let's talk about Slack and improving the community experience.
Links
- What's Slack Doing With Your Data?
- Weird Youtube video of a man punching a kangaroo
Ways to Contact Us
- Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
- Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
- Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
- David Mikucki
- Craig Elliss
- Ryan Tankersley
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
Instagram is testing some changes to how it displays “likes.” Let’s discuss.
Links
- Instagram officially tests hiding Like counts – TechCrunch
Ways to Contact Us
- Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
- Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
- Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
- David Mikucki
- Craig Elliss
- Ryan Tankersley
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
How can you monetize your app/web app/website/service thing ethically?
Links
Relight: David’s Web App (A Work in Progress)
Under the Radar
Ways to Contact Us
- Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
- Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
- Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
- David Mikucki
- Craig Elliss
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
What the heck is transhumanism? And what's a Christian transhumanist?
Links
- Unbelievable? Should Christians embrace Transhumanism? Micah Redding vs Nigel Cameron
- Transhumanism Is Tempting—Until You Remember Inspector Gadget
- Transhumanism And The Future Of Humanity: 7 Ways The World Will Change By 2030
- Episode 26: CRISPR Theology w/ Alex Humphrey
Ways to Contact Us
- Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
- Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
- Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
- David Mikucki
- Craig Elliss
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
People are boycotting Netflix because Netflix is boycotting Georgia.
Links
- Christian Boycott Research Page
- Christians Need to Stop Boycotting Stuff | RELEVANT Magazine
- Should Christians Boycott Starbucks? - Russell Moore
- Updated Boycott List Identifies Corporate Supporters of Planned Parenthood - Christian Newswire
- Can Christians 'Do Business' with the World? by Robert Rothwell
- Amazon warehouse workers in Minnesota plan to strike on Prime Day over labor practices – TechCrunch
Ways to Contact Us
- Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
- Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
- Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
- Ryan Tankersley
- Joe Carter
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
People in Japan are using their cars in weird ways.
Links
People in Japan are renting cars but not driving them
Ways to Contact Us
- Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
- Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
- Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
- Craig Elliss
- Ryan Tankersley
- Joe Carter
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
Let's have some fun and talk about the craziest tech things we think will be real in the next 10–20 years.
Links
- Craig's Crazy Link
Ways to Contact Us
- Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
- Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
- Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
- David Mikucki
- Craig Elliss
- Ryan Tankersley
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
This week, we’re joined by listener Dr. David Lachut to talk about Facebook's new crypto(?)currency, Libra.
Links
- Quick Summary of Libra
- The Crazy Wall
Ways to Contact Us
- Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
- Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
- Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
- David Mikucki
- Ryan Tankersley
- Joe Carter
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
E3 happened and you may soon be able to play Xbox on your Android tablet. But wait, why do you have an Android tablet anyway?
Links
- The game streaming dream was inside us all along
- Amazon WorkSpaces
Ways to Contact Us
- Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
- Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
- Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
- David Mikucki
- Ryan Tankersley
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
Apple's WWDC happened and Derek joins us to talk about it.
Links
- Apple WWDC 2018 keynote in 14 minutes
- Set To Learn (Derek's other podcast)
Ways to Contact Us
- Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
- Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
- Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
- Derek Mast
- David Mikucki
- Craig Elliss
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
As a general rule, when you jam tomatoes into machines, things happen to the tomatoes.
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Links
- Software, the Tough Tomato Principle, and the Great Weirdening of the World
- Apple won't like this... - Run MacOS on ANY PC
- Commuter Cars
- Elio Motors
- Chick Tracts
Ways to Contact Us
- Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
- Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
- Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
- David Mikucki
- Ryan Tankersley
- Joe Carter
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
Blogs still exist, but are blog blogs dying? And is that bad?
Links
- Three Kinds of Blog (and the Future of Christian Blogging) - Tim Challies
- The Present and Future of Christian Blogging
- Lightest Form of Flogging – Episode 15: Full Weird Al
Ways to Contact Us
- Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
- Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
- Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
- David Mikucki
- Craig Elliss
- Ryan Tankersley
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
Fridges are tracking you and it's not cool.
Links
- Now, Even the Freezer Aisle Is Tracking You
- Creeping on You in the Cold Drinks Aisle
- Youtube Video: Nudging: The Future of Advertising
- The article Tank Sorry, your data can still be identified even if it’s anonymized
Ways to Contact Us
- Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
- Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
- Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
- David Mikucki
- Ryan Tankersley
- Joe Carter
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
Mark Zuckerburg cares about your privacy, and jokes about it. Also what's privacy?
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Links
- Facebook is trying to make the word “private” meaningless
- Facebook pivots to what it wishes it was – TechCrunch
Ways to Contact Us
- Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
- Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
- Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
- David Mikucki
- Craig Elliss
- Ryan Tankersley
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
A browser built around ads?
*Sponsor: Dwell App
Links
- The Brave browser launches ads that reward users for viewing – TechCrunch
- xkcd: Mattresses
- The War To Sell You A Mattress Is An Internet Nightmare
Ways to Contact Us
- Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
- Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
- Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
- David Mikucki
- Ryan Tankersley
- Joe Carter
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
When is a bad deal ripping someone off, and is ripping people off wrong? This topic is Apple’s fault.
*Sponsor: Dwell App
Links
- Samsung X5 SSD
- Apple’s iMacs
- Helvetic Episode 02: It’s a Bad Widget
Ways to Contact Us
- Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
- Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
- Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
- David Mikucki
- Craig Elliss
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
Zuckerberg wants more government regulation. Wait, what?
*Sponsor: Dwell App
Links
- Opinion | Mark Zuckerberg: The Internet needs new rules. Let’s start in these four areas.
- How Israel Folau went from NRL superstar to rugby outcast
Ways to Contact Us
- Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
- Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
- Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
- David Mikucki
- Craig Elliss
- Ryan Tankersley
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
Amazon is paying tons of money on research to get you reading more. I wonder if clickbait like this would work.
Sponsor: Missional Wear - the gift shop for reformed theology enthusiasts!
Links
- How to Pronounce Arduino
- The psychological tricks Amazon's Kindle plays on you
- Man Accidentally Performs Yoga Pose, Is Possessed By Horde Of Demons
- 135: Abstracting Parenting with Gamification
Ways to Contact Us
- Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
- Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
- Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
- David Mikucki
- Ryan Tankersley
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
We discuss the Apple event, the various things announced at it, and then focus in on Apple's family friendly attitude and their forthcoming TV shows.
Links
- Summary of Apple Event (the Verge)
- Upgrade Podcast: The Future of TV Was Apps
- Accidental Tech Podcast: We Should Probably Get to the Apple Event
Ways to Contact Us
- Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
- Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
- Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
- David Mikucki
- Joe Carter
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
Sponsor: Missional Wear - the gift shop for reformed theology enthusiasts!
Links
- Earth is (always has been) round, so why have the flat-out wrong become so lively?
- Logan Paul’s satirical flat Earth doc gets to the heart of YouTube’s recommendation issue
- Flat-Earthers' Cruise Will Sail to Antarctica 'Ice Wall' at the Planet's Edge. Right.
- America’s flat-Earth movement appears to be growing
Ways to Contact Us
- Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
- Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
- Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
- David Mikucki
- Craig Elliss
- Ryan Tankersley
- Joe Carter
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
Weird shower cap things and hearing people through your arm. Also why Facebook wants to read your mind.
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Links
- Australia vs. America
- Texas vs. Australia
- Doc Brown's Weird Helmet Thing
- Weird Al: Mission Statement
- Cortex episode that David mentioned
- Our episode about China's social credit system
Ways to Contact Us
- Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
- Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
- Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
- David Mikucki
- Craig Elliss
- Ryan Tankersley
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
Fortnight is a place, a really big place with lots of people. Is it the next social network?
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Links
- Fortnite isn't a game, it's a place | Charged Tech
- Fortnite isn’t addicting your kids — it’s just giving them what society won’t
- Polite Fortnite Society
- 'Fortnite' Had 10 Million Concurrent Players In The Marshmello Concert Event
Ways to Contact Us
- Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
- Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
- Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
- David Mikucki
- Craig Elliss
- Ryan Tankersley
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
All the hosts this week are what you might call digital creatives, so we discuss the democratization of digital creativity.
Links
- Blender 2.8
- Procreate
- Scribus
- Greyscale Gorilla
- Inkscape
- Figma
- DaVinci Resolve
- Luma Fusion
- Affinity Photo
- Affinity Designer
Ways to Contact Us
- Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
- Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
- Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
- David Mikucki
- Craig Elliss
- Joe Carter
Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend!
Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!
This person does not exist and neither does this cat. But should we freak out?
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Links
- Can you guess which face is real, and which is computer generated?
- ThisPersonDoesNotExist.com uses AI to generate endless fake faces
- Artificial intelligence is going to make it easier than ever to fake images and video
- Will Altered Video Create a New Information War? | Technology
- Washington fears new threat from 'deepfake' videos
Ways to Contact Us
- Chat with the listener community in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
- Visit our website to search for past shows and topics
- Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation!
Hosts
- Craig Elliss
- Ryan Tankersley
- Joe Carter
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Are podcasts hurting preaching? Should sermon podcasts even exist? What would Jesus podcast? Plus, a special guest.
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- Article: How Podcasts Hurt Preaching
- Referenced xkcd comic
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The internet gets a lot of flack, most of it deserved. But in this episode, we pour one out for the internet and talk about ways that tech has positively shaped our spiritual lives.
Links
- xkcd comic about exploding lithium ion batteries: Bag Check
- Tank's laptop that looks like something really bad
- Craig's Blog
- Pornography statistics that Tank mentioned
- Mentioned Lightest Form of Flogging Episode
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We talk about a pro life group that's using tech and marketing to help stop abortion.
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- Meet the Pro-Life Group Cracking Planned Parenthood’s Favorite Market
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How to start a podcast.
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- Craig's Keyboard
- Joe's Keyboard
- Tank's Keyboard
- David's Amazon Basics Keyboard
- Helvetic: A Podcast
- The Lightest Form of Flogging
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Let's talk about imposter syndrome in tech.
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We need to talk about burnout, or so they say.
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- The rise of (societal) resilience tech
- Why We Need To Talk About Burnout In The Tech Industry
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What do people getting fired at Netflix, Ephesians 4:15, and John Piper have to do with each other?
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- Ask Pastor John: Can a Christian Survive in Silicon Valley
- At Netflix, Radical Transparency and Blunt Firings Unsettle the Ranks (Note this is behind a paywall)
- Visual explanation of the thing at the end
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What are our favorite gadgets and apps that we discovered in 2018?
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- Amazon Workspaces
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- Tile
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In this episode, we talk about some new laws about encryption and privacy in Australia. Featuring an actual Australian!
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Australia passes encryption-breaking laws
Aussie tech industry 'fuming mad' after encryption bill passes
Labor backdown allows Government to pass controversial encryption laws
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This is a bittersweet episode. A milestone, a transition, and a new path forward. Plus some Google Feud thrown in for good measure.
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Set To Learn (Derek's other podcast)
Good Memories by Matthew Parker
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Does Apple have a monopoly on the App Store? We discuss some court cases that are currently trying to decide that.
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What happens if Apple loses its Supreme Court App Store antitrust appeal?
How Apple hopes to stop a customer lawsuit over its App Store monopoly
Apple Inc. v. Pepper
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This week, our heroes take a break from solving the world's problems, and instead kick back, relax, and count their technological blessings.
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We discuss freedom of speech online and the recent movements related to terms of service, Change the Terms and Contributor Covenant.
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Change the Terms
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We reflect on the state of technology over the centuries and how people reacted to new eras of technology in essentially the same way.
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xkcd 1227
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The great digital vs physical Bible debate.
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Olive Tree
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Ligonier just released a study on the state of theology today, and it’s…not what you would call good. We talk about the stats, marvel and recoil at the results, and speculate on how technology may be shaping how we interact with theology in general.
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The State of Theology - Ligonier
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China has a new technological marvel it’s been testing and rolling out in the last year or two, their social credit system. What exactly is it, how does it work, and what are implications for both normal citizens, but also for the Christians?
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Leave No Dark Corner - ABC
China introduces 'social credit score' for citizens - France 24
China Launches Massive New Wave of Persecution Against Christians - CBN
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As a society, we’ve gotten very reliant on our smartphones. Very, VERY reliant. So much so that you might think we have a problem. Well, fear not! Google and Apple are here to help our digital wellbeing with recent software, and that’s what we’re talking about this week. Tune it to hear the horror of just how much time we spend on our devices!
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Digital Wellbeing - Google
iOS 12 introduces new features to reduce interruptions and manage Screen Time - Apple
About Android 9 Pie's Digital Wellbeing - Android Police
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Another September, another iPhone announcement from Apple. Seems like a good time to reflect on our uses of smartphones and their impact on our lives.
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Apple September Keynote 2018 - YouTube
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Ben brings us the checkered history of MoviePass and similar services in the US.
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The Shaky Economics of MoviePass
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Samsung keynote time! The Unpacked show was just August 8th, where good ol' Sammy announced the new Note 9, Galaxy Watch, and other stuff, so Derek tries his hardest to explain what happened while Ben guesses randomly.
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Samsung Unpacked 2018 - Samsung
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There's been a ton of controversy around Alex Jones and web platforms such as Apple, YouTube and Twitter either banning or not banning the conspiracy theorist and expert provocateur. We delve into his backstory and the controversy to get you some facts, then give our opinions on whether this was all justified or not!
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Alex Jones - Wikipedia
Developers developers developers! - YouTube
Monster Energy is the Devil! - YouTube
All the platforms that have banned Alex Jones so far - TechCrunch
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Les Lanphere joins the show to talk about his new movie he's Kickstarting, Spirit & Truth, as well as gives some of his thoughts regarding worship and technology!
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Les Lanphere - Twitter
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Calvinist
The Reformed Pubcast
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We're talking about 3D printed guns! We go through the backstory of this turning point in firearm history and talk about how this changes things going forward. And also, we probably shouldn't panic. For now.
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3D Printed Guns (Documentary) - VICE
The history of the 3D printed gun saga, up until recently - All3DP
Internet Publication of 3D Printing Files About Guns: Facts and What's at Stake - EFF
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Craig and Derek talk about gamification this week, and discuss whether it should have any place in parenting.
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Kids are Master Manipulators. So Use Game Theory Against Them - Wired
Gamification to improve our world: Yu-kai Chou at TEDxLausanne - YouTube
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Ben and Derek get together to finally hash out the Tech Neutrality debate once and for all. And it turns out to have a pretty happy ending!
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Notes
39: Does Tech Make you Dumb?
- Derek: “All technology can be good or bad. But it’s not necessarily a question of good or evil. All technology can be good and evil, but its never neutral. We always have to think about that technology in and of itself affect culture in a particular way. [Gutenberg + iPhone]. It can’t possibly be neutral as a technology, and it’s not necessary good or bad, but we have to keep in mind that these things change our lives. We just want to make sure that they are changing them in the way that we want them to. Thinking critically about technology is part of redeeming technology. And yeah, that’s just very important.”
- So, I would not say that it is neutral. “Realizing that technology is not neutral suddenly changes the entire way that you think about technology.”
40: Tech Neutrality
- Ben: sin requires agency
- Derek: Technology is defined by utility
- Ben: technology is being anthropomorphized unhelpfully
- Ben: the shovel “hurts” us because of the Fall/curse
- Tank: long term usage it and exposure to technology changes the way we think and look at the world
- Derek: yes, technology shapes our worldview in an unconscious way
- Dyer: language (one tech) includes genders and changes the way we perceive objects
- Ben: our problem is one of communication, specifically with the word “neutral”
- Derek: yes, let’s not be mindless consumers. Uncritical use leads quickly to sin.
- Ben: Matthew 15 - I don’t want this to absolve people of culpability for their sin.
- Derek: of course! I agree! But sin’s desire is for you and technology is made by us!
- Tank: pornography proves that technology is not neutral. There are things that can only be used for evil.
- Derek: but everything can be used for good because even the worst things show us how bad we are and how much we need God
53: Inanimate Milk
- Derek: the new iPhone affects your life at least a little even if you only know there’s a new iPhone that you don’t have
- Ben: It’s really all in how you use it.
81: Rugged Marriage Crossover
- Derek: shovel analogy restated.
- Ben: Technology is not sinful. Technology is not causative. Technology is not accountable.
- Everyone: Technology = Utility + Purpose + Innovation
- Ben really whiffed on the porn question.
- Derek agreed with my whiff.
- Ben: circumstances we find ourselves in are occasions for temptations to sin or opportunities for godliness
- Ben: I can’t claim before God that “Technology made me do it!”
- Ben: It’s an issue of the human heart
- Derek: It has an influence though!
- Ben used the wrong word (correlative). Technology is instrumental.
- Derek: Technology can be either good or bad, but it is never neither. (I AGREE)
- Derek: My point is that it has a trajectory and an influence.
- Ben: I’m trying to be a good biblical counselor here in this conversation.
In the Slack
- Derek: Humans are very predictable and tend to do the same things as each other.
116: Plagued by Individualism
- Ben: Derek has essentially ceded all ground to me in this argument. His argument is changing.
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We had the opportunity to interview Adam Holz this week, a senior editor of Plugged In, to talk about their process for reviewing and categorizing content, the moral dilemma of reviewing bad content to warn others, and looking forward at the future of the website!
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Plugged In
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As Silicon Valley's grown bigger and liberal ideology has dominated the tech sphere, there's been a lot of talk about Christians eventually being pushed out of the conversation altogether by methods of persecution or discrimination. This week we talk about 3 situations that could be perceived that way, and make our own judgements!
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Links
Demonitization of Dr Michael Brown - The Christian Post
Really, Facebook?? - Adam4d's Twitter
Facebook apologizes for threatening to censor the Babylon Bee - The Federalist
Adam4D's take - The American Conservative
The lack of an Easter Google Doodle - Patheos
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Google recently put out a list of principles they plan to follow in applying AI technologies. Where do our worldviews align and separate when it comes to such important technology, and why does it matter?
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Links
Google's AI principles - Google
What is AI? - ZDnet
Google Engineers Refused to Build Security Tool to Win Military Contracts - Bloomberg
Zeitgeist
Lex, Rex
Helvetic, An Episode 43
Law of Lesser Magistrates
The Lightest Form of Flogging
Helvetic, A Podcast
Set To Learn
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Tinder has always been a hot topic from its inception, and we talk about it this week! What effects does Tinder-style judgement have on us and the culture, and what does the Bible say about it?
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Links
Why people use Tinder - Psychology Today
Should Christians use Tinder? - Eternity News
Bible References
1 Samuel 16:7
2 Corinthians 5
1 Corinthians 1:27
James 2:1-5
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Ahhhh, the WWDC keynote, the Super Bowl of Apple watchers. So we made like a sports this week and drafted our favorite things from the keynote!
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WWDC Keynote - YouTube
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Ever been stuck on a decision and just needed other people to break the tie? We talk about that this week in reference to spiritual decisions or beliefs. Should crowdsourcing our beliefs be a thing in any way?
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- Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will
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Rachael Starke joins us this week to talk about the way distance learning is affecting seminaries, and how we should use technology in light of the incarnation.
Thanks to Rachael for joining us this week!
- @rachaelstarke on Twitter
- The Thinkings of Things
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Tanya Mast joins Derek and Craig to talk about social media and children.
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Everything's all about Google's developer keynote! Skynet's calling our hairdressers, our news is getting less echo chamber-y, and self driving cars might actually be a thing for real now!
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Google I/O 2018 Keynote in 14 min - The Verge
Google I/O 2018 Keynote Unabridged - Google
From Pizza to Girl - YouTube
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So you've probably been getting emails recently asking you to accept terms and conditions or maybe to resubscribe to a mailing list. That's thanks to GDPR! What is it? What does it do? And how does Scripture speak on the subject of privacy?
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Scripture References
- Luke 12:2-3
- Jeremiah 23:24
- Proverbs 12:23
- Matthew 10:26-28
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We've all watched the movie now, so we give our initial impressions and dive into the worldview espoused by Ready Player One.
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Links
Ready Player One - Wikipedia
Would you take the red pill or the blue pill? - Michael Kruger
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We talk about an article from The Gospel Coalition about keeping tech in its proper place.
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The Proper Place of Technology - The Gospel Coalition
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Apparently kids still get bored, even with the entirety of the internet in their hands. We talk about that, plus, how should we deal with boredom as Christians?
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Links
Gen Z is already bored with the internet - The Daily Beast
Scripture
- Proverbs 6:6
- 1 Timothy 5:13
- Proverbs 26:14
- John 9:4-5
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Military AI, the human tendency to collect, and reminiscing about old and fun, yet perhaps a little too addictive, past-times.
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Should AI researchers kill people?
The Toys that Made Us - Netflix
RuneScape Mobile
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hashtag #lifehaxx for getting less addicted to your phone, and we ponder what is genuinely worth your attention.
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Links
Phones are designed to be addicting - Vox
Portmanteau
Is the answer to phone addiction a worse phone? - New York Times
12 Ways Your Phone is Changing You - Amazon
Marriage in Light of Eternity - Amazon
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We go deep on the story about the data mining story surrounding Facebook, learn some Greek, as well as discuss how we should be interacting in this new age of propaganda (not the rapper).
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Revealed: 50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach - The Guardian
How Trump Consultants Exploited the Facebook Data of Millions - New York Times
Propaganda (hip hop artist)
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We go Buzzfeed-style this week and give our hot takes on things mentioned in the MIT Technology Review for 2018.
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Topics
- MIT Technology Review for 2018
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We discuss a TED talk on the nature of love, humanity and technology by Helen Fisher, and then meander over to the topic of paedobaptism, and why we don't do that.
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Topics
- Craig: Technology hasn’t changed love - TED
- When the Church Was a Family - Amazon
- Ben: Should you really baptize your babies?
- The Reformed Pubcast Episode 169: Friends Forever
- The New Covenant (Jeremiah 31) - Bible Gateway
- Point of clarification: How Is the Law Written on Every Heart? - Ask Pastor John
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We wander to and fro when talking about the successfully hacked Nintendo Switch. Terms of Service, abortion, admiring evildoers... lots of discussion this week!
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Topics
- Tank: Can we admire the skills of immoral people? - TechCrunch
- Blue Streak Trailer
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Derek decided to open a big 'ol can of worms.
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Topics
- Guns as Technology
- The Parkland Shooting - Wikipedia
- There's a way to stop mass shootings, and you won't like it
- Gun Control Isn't a Policy - The Daily Wire
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Derek complains about old iPhones, and the gang discusses some questions raised by the premise of Netflix’s Altered Carbon.
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Topics
- Derek complains about his iPhone
- Altered Carbon - YouTube
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Chris Orsini joins Derek and Craig this week to talk about how we ought to respond to bad news, as well as changes in how free speech works in this internet age.
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Topics
- Fear and social media
- Psalm 37
- Psalm 43
- Free speech and the Internet - Wired
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Derek squees over cardboard, Tank speeds up his reading, and Ben ponders how original Christians should be with creative work.
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Topics:
- Nintendo Labo
- Kindle Word Runner
- @benjaminjrobin
- Should Christians copy secularist formats?
- Next Week w/ Jeff Durbin
- Christian Daily Reporter
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We dig into some news on Facebook redirecting their ship into a more social platform, and have a lively debate about the value of going "off-grid" on the internet.
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Topics
- Facebook's new "Watch Party" feature - TechCrunch
- Zuck's 2018 resolutions
- Adam4d's new venture: The Christian Daily Reporter
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This week Alex Humphrey joins us to help clarify some of the ins and outs of the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities, including an explanation in layman's terms, what they mean for most PC users today, and where to from here.
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Topic: Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities
- Best article: Spectre & Meltdown: tapping into the CPU's subconscious thoughts - DS9A.NL
- Best video explanation: Meltdown and Spectre - Understanding and mitigating the threats - SANS
- Highly technical notes and FAQ - MeltdownAttack.com
- Google Doc with anti-virus status
Alex Humphrey: @entreprelife
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Derek brings news about Apple's iPhone CPU throttling practices, Tank discusses Logan Paul's infamous 'Pokemon Go' video, Ben introduces us to a new live trivia app with real prizes and Craig talks about eight kinds of Christian commenters.
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Topics
- Derek: iPhone CPU throttling - The Guardian
- Tank: Logan Paul laughs off seeing a dead body - ComicBook.com, NY Times
- Ben: HQ Trivia - [Apple App Store | Google Play
Store] * HQ Trivia Is a Harbinger of Dystopia - The Atlantic * Craig: The eight kinds of commenters in the Christian blogosphere - First Things * A recent controversy involving the article 'Does God Really Save us by Faith Alone?' from Desiring God
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Ben shares some thoughts regarding humanity's sense of divinity and the secular fear of AI, we muse about what it means to be a missionary online, and Craig continues that thought with explaining how Anchored North works.
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Topics
- Ben: The Sensus Divinitatis
- Tank: Digital Missionaries
- Craig: Anchored North
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We generally agree sharing streaming passwords puts you on the naughty list, Craig presents how cryptocurrency may help battle hate speech, and Derek just wants to keep his Christmas gifts secret.
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Topics
- Ben: Sharing streaming service passwords - The Verge
- Craig: Cryptocurrency and hate speech - TechCrunch
- Derek: How do you keep your Christmas gifts secret?
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The FCC votes down Net Neutrality and such is life now, we discuss the problem of bullying and sympathize with Keaton Jones, and we drool all over the shiny black accessories to the iMac Pro.
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Topics:
- Derek: Postmortem of Net Neutrality vote
- 7 Things You Can do After Net Neutrality - YouTube
- Ben: Bullying
- Video of Keaton Jones talking about bullying - Twitter
- Celebrities rally after video goes viral - CBS
- Craig: Apple's iMac Pro - TechCrunch | The Verge
- ATP 252
- R.C. Sproul
- The Holiness of God
- Chosen By God
- Choosing My Religion
- Essential Truths of the Christian Faith
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Facebook Messenger for kids, the strange problem of kids videos on YouTube, and enabling the Stranger Things life.
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Topics
- Facebook's released a kid's version of Messenger - TechCrunch
- Something is wrong on YouTube - James Bridle on Medium
- Relay: A fun, safe way to communicate - Website
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This week we discuss a Japanese VR simulation that offers a glimpse into the world of those suffering with dementia, we consider Doug Wilson's recent categorization of technology as a form of wealth, and we respond to the question "Can we do church online?" Join us!
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Topics
- Tank: Simulating dementia with VR - Japan Times
- Craig: Technology as Wealth - Doug Wilson's 'The Plodcast' on iTunes or Pocket Casts
- Can you do church online? - Moody Radio
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Ben's been listening to new podcasts again, Craig talks tech and connectivity in Stranger Things 2 and Derek fills us in on the FCC and Net Neutrality. Join us!
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Topics
- Ben: Social Media - [The Art of Godliness with Tim Challies]
- Craig: Technology in Stranger Things 2 - Engadget
- Jump into our Slack Workspace and talk Stranger Things 2 in the #film-tv channel
- Derek: A[nother] Net Neutrality Update - The Verge
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In Episode 101 we discuss time spent online as a commodity, Derek's workflow project, the new app for apologizing and Ben has a reco for our listeners. Join us!
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Topics
- Craig: Time spent online as a commodity (New startups want to pay for your time and attention) - TechCrunch
- What is cryptocurrency?
- Workflows with Derek
- Workflow App
- Add Job Hours to Google Sheet
- Job Delay Report
- Add/Edit Job Names
- IFTTT (If This Then That)
- Add to Job Hours Spreadsheet
- Add to Job Delay Spreadsheet
- Workflow App
- Tank: An app for apologizing - TechCrunch
- Ben: Wretched.org
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This week Ben, Craig, Derek and Tank celebrate 100 episodes of Tech Reformation by discussing their favo(u)rite shows to date and thinking about future topics. Join us and don't forget to jump on Slack and tell us your favorite episode in the #episode-discussion channel. Thanks for listening!
Topics
- Tank: Tank's Favorite Topic
- 40: Tech Neutrality
- Craig: Craig's Favourite Topic(s)
- 46: Tim Challies
- 50: The Gospel
- 26: CRISPR Theology w/ Alex Humphrey
- Ben: Ben's "Top 10" Episodes
- TOP 5 WITH GUESTS:
- 46: Tim Challies
- 25: The Bible Project
- 26: CRISPR Theology w/ Alex Humphrey
- 89: Diversity and Racial Reconciliation (with Kyle James Howard
- 81: Rugged Marriage Tech Neutrality Crossover
- TOP 5 WITHOUT GUESTS:
- 3: A Quality Stick is Hard to Find aka The Nomophobia Test (smartphones)
- 16: Obama is from Outer Space (video game violence)
- 30: The Trouble with Transporters
- 50: The Gospel
- 70: Quitting the Internet
- Derek: The ongoing thread of smartphones and connectedness
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This week we wish you all a Happy Reformation Day, talk about read receipts and Amazon Key, and in a throwback to Season 1, Tank brings a Tech You Should Use!
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Topics
- Happy Reformation Day
- Here We Stand - Desiring God
- Ben: Why do you turn on read receipts - The Verge
- Craig: Amazon Key - Amazon
- Amazon Key asks users to trade privacy for convenience - CNN Tech
- Tank: Tech You Should Use: Station - TechCrunch
- Get Station
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This week we discuss Movies Anywhere, problems with viral outrage & the global need for Christian media. Join us!
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- Derek: Movies Anywhere
- Craig: The problem with viral outrage - Wired
- Tank: Japanese Christian Media
- How Mormons are winning the internet - The Gospel Coalition
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This week we discuss the claim that atheism is growing thanks to the internet and chat about self censorship. Join us!
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- Ben: Are people leaving churches because of the internet? – YouTube
- Craig: Self censorship online - Engadget
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This week, Derek is joined by Alex Humphrey from Rugged Marriage to talk about Google's Pixel 2 event, as well as tips for how not to get hacked.
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Topics
Google Event
- Official event video
- Pixel 2 event in 19 min - The Verge
- Google is tryharding at phones - The Verge
How not to get hacked (sorta)
- Antivirus - Malwarebytes or Windows 10 Defender
- Ad-Blocker - uBlock Origin
- Uninstall Adobe Reader (use Chrome)
- Uninstall Flash (use Chrome)
- Turn on Auto-Updates
- Password Safe - LastPass or 1Password
- Should I remove it?
What if you are hacked?
- File your taxes early.
- Get Identity Theft insurance - Zander
- Freeze your credit (good luck!)
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This week, we welcome David Mikucki from Helvetic: A Podcast to help us talk about parental controls, Twitter's character growth, and how technology influences our view of elders.
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Topics
- Tank: Google’s parental control software – TechCrunch
- Ben: Twitter doubles the character limit from 140 to 280
- David: A Quote from Carl Trueman’s The Creedal Imperative –– The rapidly changing pace of technology makes older people more dependant on younger people (to explain things) than in the past. Does this affect how we view older people and history?
"Closely related to the role of science in cultivating an attitude that downgrades the importance of the past is that of technology. A simple example should make this point clear. My mother lives in an old weaver’s cottage in the Cotswolds. In what is now her living room, there is a stone fireplace and, in that fireplace, there are a series of small holes, roughly an inch in diameter, now plugged with wood, which indicate where the weaver would have had his loom. It is easy to imagine a scene in the early nineteenth century in which the weaver was hard at work making cloth when one of his children wandered into the room and inquired as to what exactly he was doing. No doubt, the weaver would have sat the child down and explained how the loom operated, how the shuttle carried the woolen thread from one side to the other and slowly but surely formed a sheet of fabric. The flow of knowledge from the older generation to the younger was clear; this was no doubt repeated many times in preindustrial societies around the world, where children typically grew up to follow in the footsteps of their parents and were thus more or less apprenticed to their parents from an early age.
"Now, jump forward nearly two hundred years to a scene in the same room. I am sitting there, trying to set up my mother’s DVR to record a Gloucester versus Leicester rugby match and, try as I might, I cannot get the machine to do what I want it to do. In walks my niece and asks what I am trying to do. After I explain to her what is going on, she sighs, rolls her eyes, picks up the remote control, and with what seems to me to be two touches of the buttons, has the machine set up to record the match. With a shake of her head, she walks back into the kitchen.
Notice what has happened here, and what the significance of these two encounters is: the flow of knowledge has been reversed. No longer is the younger dependent upon the older; rather, the older is dependent upon the younger. Technology, because it is constantly and rapidly changing, inevitably favors those who have been brought up with it, and who have the kind of young, agile minds that develop new skills quickly and easily. You cannot easily teach a middle-aged historian, any more than an old dog, new tricks; and that means that technology will always favor the young.
"This is just one anecdote and, as my secretary will tell you, I am among the more—ahem—technologically challenged men of my generation; but the general point is a good one. The technological world, particularly given the rapidity with which it is constantly changing, creates an environment where the assumption is that older people are going to be dependent upon the younger. Taken by itself, perhaps, this might not be so significant; but combined with the impact of science as a whole upon cultural attitudes, it undoubtedly plays its role in the bias against age, and thus against the past, which is a hallmark of the modern world and which is not incidental in the general antipathy among Christians for creeds and confessions."
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In the pipeline this week: London bans Uber, Twitter uses Einstein to promote its take on peace & we discuss the Equifax hack.
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Topics
- Craig: London puts a ban on Uber – The Guardian
- Ben: Twitter’s take on world peace – Twitter
- Derek: The Equifax hack - The New York Times
- Customers encouraged to visit fake site after data breach - NPR
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This week we covered the latest Apple announcements, Derek disagreed with someone on the internet and we talked about stewardship and our motives as Christian consumers. Join us and share this episode with a friend!
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Topics
- Which new iPhone (if any) should you get? – The New York Times
- Apple iPhone X event supercut - The Verge
- Someone doesn’t want the iPhone X and Derek responds – TechCrunch
- The iPhone won't fulfill your dreams - The Babylon Bee
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In Episode 92 we discuss whether or not technology is 'magic', look at public perceptions of atheists and talk about subscriptions. Join us!
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Topics
- Ben: Is technology magic?
- Technology isn't magic; why Clarke's third law has always bugged me - Gizmodo
- Derek: A new study says people think atheists are bad - Gizmodo
- Tank: Is a subscription payment model good? - Medium
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In this episode we talk about inclusive/'accessible' design, discuss DNA data storage and reflect on the 'good old days' of Flash.
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Topics
- Ben: Inclusive Design aka Design for All - Gimlet Media
- Craig: Microsoft has a plan to add DNA data storage to its cloud - MIT Technology Review
- Derek: Flash is officially dead - Gizmodo
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This week we talk missional communities, the ethics & implications of internet censorship, and 7 negative effects of the iPhone. Join us and share this episode with a friend!
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Topics
- Tank: A community on mission - Kotaku
- Derek: Should tech companies be banning sites they interpret as "hateful"? - Electronic Frontier Foundation, Cloudflare
- Ben: 7 ways the iPhone has made life worse - CNN
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This week we depart from our new format and take a deep dive into the 'anti-diversity' Google memo. Join us!
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Topic: The 'Anti-diversity' Google Memo
- Read the entire memo in full - Gizmodo
- “Why I Was Fired by Google” by James Damore – Wall Street Journal
- A Google manufacturing robot believes humans are biologically unfit to have jobs in tech - McSweeney's
- The New/Old Way Our Culture Pressures Us to Conform - Tim Challies
- One columnist even thinks “Sundar Pichai should resign” - The New York Times
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In this episode we discuss the new iPhone design, how to avoid getting hacked & new technology that could help in the fight against abortion.
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Topics
- Derek: Apple leaks design of new iPhone - Six Colours
- Ben: How to not get hacked - Hackable?
- Craig: Technology that could threaten abortion - Gizmodo
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In Episode 86 we discuss the future of QR codes, Elon Musk's understanding of AI & a church's decision to help startups by hosting an entrepreneurship conference. Listen in!
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Topics
- Craig: The Curious Comeback of the Dreaded QR Code - Wired
- Derek: Elon Musk and AI regulation - TechCrunch
- Ben: What Would Jesus Disrupt? - Bloomberg
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In Episode 85 we discuss the ethical implications of automating your own job, consider the possibility of official regulation of cyber security measures across the internet and talk about an early issue with Samsung's new voice assistant, Bixby. Listen in and then join the conversation in our Slack team!
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Topics
- Ben: Is secretly automating your own job unethical? - StackExchange
- Craig: The only way to stop another WannaCry is with regulations - Engadget
- Derek: Bixby's sexist descriptor tags - The Verge
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In Episode 84 we consider the almost-cyborgian nature of the third thumb, as well as chatting about cookies, wasted tech, and some quick thoughts on the net neutrality action day held on July 12, 2017.
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Topics
- Derek: The Third Thumb - The Verge
- Ben: Internet Cookies & Privacy
- Mozilla’s IRL Podcast, Episode 1 - Mozilla
- What is a cookie? - YouTube
- Tank: Wasting Money on Tech - TechCrunch
- Craig: How the Internet Showed up for Net Neutrality - Wired
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Zuck's comments on Facebook as church, the technology we can live without, and should we complain about Nintendo. Join us for the Tech Reformation.
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Topics
- Ben: Can Facebook be your church?
- Zuckerberg: Facebook can be your church – Sky News
- 9 Marks
- Church Membership, Jonathan Leeman – Amazon
- The ‘Church’ of Facebook? – The Gospel Coalition
- Derek: The technology we love but can easily live without
- Tank: Should we complain about Nintendo - Kotaku
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Ever studied online? Do young men play too many video games? Who should be Apple's next visionary & what is Derek's secret? Tune in as we discuss all this in Episode 82 of the Tech Reformation podcast.
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Topics
- Tank: Are online courses the future? - TechCrunch
- Ben: Expect more from young men - Desiring God
- Derek: Binky
- Craig: Apple's new (hypothetical) visionary
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Ben and Derek, and Chris and Alex from Rugged Marriage teamed up this week to talk about the morality of technology at large, and whether technology is either neutral or moral.
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Show Notes
- Rugged Marriage Podcast
- Rugged Marriage Episode 104: Is Technology Neutral Towards Your Marriage?
- Tech Reformation Episode 40: Tech Neutrality
- Tech Reformation Episode 53: Inanimate Milk
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This week Apple did a thing (or six), so Ben and Derek recorded a special episode to give their thoughts on WWDC 2017.
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Topics:
- WWDC
- WWDC 2017 Keynote
- WWDC in 7 minutes - MacRumors
- The Talk Show: Ep. 193, Live From WWDC 2017
- ARKit Tweet
- XKCD on Machine Learning
- Twitter poll for who won the slap bet
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In Episode 79, Ben breaks the rules by bringing two topics, Derek is intrigued by the Essential phone and Craig raises the topic of a new, decentralized internet.
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Topics
- Derek: Essential phone
- Ben: Sundar Pichai's closing comments at Google I/O 2017 - YouTube
- Billy Graham's TED Talk on technology
- Craig: A new, decentralized internet - Wired
- Ben: shai linne is creating lyrical theology - Patreon
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This week we talk about anti-aging applications of AI, the WannaCry outbreak and whether clickbait counts as deception.
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Topics:
- Craig: Medical applications of AI/machine learning from Google I/O - YouTube, 19-25 min mark
- Derek: The WannaCry ransomware attack and the NSA - Gizmodo
- Tank: Is clickbait deception? - TechCrunch
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It's finally here - our first show in the new format! Join us as we talk about the Amazon Echo Show, Vimeo and gospel transformation, net neutrality and personal app collections.
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Topics
- Ben: Amazon Echo Show - [ Amazon.com | YouTube ]
- Craig: Vimeo and Gospel Transformation - TownHall.com
- Episode 044: There's a line somewhere
- Derek: The FCC has been flooded by fake comments over net neutrality - Recode
- Episode 008: Keyboard Warriors
- Tank: How many apps do you have/use?
- Episode 070: Quitting the Internet
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The gang gets together for a quick update on what's going on and what's happening next with Tech Reformation.
This week Ben switches podcast apps (again), Vimeo goes 360 & we discuss some of Uber's recent problems.
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Follow Up
- Ben switches back to Overcast?
- Crimetown (retraction)
- Amazon gives up fight for Alexa's First Amendment rights after defendant hands over data - The Verge
- Tech Reformation Episode 73
- Ming-Chi Kuo denies Wall Street Journal report of USB-C iPhones - MacRumors
- Tech Reformation Episode 75
Tech You Should Know
- Vimeo rolls out support for 360 degree video - TechCrunch
- Wordpress.com now supports collaborative editing through Google Docs - The Verge
- Flickr lets you search for images based on visual similarity - The Verge
- Elon Musk promises Australia a battery farm in less than 100 days or it’s free - The Verge
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Main Topic: Sexism at Uber
- The Susan Fowler incident
- Former Uber software engineer alleges sexism from female manager
- Why women in tech aren’t surprised by the Uber saga
- 7 Rules for Online Engagement article by Tim Challies
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Special guest Tanner Barfield from the Reformed Pubcast joins us this week to talk about Nokia pronunciations, USB-C iPhone rumors, and how he uses technology to get things done.
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Tech You Should Know
- Mobile World Congress, and the Nokia 3310 nostalgia - TechCrunch (1, 2)
- USB-C on the iPhone? - The Wall Street Journal
- Pocket is bought by Mozilla - Recode
- Xbox launches $10 per month game subscription - Ars Technica
- YouTube unveils YouTube TV - TechCrunch
- Ctrl-Walt-Delete (The Verge): What is stopping the TV revolution?
- Did we miss something? Tweet us @techreformation!
Main Topic: Tech Productivity with Tanner Barfield
- 2016 MacBook | iPhone 6s | iPad Mini
- Uni Jetstream Ballpoint Pen
- Getting Things Done
- Drafts for iOS [ Website | App Store ]
- Evernote [ Website | iOS | Android ]
- NirvanaHQ [ Website | iOS | Android ]
- Fantastical [ Website | iOS ]
- Mac Power Users Podcast
Recommendations
- Tanner - Lucidchart, MindNode (also on iOS), CmapTools
- Ben - Don’t Fire Your Church Members: The Case for Congregationalism, Jonathan Leeman [ Amazon ]
- Craig - Productivity in Tech Podcast
- Derek - Overcast 3.0
Check out the Reformed Pubcast
- Website
- Facebook Group: The Reformed Pub
- Twitter: @reformedpubcast
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February weather be cray, Twitter puts people in time out, and we talk about Facebook’s vision for a global community.
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Tech You Should Know
- Twitter starts putting abusers in “time out” - TechCrunch
- Snapchat Spectacles are now available online - The Verge
- Apple’s new spaceship campus gets a name, lifts off in April - Ars Technica
- UPS toys with drone delivery - Recode
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Theology From the Headlines: Building Global Community
- Coram Deo by Kyle Howard
- Steve Taylor - Whatcha Gonna Do When Your Number's Up
Recommendations
- Tank: Rend Collective
- Derek: Gotham
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Derek is frustrated about motivational speakers, the 'big 3' go unlimited all at once, and should the government have access to our smart assistants?
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Tech You Should Know
- Snapchat pushes original shows with A&E and the BBC - TechCrunch
- Verizon offers unlimited data, everyone else follows - Ars Technica
- Reddit overhauls its front page - The Verge
- Facebook wants to split ad revenue with Facebook Live partners - Recode
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Theology From the Headlines: Should the government have access to smart assistants?
- Law & Gospel by CFW Walther
- “Boldly I Approach” by Rend Collective
Recommendations
- Tank - Overcooked
- Derek - New socks
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In the experience that is Episode 72 we talk through the news, play 'Urban Myths' & discuss our inbuilt desire for adventure.
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Follow Up
- The letter S and the “zee” sound
Tech You Should Know
- Comcast can no longer lie about having the “fastest internet in America” - The Verge
- Pinterest introduces Lens, a Shazam for objects in the real world - The Verge
- Google Brain super-resolution image tech makes “zoom, enhance!” real - Ars Technica
- Let's Enhance HD - YouTube
- New EU rules will remove ‘geoblocking’ so spouses can Netflix and chill abroad - 9to5Mac
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Game: Urban Myths
Theology From the Headlines: Adventure is out there!
- Airbnb is turning itself into an ‘experience’ machine
- Interview with Cofounder about Airbnb Experiences
- God wants his children to enjoy creation
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In Episode 71 Derek & Craig talk about the news, recommend AfterShip & discuss the response of tech companies to Trump's recent immigration order.
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Intro Links
- The Dividing Line with Dr James White, pre-debate episode
- Magic Eraser
Follow Up
- Listener Zach from Twitter thinks the App Store reviews thing is pretty great, since he's a developer himself.
- Listener Kienan in the Slack discovered many, many words that have the sound "z" where an "s" is.
- Lazer vs. Laser
- Listener Christina in the Slack said she might consider getting YNAB, seeing that it's free for students for an entire year
Tech You Should Know
- Mozilla shifts focus - TechCrunch
- Nintendo Switch's online service will cost less than $30 a year - The Verge
- Dropbox brings its Google Docs competitor out of beta - The Verge
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Tech You Should Use: AfterShip [ Website | iOS | Google Play ]
- If there’s tech you think we should cover, email us: ask@techreformation.com
Theology From the Headlines: Tech reacts to Trump's immigration ban
- Amazon CEO says Trump’s immigration order is “one we do not support”
- Explanation of exactly what the executive order means - Politifact
- Tech Reformation Episode 49: Caring for Aliens
- Jesus is a refugee, a model for suffering - IVP Commentary Article
- IVP New Testament Commentary on Olive Tree
Recommendations
- Craig: Slick Shoes [ iTunes | Google Play ]
- Derek: XKCD: Interblag
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Ben and Derek quit the internet, argue over Tesla pronunciations, talk about budgeting with YNAB, and Ben is irritatingly good at recalling past episodes by number.
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Tech You Should Know
- Apple will enable developer responses to App Store reviews - TechCrunch
- Sprint buys 33% of Tidal - TechCrunch
- 3D TVs are dead - TechCrunch
- Tesla crash rate drops after install of Autosteer - The Verge
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Tech You Should Use: You Need a Budget
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Theology From the Headlines: Ben & Derek’s Excellent Adventure
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This week we discuss more details about the Nintendo Switch, recommend Meetup in TYSU and go 'Round 2' on Kids and Technology.
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Follow Up
- Net Neutrality Is Government Censorship
Tech You Should Know
- More details on the Nintendo Switch - The Verge
- Twitter sells its developer tools - TechCrunch
- Slack adds threading feature - The Verge
- Verizon to redirect calls from Note 7 phones - Art Technica
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Tech You Should Use: Meetup [ Website | iOS | Google Play ]
- If there’s tech you think we should cover, email us: ask@techreformation.com
Theology From the Headlines: Kids and Technology, Round 2
- The Challenges of Raising a Digital Native: TEDx Talk by Devorah Heitner
- Mayim Bialik: Why I Refuse to Get My Kids Smartphones
Recommendations
- Craig: Matt Papa ‘Church Songs’ EP [ iTunes | Google Play ]
- Tank: Crazy Busy by Kevin DeYoung [ Website | Add it to your Olive Tree library | Amazon | Audible ]
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In Episode 68 we tip the hat to the iPhone’s 10th birthday, recommend Read Scripture and talk about the error of Process Theology.
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Tech You Should Know
- U.S. Appeals Court reverses decision, says Apple can be sued for monopolizing App Store - 9to5Mac
- Tech Reformation Episode 61 - Walled Gardens
- Hasbro will let the Internet vote to replace old Monopoly game pieces with emoji - The Verge
- The iPhone turns 10 years old - The Verge
- For more #TYSK, follow us on Twitter: @techreformation
Tech You Should Use: Read Scripture App
- [ iOS | Android ]
- If there’s tech you think we should cover, email us: ask@techreformation.com
Theology From the Headlines: God’s sovereignty in the midst of technological change
- Huffington Post article for critique: How technology changes theology
- ‘An introduction to Process Theology’ video
- Tech Reformation Episode 12: Great Squat! - discussion on Artificial Intelligence
Recommendations
- Ben - Read your Bible [ ESV.org | What is the Bible? | Read Scripture | The Bible Project ]
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All four hosts are back and begin 2017 discussing the news, Psalm singing, and millennials in the workplace.
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Tech You Should Know
- Russia confirmed by FBI and CIA to have manipulated the election through cyber attacks - Washington Post
- FCC Republicans vow to gut Net Neutrality rules - Ars Technica
- House of Representatives vote to fine live-streaming from floor - The Verge
- Super Mario Run sets new App Store record - 9to5Mac
- Did we miss something? Tweet us at @techreformation!
Tech You Should Use
- Book of Psalms for Worship [ iTunes | Google Play ]
- The Indelible Project: James [ iTunes | NoiseTrade ]
- If there’s tech you think we should cover, email us: ask@techreformation.com
Theology From the Headlines: Simon Sinek on Millennials in the Workplace
- More from Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action (TED talk)
- Tech Reformation Episode 003 on smartphone addiction
Recommendations
- Derek - Super Mario Run [ iTunes | Google Play ]
- Tank - Undertale
- Ben - Undone podcast episode: Mindbomb [ SoundCloud | iTunes | Google Play ]
Ways to Contact Us
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In the last episode for 2016 we talk exploding phones, Alphabet’s Waymo & the idea of stepping away from the web, at least for a time.
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Tech You Should Know
- Verizon won’t push Samsung’s Note7 brick update - TechCrunch
- Apple removes “time remaining” battery estimate in macOS update - The Verge
- Accidental Tech Podcast - Episode #200
- The Google car is no more: Meet the Waymo - Ars Technica
- Amazon Prime Video is now available in over 200 countries - The Verge
- For more #TYSK, follow us on Twitter: @techreformation
What Throttles My Data: IoT expenses
- If you have something that throttles YOUR data, email us: ask@techreformation.com
Main Topic: Vanishing Act - Leaving the Web with Jeremy Lundmark
- Theology League post election episode
- ChurchMag podcast episode - Trimming the Fat and Focusing In
Recommendations
- Jeremy - Stripe
- Craig - ‘Oh for Joy’ Christmas album by David Crowder*Band [ iTunes | Google Play ] and ‘Lowborn King’ Christmas EP by The Modern Post [ iTunes | Google Play ]
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After some follow up we go into the news, reco MailChimp as Tech You Should Use & talk about streamlined shopping with Amazon Go.
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Follow Up
- More listener feedback on tech disconnectedness
Tech You Should Know
- Amazon just launched a cashier-free convenience store - The Verge
- Gunman Went to DC Pizzeria to 'Investigate' Online Conspiracy Theory - Gizmodo
** Reply All Episode 83 - Voyage into Pizzagate * FCC says AT&T and Verizon ‘harm consumers’ with free data schemes - The Verge * Pebble confirms Fitbit sale - Ars Technica * For more #TYSK, follow us on Twitter: @techreformation
Tech You Should Use: MailChimp Email Marketing Platform
- The Tankersley Odyssey
- If there’s tech you think we should cover, email us: ask@techreformation.com
Theology From the Headlines: Amazon Go
- Tech Reformation 002: Workplace Automation
- Amazon Go video
- What is Amazon Go and how does it work?
Recommendations
- Tank - The Unsubscribe button
- Craig - Golden Gaytime ice cream
- Ben - Twenty Thousand Hertz podcast [ Website | iTunes ]
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This week, we celebrate Netflix’s offline mode, lament Google’s iOS design choices, and talk through listener feedback on tech disconnectedness.
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Tech You Should Know
- Drama ensues following CEO’s edit on Reddit - TechCrunch
- GoPro’s woes lead to bad news for employees - Ars Technica
- Netflix offline mode! - The Verge
What Throttles My Data: Google on iOS
Theology From the Headlines: Tech Disconnectedness, Part 2
- The Joy of Missing Out, Art of Manliness podcast
- While We’re Young movie - IMDb | iTunes
- Sherry Turkle TED talk: Connected, but alone?
Recommendations
- Craig - Mosaic Photo Books [ Website | iTunes ]
- Ben - Happy birthday, Tim Challies! [ Website | Episode 46 ]
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Join us for a short episode (Happy Thanksgiving!) as we run through some news and open up the conversation about whether tech makes us connected or disconnected.
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Tech You Should Know
- Facebook announces plans to fix fake news - Recode
- Apple kills off wireless router division - Bloomberg
- Instagram adds live video and snipes more Snapchat features - The Verge
- For more #TYSK, follow us on Twitter: @techreformation
Theology From the Headlines: Tech Disconnectedness
- Culture Matters Podcast, Episode 38
Recommendations
- Craig - Happy Rant Podcast
- Derek - Joseph’s Machines: Fool Proof Roast Turkey
- [Crimetown] podcast - iTunes & Gimlet’s Fall Season
- Tank - Steam’s Autumn Sale
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This week we talk disappearing vending machines, UI woes with Apple’s Music App, and the not so surprising news that not all news is true on the internet.
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Follow Up
- Zac Burnham’s question about the why the Surface dial is physical instead of digital.
Tech You Should Know
- Snapchat Spectacles are on sale - The Verge
- Visual Studio is coming to the Mac - The Verge
- CRISPR used on a human subject for the first time - TechCrunch
- Twitter keyword muting enabled in notifications - The Verge
- Coca-Cola creates a selfie bottle - TechCrunch
- For more #TYSK, follow us on Twitter: @techreformation
What Throttles My Data: Apple Music App Gripes
Theology From the Headlines: Fake News
- This Analysis Shows How Fake Election News Stories Outperformed Real News On Facebook
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Some great follow up that's been waiting for WEEKS to be talked about, Tank talks about IFTTT, and Ben brings walled gardens to the discussion table.
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Tech You Should Know
- GoPro is recalling the Karma after 16 days - TechCrunch
- Gmail on iOS becomes identical to Android version - TechCrunch
- Apple cuts prices on USB-C dongles - The Verge
- Vimeo is launching a subscription service - TechCrunch
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Tech You Should Use: IFTTT
If there’s tech you think we should cover, email us: ask@techreformation.com
Theology From the Headlines: Walled Gardens
- iMessage is the glue that keeps me on iPhone
Recommendations
- Craig: Post Tenebras Lux by Paul Cox
- Derek: Hug a Republican and kiss a democrat - Stephen Colbert making sense of the election
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This week we discuss the news, wireless video transmission, embarrassing tech & taking Christianity out in public.
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Tech You Should Know
- Instagram makes it easier to buy products seen in your feed - Recode
- Mobile Internet use passes desktop use - TechCrunch
- Microsoft Launches a Slack competitor, ‘Teams’ - Ars Technica
- Vine creators launch new video streaming app called ‘Hype’ - 9 to 5 Mac
- For more #TYSK, follow us on Twitter: @techreformation
Tech You Should Use: Belkin Screencast
- Product Video - YouTube
- If there’s tech you think we should cover, email us: ask@techreformation.com
Theology From the Headlines: When New Tech Is Too Embarrassing to Use
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Apple and Microsoft try to steal each others' thunder, Derek made a photo booth, and Tank wonders about gaming your spirituality.
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Follow Up
- David Mikucki’s blog posts on modesty: 1, 2, 3
Tech You Should Know
- Internet of Things brought down various things on the internet - Ars Technica
- Microsoft releases a sweet desktop computer - The Verge
- Apple releases new Macbook Pros - TechCrunch
- Twitter is killing off Vine - Gizmodo
For more #TYSK, follow us on Twitter: @techreformation
Tech You Should Use: Doing a photobooth in Workflow
- Derek's photobooth workflow
- PhotoWall+ Cam
- MacStories
If there’s tech you think we should cover, email us: ask@techreformation.com
Theology From the Headlines: Gaming Spirituality
- Zwift merges indoor fitness with massive multi-player online gaming
- I Kept Playing - The Cost of My Gaming Addiction
- Young Man Carefully Weighs Choice Between Fleeting Pleasure, Everlasting Joy
Recommendations
- Tank - Kingdom Hearts Series
- Derek - Adventure by Matthew Parker
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Tank joins us over the airwaves from Japan as we discuss Tesla’s interesting announcement, the Nintendo Switch and Bible-dropping drones.
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Tech You Should Know
- Instagram is now native on Windows 10 - TechCrunch
- Amazon lauched “Family Vault” - TechCrunch
- All Tesla cars now have fully self-driving hardware - TechCrunch
- Nintendo Switch is turning some heads, but will it last? - Wired and the official Release Video on YouTube
- For more #TYSK, follow us on Twitter: @techreformation
What Throttles My Data: iOS 10 Music App Default Settings
Theology From the Headlines: Dropping Electronic Bibles using Drones
- Church Plans to Drop Electronic Bibles on ISIS with Drones
Recommendations
- Tank - Keep Screen On for Android [Google Play]
- Craig - Dr. James White & Jeff Durbin in Australia!
- Ben - Share the Gospel with someone
Ways to Contact Us
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Derek and Craig discuss the news, baby tracking apps, Facebook’s nipple problem and the concept of legislating modesty.
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Tech You Should Know
- Amazon's take on music streaming - TechCrunch
- Intel releases a drone - Recode
- Yahoo's recent kerfuffles - TechCrunch
- The Galaxy Note7 is dead - TechCrunch
- For more #TYSK, follow us on Twitter: @techreformation
Tech You Should Use: Awesome Baby Tracker
- BabyTime
- If there’s tech you think we should cover, email us: ask@techreformation.com
Theology From the Headlines: Facebook’s Nipple Problem
Recommendations
- Craig - Jesus Came to Save Sinners EP by The Village Church [iTunes] | [Google Play]
- Derek - In Our Treehouse, handmade clothes for cute kids
Ways to Contact Us
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In this episode we talk about smartphone explosions, play Google Feud and discuss technology, time and efficiency.
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Tech You Should Know
- Blackberry rolls over in submission to the smartphone hardware industry - The Verge
- Replacement Note 7 catches fire on airplane - Recode
- Twitter Moments are now open to all users - Recode
- Google's turning into a hardware company - The Verge
- For more #TYSK, follow us on Twitter: @techreformation
Google Feud: Politics Edition
- Google Feud
Theology From the Headlines: Technology and Time
- Tech has made our lives so efficient it’s like having more than 24 hours in a day
- In Time (the movie)
Recommendations
- Craig - In Time [iTunes] | [IMDb]
Ways to Contact Us
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On the radar this week we talk listener feedback, the last credit card app you'll ever need and how technology has disrupted the truth.
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Follow Up
- Thoughts from one of our listeners on Toxic Tech Workplaces
- Craig talks about his first impressions of iOS 10
Tech You Should Know
- Twitter's new character count rules go into effect - TechCrunch
- macOS Sierra has been released - Macworld
- Google's Allo messaging platform is here - TechCrunch
- Twitter will be livestreaming the presidential debates - Recode
- Ancient burned Leviticus scroll read with SCIENCE - Ars Technica
- For more #TYSK, follow us on Twitter: @techreformation
Tech You Should Use: Final
- If there’s tech you think we should cover, email us: ask@techreformation.com
Theology From the Headlines: Does technology disrupt the truth?
- How technology disrupted the truth
- Blue Feed, Red Feed
Recommendations
- Derek and Craig - The new Crowder album ‘American Prodigal’ iTunes | Google Play
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With Tank back and Derek away we press on and talk about the news, journaling apps and how an unbiblical worldview can lead some tech companies to become toxic workplaces.
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Follow Up
- Custom searches with Alfred for free
- Why didn’t we discuss the lack of a headphone jack on the iPhone 7?
Tech You Should Know
- Tesla is all about autopilot and radar in latest firmware update - Ars Technica
- iOS 10 is now available - The Verge
- Samsung has formally recalled the million Galaxy Note 7 phones sold in the U.S. - Recode
- Uber starts self-driving car picks up Pittsburgh - TechCrunch
- For more #TYSK, follow us on Twitter: @techreformation
Tech You Should Use: Journey
- Journey Journaling App
- If there’s tech you think we should cover, email us: ask@techreformation.com
Theology From the Headlines
- The Ethics of Digital Disruption: Why are so many tech companies toxic workplaces?
- Ayn Rand’s unbiblical Objectivist worldview explained - YouTube
Recommendations
- Craig - The Art of Redemption podcast [Website] | [iTunes]
- Ben - 16personalities.com - free online Myers-Briggs personality test
Ways to Contact Us
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We’re back from the Labor Day break to talk news, Alfred the launch assistant and whether or not the new iPhone, with all its sophistication and shine, will actually affect our lives as believers.
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Tech You Should Know
- Samsung announces next smartwatch - Recode
- SpaceX rocket holding Internet.org satellite explodes - The Verge
- Project Ara is dead - The Verge
- Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones are exploding - Recode
- Florida Man's Galaxy Note 7
- YouTube makes another divisive business decision - Recode
- Apple does their keynote thing - 9to5Mac
- Twitter updates Direct Message features - TechCrunch
- For more #TYSK, follow us on Twitter: @techreformation
Tech You Should Use: Alfred
- Launchbar
- Quicksilver
- If there’s tech you think we should cover, email us: ask@techreformation.com
Theology From the Headlines
- How The New iPhone Affects Your Christian Life
Recommendations
- Craig - The Digital Age: Galaxies Pre-Order and What is AFL? Aussie Rules Explained (P.S. go the Adelaide Crows!)
- Ben - The Dividing Line: How Theology Determines Apologetics, and So Much More
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This week we persevere through introduction interruptions, question the pronunciation of Tesla and two new dads talk about kids and technology from a Christian worldview.
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Tech You Should Know
- Facebook launches new app called "Lifestage" - TechCrunch
- Android Nougat rolls out to Nexus devices - The Verge
- The new Tesla Model S is now the fastest car in production - Recode
- Pinterest buys Instapaper - Gizmodo
- Google will punish pop-up ads in search rankings - The Verge
- Twitter flip-flops on Olympic GIF ban - TechCrunch
- Go download iOS 9.3.5 now - 9to5mac
- For more #TYSK, follow us on Twitter: @techreformation
Tech You Should Use: Subsplash & The Church App
- If there’s tech you think we should cover, email us: ask@techreformation.com
Theology From the Headlines: Kids and Technology
- Accidental Tech Podcast: "Screen Time"
- Thoughts from a First Time Father - Craig's blog post at ReformedBapticostal.com
Recommendations
- Craig - My Soul Among Lions Vol. 2 - Psalms 11-20 [Kickstarter]
- Derek - Human Resource Machine
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This week the whole crew is back together as we talk through the news, Ben gives his review of Pocket Casts for iOS and we follow on from last week’s discussion by asking Tank how he would summarize the gospel.
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Tech You Should Know
- Microsoft leaks golden key to firmware - Ars Technica
- Google Duo arrives to take on Facetime - The Verge
- Intel introduces a completely cord-free VR headset - Gizmodo
- Microsoft helps Evernote users ditch Evernote - TechCrunch
- Twitter unveils a quality filter for everyone's notifications - TechCrunch
- Ford announces plans to have a fleet of self-driving cars by 2021 - Recode
- Uber starts deploying self-driving cars in Pittsburgh - Gizmodo
- For more #TYSK, follow us on Twitter: @techreformation
Tech You Should Use: Podcast App Round-Up
- Pocket Casts [iOS | Android]
- Overcast [iOS]
- Podcast Addict [Android]
- If there’s tech you think we should cover, email us: ask@techreformation.com
Theology From the Headlines: Sharing the Gospel (continued)
Recommendations
- Craig - God’s Big Picture: Tracing the Storyline of the Bible by Vaughan Roberts [Amazon]
- Ben - Study church history
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This week, in our 50th episode, Ben, Craig and Derek celebrate Tech Reformation’s 1 year anniversary, Derek launches a discussion about Launch Center Pro and the guys hone in on the two focal points of Tech Reformation; the gospel and technology.
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Follow Up
- Pocket Casts
- Overcast
Tech You Should Know
- Hulu will shutter its free offering, outsources to Yahoo and others - Ars Technica, TechCrunch
- You can soon create your own Twitter Moments - Recode
- Apple says opening up iPhone NFC would “fundamentally diminish security” - 9to5Mac
- Apple announced bug bounty program - 9to5Mac
- Walmart buys Jet.com for $3 billion - Recode
- LeEco plans to build a factory to compete with Tesla - TechCrunch
- Ad blocking and unblocking fun - TechCrunch
- Tech Reformation 7: Degrees of Definitivity
- For more #TYSK, follow us on Twitter: @techreformation
Tech You Should Use: Launch Center Pro
- If there’s tech you think we should cover, email us: ask@techreformation.com
Theology From the Headlines: The Gospel
Recommendations
- Derek - Zapp Brannigan reads Donald Trump quotes
- Craig - Five Points Towards a Deeper Experience of God’s Grace by John Piper [Amazon]
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Tank takes a hiatus from his hiatus to talk with Craig about the news, parking apps and how we can use technology to care for and support refugees.
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Tech You Should Know
- Uber China gives in to Didi Chuxing - Recode
- Tesla is buying SolarCity - Recode
- Samsung debuts an iris scanner in the new Galaxy Note - The Verge
- Instagram clones Snapchat Stories - Recode
- Niantic explains why it killed third party Pokémon Go tracking - TechCrunch
- Anyone can now buy a HoloLens - The Verge
- Dashlane, Google launch ‘OpenYOLO’ - TechCrunch
- For more #TYSK, follow us on Twitter: @techreformation
Tech You Should Use: SpotHero
- If there’s tech you think we should cover, email us: ask@techreformation.com
Theology From the Headlines
- Lucify - Visual of the flow of refugees to Europe
- How technology is affecting the refugee crisis
- Five Ways Technology is Helping Refugees
Recommendations
- Craig - “My Life As…” / “The Incredible Worlds of Wally McDoogle” book series by Bill Myers [Amazon]
- Tank - Google promo codes to save money
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Turns out you guys like the iOS beta, Ben reviews yet another email app, and we talk about how we should treat comment sections online.
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Followup
- Scrivener for iOS
- PhoneView
Tech You Should Know
- Google launches Family Library - TechCrunch
- Microsoft launches another camera app - TechCrunch
- Apple sells billionth iPhone - 9to5Mac
- Oculus now supports up to four trackers - The Verge
- Verizon agrees to buy Yahoo for $4.83 billion - The Verge
- Nintendo shares plummet after investors realize it doesn’t actually make Pokémon Go - The Verge
- Twitter’s Stickers feature is now live - TechCrunch
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Tech You Should Use: Polymail
- If there’s tech you think we should cover, email us: ask@techreformation.com
Theology From the Headlines: Commenting online
- How should Christians comment online? [Desiring God]
- How would Jesus respond online? [Desiring God]
Recommendations
- Ben: Preaching and Preachers Podcast [iTunes | Website] || Episode with D. A. Carson [Overcast]
- Derek: Act II: The Father of Death by The Protomen [Apple Music | Spotify]
- Tweet @thederekmast your rock operas!
- Craig: New version of Pocket Casts on iOS
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Twitter finally starts fighting the trolls, Ben gets peeved about being everyone’s tech support, and we discuss the potential moral dilemmas of self-driving car crashes.
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Tech You Should Know
- Apple Music's matching algorithm is about to get way less confusing - The Loop
- Twitter opens up verification to the public - TechCrunch
- SoftBank is buying ARM Holdings - Recode
- Twitter bans Milo Yiannopoulos - The Verge
- Verizon is cutting off unlimited users of "significantly more than 100GB" - Ars Technica
- Periscope can now be embedded anywhere - The Verge
- Tesla Master Plan, Part Deux - Tesla
What Throttles My Data: Tech Support
Theology From the Headlines: Ethics of self-driving car crashes
- The ethical dilemma of self-driving cars [YouTube]
Recommendations
- Derek - Glif Kickstarter
- Craig - The Tiny Shutter Podcast [Website | iTunes]
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This week we get to virtually sit down with Tim Challies! We talk about dealing with the rapidly changing landscape of technology, reflect on the nature of news on social media, discuss the impact of podcasting and blogging, and we ask Tim your questions!
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Tech You Should Know
- Facebook vows to only delete graphic live video used to mock victims - Ars Technica
- Pokémon Go for iOS update addresses Google account privacy issue - 9to5Mac
- Pokémon Go's crazy success - TechCrunch
- Apple's new TV show is called "Planet of the Apps" - Slashgear
- FCC votes to begin working toward 5G wireless networks - The Verge
- Nintendo is releasing a mini NES with 30 built in games - The Verge
- Consumer Reports tells Tesla to disable 'Autopilot' - TechCrunch
Interview: Tim Challies
Recommendations
- Ben - Merlin [Netflix]
- Craig - The Next Story by Tim Challies [Amazon]
- Derek - Parks & Recreation [Netflix]
Ways to Contact Us
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The iOS 10 Public Beta has been released, Ben and Tank get PokéFever, and we discuss how we can inform the church better using tech.
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Tech You Should Know
- Apple releases iOS 10 Public Beta [TechCrunch]
- US Senate will finally stop using BlackBerry devices [Gizmodo]
- Samsung announces UFS card, the successor to microSD [Verge]
- Snapchat introduces a new "Memories" feature [9to5Mac]
- Audible's new Channels feature exits beta status [TechCrunch]
- Your hoverboard has probably been recalled [Gizmodo]
- Pokémon GO has been released to iOS and Android [Verge]
Tech You Should Use - Pokémon GO
Theology From the Headlines - Keeping people informed with tech
- The British frantically Google what the EU is
- Brief crash course on Brexit
Recommendations
- Derek - Roaring Apps
- Ben - AmazonBasics Dash Mount
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Evernote turns the screws on its user base, Tank gets super nerdy with Postman, and we discuss when it’s appropriate to boycott our favorite tech companies.
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Tech You Should Know
- Oculus backtracks on DRM [Gizmodo]
- Twitter brings #Stickers to your Twitter pics [9to5Mac]
- Evernote is raising prices [The Verge]
- Amazon starts subsidizing smartphones [Ars Technica]
- The first fatal crash with Tesla Autopilot [The Verge]
- Android N is now Android Nougat [The Verge]
- Spotify throws a hissy fit about Apple [9to5Mac]
Tech You Should Use: Postman
Topic: Boycotting Companies
- Goodbye Burger King
- Should We Buy From Promoters of Sin?
Recommendations
- Craig - Re-Engage Conference
- Derek - Part of ATP episode about “screen time” for kids
- Ben - Page Flip on Kindle & Dashboard by Twitter
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Errybody goes crazy over headphone jacks, Derek reps Markdown, and Craig wonders if we should put men on Mars.
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Tech You Should Know
- The Steam Summer Sale is afoot! Ars Technica
- Apple left the iOS 10 beta kernel unencrypted 9to5Mac
- CRISPR gets okayed for clinical trials TechCrunch
- Tumblr does live video Tumblr
- Twitter releases Engage app TechCrunch
- Tesla offers to acquire SolarCity TechCrunch
- Headphone jack controversy (The Verge, Daring Fireball, Ars Technica, Macworld)
Tech You Should Use: Markdown
Theology From the Headlines: Should we put men on Mars?
Recommendations
- Tank - Voice of the Martyrs Podcast
- Derek - Hamilton Soundtrack
- Craig - Morningtown Ride - The Seekers
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Craig is back at long last! Apple announces updates across all software, Craig talks about Pocket Casts and catches up with Ben about what we've been talking about the past few weeks.
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Tech You Should Know
- Facebook threatens to delete your photos [The Verge]
- Microsoft buys LinkedIn [TechCrunch]
- Apple WWDC 2016 [The Verge]
- You can now use Hulu in VR on Oculus Rift [The Verge]
- Twitter mobile apps can now start live Periscope broadcasts [9to5Mac]
- Facebook rolls out a new look for Messenger [TechCrunch]
- E3 Conference 2016 [Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo]
Tech You Should Use: Pocket Casts
- iOS | Android | Windows
Topic: The Craig Recap
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Ben goes on a Snapchat tirade, Tank talks crappy passwords, and are we living in a simulation?
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Followup
- Helvetic: A Podcast
- 1: Definitely Not That Podcast
- 11: Homeschool Labor
Tech You Should Know
- Stitcher has been bought for $4.5 million [The Verge]
- Facebook is disabling messaging in its mobile web app [TechCrunch]
- Tony Fadell is leaving Nest [The Verge]
- T-Mobile doin' what T-Mobile does [Wired]
- Snapchat redesigns its Discover feature [TechCrunch]
- CrAzY SnApChAt FaCtS
- TensorFlow now available for iOS [9to5Mac]
- Apple announces big changes for the App Store [The Loop]
What Throttles My Data: Password Edition
Theology From the Headlines: Are we living in a simulation?
- Elon Musk interview clip at Code Conference
Recommendations
- Tank - Regular trip updates
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New emoji are on the horizon, we talk about all YOUR feedback to Jerome Danner’s question about laptops, and is technology actually neutral, like many of us think?
Sponsor: MissionalWear.com - the gift shop for all reformed theology nerds!
Tech You Should Know
- Iran forces messaging apps to move data to Iranian servers [TechCrunch]
- Instagram officially announces its new business tools [TechCrunch]
- Apple TV begins hiding apps from the charts if you have them installed [TechCrunch]
- Segway’s smart mini-transporter is up for pre-order [TechCrunch]
- Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos explains why the company no longer sells the Apple TV [9to5Mac]
- Nokia completes Withings acquisition, will reveal its digital health plans next week [The Verge]
- Selfie, Shrug, ROFL, Face Palm, Whiskey, Clowns and more among new emoji arriving in June [TechCrunch]
- Emoji Bible
- LOLcat Bible
Tech You Should Use: Laptops!
Topic: Is Tech Neutral?
- From the Garden to the City
Recommendations
- Tank - Owl City
- Derek - The Stanley Parable
- Ben - Play Catan with your friends
Ways to Contact Us
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There’s actual video of real-life-virtual baptism, Tank talks about Heroku, and does tech make you dumb, like many would have you think?
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Preshow & Follow Up
- Welcome to the Slack, Helvetic: A Podcast
- Online baptism video
- Interview with Prime Minister of Estonia
Tech You Should Know
- Oculus blocks porting of games to HTC Vive, only to have its DRM broken [The Verge]
- Facebook announces sweeping changes to Trending Topics [Gizmodo]
- Spotify sweetens the deal on Family Sharing [The Verge]
- Microsoft is streamlining its smartphone business [TechCrunch]
- Foursquare experiments with bots with Marsbot [The Verge]
- Reddit creates its own image uploading tool [The Verge]
- Google wins legal battle with Oracle [Gizmodo]
Tech You Should Use: Heroku
Game: Google Trends
Theology From The Headlines: Does Tech Make Us Dumber?
- Are smartphones “de-evolutionizing” humanity?
Recommendations
- Derek - Air Conditioning
- Tank - Studio C - How to Survive the Walking Dead & Scott Sterling
Ways to Contact Us
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We brought on Jeremy Lundmark this week to talk lots of juicy Google I/O news and about Theology Mix, and the larger world of Christian podcasting.
Sponsor: MissionalWear.com
Tech You Should Know
- Zuckerberg meets with conservatives [The Verge]
- MCX postpones rollout of CurrentC, an Apple Pay rival [TechCrunch]
- Twitter rumored to stop counting images and links in 140-character limit [Gizmodo]
- Google announces a bunch of stuff at I/O [The Verge]
- iTunes update tries to fix bug that may delete Apple Pay subscribers' music [The Verge]
- Charter now owns Time Warner Cable [The Verge]
- 117 million LinkedIn emails and passwords leaked [TechCrunch]
What Throttles My Data: Voting Tech
- Electronic voting setup
Topic: Theology Mix Network
- Theology Mix directory
Recommendations
- Craig - Further Seems Forever (Albums: Hide Nothing & How To Start A Fire)
- Ben - Fast.com
- Jeremy - The Reformation Study Bible
Thanks to Jeremy Lundmark for joining us this week!
- @JeremyLundmark on Twitter
- After The Sermon
- Theology Mixer Radio
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The new Instagram logo looks like a default Photoshop gradient, we do a long round of budgeting software talk, and will VR's legacy be porn?
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New Instagram logo GIF
Tech You Should Know
- Apple meets with “leading podcast professionals” [NYT, Marco Arment, Federico Vittici]
- Amazon creates a kind of YouTube/Vimeo competitor [Gizmodo]
- The original creators of Siri create a successor, Viv [The Verge]
- Hyperloop One does their first public test of Hyperloop [Gizmodo]
- Instagram gets redesigned [Gizmodo]
- Facebook’s methods for curating Trending Topics are under scrutiny [Gizmodo 1,2,3]
- Apple invests $1 billion in Chinese ride-sharing company, Didi [Wired]
Tech You Should Use: Budgeting software
- GoodBudget
- YNAB
- MoneyWell
- Microsoft Excel
Theology From the Headlines: VR, Round 2!
- How to make VR survive long enough to become a boom
- The VR race: What you need to know about Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and more
Recommendations
- Craig: Keller on Preaching to the Heart [TGC Podcast]
- Derek: Gboard [iOS]
- Tank: momentjs
Ways to Contact Us
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Your fingerprint does not have the right to be silent, Derek rags on SoundCloud for awhile, and everyone rabbit trails from the main article to talk about the origin of sin.
Sponsor: MissionalWear.com
Tech You Should Know
- Twitter shakes up its recommendation methods (Techcrunch: 1, 2)
- FBI now has court sanctioned power to hack innocent people (Gizmodo)
- YouTube makes a positive change in how it handles copyright dispute (The Verge)
- You may not have 5th amendment rights to your fingerprint (9to5Mac)
- Google Keyboard for Android gets on the one-handed bandwagon (The Verge)
- Apple Music now has student discounts (The Verge)
- Hulu will stream live TV to subscribers next year (The Verge)
What Throttles My Data: SoundCloud
Theology From the Headlines: Origin of Sin
- Priceline CEO resigns after work relationship
Recommendations
- Derek - Tanya’s interview on After The Sermon
- Tank - Screen to GIF [Windows]
Ways to Contact Us
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Intel lays off thousands of people, Ben and Craig talk about their Apple TVs, and Ben and Tank nerd out on programming.
Tech You Should Know
- Intel announces a slow departure from the PC industry, along with thousands of layoffs [Ars Technica]
- Apple sees its revenue decline for the first time in 13 years [The Verge]
- Apple now makes more money from its services than selling Macs [The Verge]
- Comcast announces plan to buy DreamWorks Animation for $3.8 billion [Re/code]
- Microsoft releases Word Flow keyboard for iPhone with one-handed mode, custom backgrounds [9to5Mac]
- Uber is offering yacht rentals in Dubai because it's still a luxury product [The Verge]
- Google, Ford and Uber just created a giant lobbying group for self-driving cars [Re/code]
Tech You Should Use: Apple TV
Main Topic: Programming and Imposter Syndrome
- Windows PowerShell
- Git
- TFS
- AppleScript
- CommitStrip
Recommendations
- Tank - Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D
Ways to Contact Us
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Drone racing is becoming a thing, Ben makes his phone read his books for him, and we talk about the motive behind Rust randomly assigning genders to players.
Tech You Should Know
- Apple removes 3rd party Reddit apps over "NSFW" toggle [9to5Mac]
- HTC announces its new HTC 10 [The Verge]
- Facebook talks about new stuff at a thing in front of people [TechCrunch]
- Amazon announces its new Kindle, the Oasis [TechCrunch]
- The Burr-Feinstein encryption bill is officially awful [TechCrunch]
- FBI paid gray-hat hackers for the iPhone hack [Ars Technica]
- Drone racing becomes a sport worthy of live streaming [The Verge]
Tech You Should Use - Speak Screen Setting (iOS)
Theology From the Headlines - Rust randomly assigns player genders
Recommendations
- Craig - College Kids Say The Darnedest Things
- Tank - Backwards Brain Bicycle
- Ben - Shoot Christians Say
- Derek - Hey Ben!
Ways to Contact Us
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Audible starts branching out into podcasts, Derek talks about What Throttles His Data, and we talk about ride sharing!
Tech You Should Know
- The Associated Press finally lets us stop capitalizing “internet” [Wired]
- FCC introduces broadband labels inspired by nutrition facts [The Verge]
- WhatsApp completes end-to-end encryption rollout [TechCrunch]
- T-Mobile is launching 'next-gen' voice calls [The Verge]
- Reddit launches its first official apps for iOS and Android [TechCrunch]
- FBI says method used to unlock iPhone doesn’t work with iPhone 5s or newer [TechCrunch]
- Audible branches out into podcasts [NiemanLab]
What Throttles My Data - TextExpander Switches to Subscription Pricing
- YNAB
- 1Password
- Overcast
Google Feud - Christianity Edition
Theology From the Headlines - Ride Sharing
- Comprehensive List of Uber Incidents and Assaults
Recommendations
- Derek - Cookie Monster Apple ads [Original | Outtakes]
- Tank - Forbidden Desert
- Ben - GIPHY Capture
Ways to Contact Us
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The FBI cracks the iPhone all by itself, Craig brings Mextures to the mix, and we talk about being honest about sin.
Tech You Should Know
- FBI drops case against Apple [Wired]
- Foxconn finally agrees to buy Sharp [9to5Mac]
- Tay, Microsoft Twitter bot, rises again only to be silenced [Gizmodo]
- Snapchat redesigns chat to add stickers, audio, and video notes [The Verge]
- SoundCloud launches a subscription music streaming service [The Verge]
- Microsoft did a thing for developers [The Verge]
- The Tesla Model 3 is unveiled [Wired]
Tech You Should Use - Mextures
Theology From the Headlines - Being Honest About Sin
- We're More Honest With Our Phones Than With Our Pastors
Recommendations
- Craig - Jamie Seyfang: The Garden of Sinner’s Delight
- Derek - Homestar Runner: Marzipan’s Answering Machine Version 17.2
- Tank - Journey
Ways to Contact Us
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Apple did a thing this week, Tank talks about learning Japanese with Anki, and we go round 2 on the soul discussion from last week!
Tech You Should Know
- Jack Dorsey says Twitter won’t raise the 140-character limit on tweets ( 9to5Mac)
- Apple announces stuff ( Wired)
- HIV genes successfully edited out of immune cells with CRISPR ( Gizmodo)
- FBI stays hearing on Apple encryption case ( Tech Times
- Google Maps iOS app now gives ride fares and pickup times for 5 more services ( 9to5Mac)
- Snapchat buys Bitmoji app maker Bitstrips ( The Verge)
- Microsoft silences Tay, the AI Twitter bot that turned racist ( TechCrunch)
Tech You Should Use – Anki
Theology From the Headlines – What is the Soul?
- Part 1: The Trouble With Transporters
Recommendations
- Ben – Helvetic: A Podcast
- Craig – Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones sermon on the soul – The Great Question
- Derek – Craig’s Good Friday post!
Ways to Contact Us
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Instagram plans to copy its older brother Facebook, LastPass adds the ability to use two-factor authentication, and we discuss CGP Grey’s video on the philosophical quandary of Star Trek transporters.
Tech You Should Know
- WhatsApp’s encryption could be the subject of the next justice department showdown ( Gizmodo)
- Xbox Live now supports cross-platform multiplayer with PS4 ( TechCrunch
- Apple Music secures rights to mixes and DJ mixes ( 9to5Mac)
- Instagram is about to go algorithmic ( Wired)
- Nike has introduced its first self lacing shoes available for the public ( Gizmodo)
- PlayStation VR will launch in October for $399 ( Engadget)
- Kickstarter buys Drip, a community for independent musicians ( TechCrunch)
Tech You Should Use – Two-Factor Authentication
- LastPass Authenticator
- 1Password
Theology From the Headlines – Teleportation
- The Trouble with Transporters
Recommendations
- Craig – Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, but Nobody Wants to Die by David Crowder
- Ben – Clash Royale [iTunes | Google Play ]
Ways to Contact Us
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Apple and the FBI start hissing at each other, Derek presents the world of functional scanners, and Tank brings the topic of using one’s profession as a way to be a missionary overseas.
Tech You Should Know
- Amazon pledges to bring device encryption back to Fire OS ( The Verge)
- Mac owners get their first taste of ransomware ( 9to5Mac)
- Google’s Project Fi mobile network is now open to everyone in the US ( The Verge)
- Microsoft is bringing its database software to Linux ( The Verge)
- Square launches its mobile payments service in Australia ( TechCrunch)
- Google surprises everyone with an early preview of Android N ( TechCrunch)
- The FBI vs Apple Case has started to turn openly hostile ( The Verge)
Tech You Should Use: Fujitsu ScanSnap scanners
- ScanSnap iX500
- ScanSnap S1300i
- ScanSnap iX100
Theology From the Headlines: IMB Professionals
- Mississippi Software Developer Takes Home Office to South Asia
- David Platt on IMB Future
- Joshua Project
Recommendations
- Craig: AR #159 – Batman VS Sanders & Foolish Atheists
- Derek: Gotham
- Tank: How to use virtual desktops in Windows 10
Ways to Contact Us
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Chris Orsini from The Rugged Marriage joins us this week to talk about the distinctions between addiction and priorities when it comes to our digital devices. Also, news and other stuff!
Tech You Should Know
- HoloLens dev kits available March 30 for a whopping $3k [The Verge]
- Next PS4 update will include game streaming to PCs and Macs [The Verge]
- Apple wins forced iPhone unlock case in NY [Ars Technica]
- HTC sold a crapload of Vive headsets [Gizmodo]
- Slack launches voice calling feature [The Verge]
- Google is testing a new way to do mobile payments [The Verge]
- Amazon announces two new Alexa devices [Extreme Tech]
Tech You Should Use
- Google Drive
- Zoom function on iPhone
- iOS Night Shift [Get public beta here]
Theology From the Headlines – Priorities and Tech Addiction
- Chick-fil-A Will Give You Free Food If You Just Put Your Phone Away
Recommendations
- Chris – Ligonier app on AppleTV, Beard Baron
- Derek – From the Garden to the City
- Craig – Calvinist Batman podcasts with Michael Brown and James White
- Tank – Adopt a missionary!
The Rugged Marriage
Thank you so much to Chris Orsini for joining us this week!
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Samsung releases a new phone at MWC, we play a Christian version of Google Feud, and we have a long discussion debating the Apple vs FBI case in America.
Tech You Should Know
- The new Samsung Galaxy S7 (Source: Gizmodo)
- Vive SteamVR headset cost $799 and ships April 1st (Source: Ars Technica)
- Amazon’s free shipping will now cost you at least $49 (Source: Wired)
- Google wants to replace SMS (Source: Gizmodo)
- Facebook Reactions is Finally Here (Source: Wired)
- Foxconn plans, then pauses, a proposed acquisition of Sharp (Source: Techcrunch)
- Microsoft acquires Xamarin (Source: The Verge)
Google Feud: Christianity Edition
Theology From the Headlines – Apple v FBI
- FAQ: Everything we know so far about Apple’s battle with the FBI
- iPhone backdoor brawl at forefront of personal privacy debate
- Ctrl-Walt-Delete: Walt and Nilay decrypt everything
- Encryption: what is it exactly, and who is right about it?
Recommendations
- Derek – Crashlands
- Craig – Anchor and Braille
- Ben – Jesus is a friend of mine
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This week we’re joined by Alex Humphrey from the Rugged Marriage podcast! We talk about the PrayerMate app and discuss the controversial genetic modification technique, CRISPR.
Tech You Should Know
- Twitter launches it’s own GIF library
- Star Wars Episode 8 has begun filming
- Alphabet’s think tank, Google Ideas, becomes Jigsaw
- CBS’ streaming service crashed before the Grammy’s even began
- Fandango bought Rotten Tomatoes and Flixster
- Deadpool has broken record for ‘R-rated’ films
- Read Apple’s letter to customers on encryption
Tech You Should Use – PrayerMate
- PrayerMate
- For iOS & Android
Theology From the Headlines – CRISPR & Genetic Modification
Thanks to CRISPR, genetic modification of humanity is here. Is CRISPR part of God’s command to take dominion over the Earth?
- The Briefing 08-21-15
- The age of the red pen [The Economist]
- Editing humanity [The Economist]
Recommendations
- Craig – Sleep
- Ben – Lampmode discusses Best CHH Albums
- Alex – Lumina Bible App for iOS
Ways to Contact Us
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Instagram is finally supporting multiple accounts, Twitter is switching to an algorithmic timeline, and we got to interview Tim and Jon from The Bible Project this week!
Tech You Should Know
- Instagram FINALLY supports multiple accounts
- Google will drop flash for all ads, switching to HTML5
- Twitter is switching to an algorithmic timeline
- Amazon releases a gaming engine
- The computer in Google’s self-driving car can be considered the driver, US says
- New bill looks to save smartphone encryption from state bans
- Apple’s already being sued over the “Error 53” issue
Interview – The Bible Project
- YouTube Videos
- Podcast
- Read Scripture Plan
Recommendations
- Derek – Return of the Jedi: Despecialized Edition v2.5
- Ben – Spark for iOS & Goodreads
Ways to Contact Us
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Alphabet becomes world’s most valuable company before Apple snatches the title back, Derek talks about TextExpander, and we discuss whether we should call out unbelievers’ sin, and if so, how do we do it?
Intros
- Mark Gungor Show episode
Tech You Should Know
- Airmail for iPhone is Out [Review]
- GE Phasing out CFLs in favor of LEDs
- Alphabet becomes most valuable company just in time for Apple to overtake it again
- Hoverboards are getting UL listed
- CE marking
- Microsoft is acquiring SwiftKey
- Google Play’s podcast platform launch appears imminent
- Amazon to open over 300 physical bookstores
Tech You Should Use – TextExpander
- TextExpander
- Resharper
- PhraseExpress
Theology From the Headlines – Calling out an unbeliever’s sin
- Apple has been directing people searching for abortion clinics to adoption clinics
- Google to push anti ISIS ads in extremist search results
Recommendations
- Craig –
- Chosen by God (R.C. Sproul) [Amazon | Audible]
- The Explicit Gospel (Matt Chandler) [Amazon | Audible]
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Aaron Martin from NeuBible joins us this week to talk about NeuBible, the church, and how design can be a key way to glorify God.
Tech You Should Know
- Microsoft launches News Pro for iOS
- Spotify Video is now available for Comedy Central, ESPN, and more
- Apple moves podcasts to the Apple TV
- The Java browser plugin may finally be going away!
- The FCC wants to completely change the way cable boxes work
- Facebook releases a Periscope competitor
- T-Mobile’s ‘Binge On’ plan now includes Amazon Video and Univision
Tech You Should Use – NeuBible
- App Store
Interview with Aaron Martin
- Design Lessons Are Life Lessons
Recommendations
- Aaron – Workflow, Day One
- Craig – Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock
- Ben – Home by Josh Garrels [iTunes | Google Play | Spotify | Amazon ]
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Netflix makes good on its promise to ban VPNs from its service, Ben tells us why Slack would be great for your business or church, and we talk about how Christian apps fit into a Christian’s life.
Introductions
- Professor Grant Horner’s Bible Reading System [PDF]
- Wikipedia entry for Lectio Divina
Tech You Should Know
- Free ad-supported iTunes Radio stations going away on Jan 29
- No more annual 99¢ fee for WhatsApp users
- Last Lumia phone reportedly launching in February
- Linux security bug discovered, could impact millions of PCs, servers, Android phones
- Apple launches Music Memos and Garageband 2.1 for iOS
- Netflix is already banning VPN usage from Australia
- California lawmaker wants to ban phone encryption in 2017
Tech You Should Use – Slack
- Slack
- Notifications in Slack
Theology From the Headlines – Christian Apps and Spiritual Disciplines
- Inside the Christian app boom
- Big Data for the Spirit
- After The Sermon with Derek and Ben
Recommendations
- Craig – Antiskeptic
- Derek – Bad Lip Reading for Star Wars movies: IV V VI
- Tank – Epic Anime Music
Ways to Contact Us
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The online encyclopedia turns 15, Tank recommends wireless headphones, and we let cars drive our topic this week.
Tech You Should Know
- Wikipedia turns 15!
- F.lux complains about Night Shift
- iOS shipped more than Windows in 2015
- Amazon Prime is offering 20 percent off for new game releases
- AT&T is bringing back unlimited data plans
- Apple Music subscribers are up to 10 million
- Snoop Dogg is mad about Xbox Live (explicit)
Tech You Should Use
- Bluetooth headphones – Mpow
Theology From the Headlines – Self-Driving Cars
- Elon Musk says cars will ready to drive across the country in 2 years
- Obama’s $4 billion plan for self-driving cars
Recommendations
- Derek – The Elementology by Result [iTunes | Amazon]
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LastPass gets a design makeover, Tank reads good, and 2015: Year in Review.
Tech You Should Know
- The Force Awakens and makes a ton of money
- Microsoft is dropping support for IE8, 9, & 10 on Tuesday
- Netflix is now live in 130 countries!
- LastPass made MUCH NEEDED UI update on the web
- FitBit announced an Apple Watch copy
- Twitter is moving past the 140 character limit
- Microsoft made a selfie app for iPhone. Please help.
Tech You Should Use
- Goodreads
Theology From the Headlines
- Mashable’s Best Tech of 2015
- 7 Tech Trends from 2015
Recommendations * Craig – Sermon of the Day * Ben – Kings Kaleidoscope, Citizens & Saints, and Ghost Ship
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Merry Christmas!
Bringing you a shorter episode right before we take a small Christmas break. We talk about our Christmas traditions and what tech items we’d super love to get as gifts, but probably never will. Sit back and enjoy!
Lovely Christmas Nonsense by Matthew Parker
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The Force Awakens has been released and is AWESOME, we suggest places to learn to code, and we discuss how Christians can show love for neighbor both on and offline.
Tech You Should Know
- Google Maps now has up-to-date gas prices
- FAA says all drones must be registered by February 19
- Japanese university bans all watches from exams
- You can now make in-app purchases with Android Pay
- You can now call an Uber from Facebook Messenger
- Lightsabers! [Facebook profile | Google phones]
- Star Wars has crushed ticket sales records [The Force Awakens Soundtrack]
- Star Wars Sales Visualization
Tech You Should Use
- Codecademy
- Zenva
- Pluralsight
- Code School
- Treehouse
Game – Star Wars
- Jay’s Star Wars Original Trilogy Quiz
Theology From the Headlines – Social Media
- One Voice on Christian Social Media
- Tactics by Greg Koukl
Recommendations
- Craig – Coram Deo: Growing In Knowledge & All Discernment
- Derek
- The Reformed Gamers: Rebel Baptists
- The Talk Show: How Many Fingers Should This Baby Have?
- Tank – Screeps
Ways to Contact Us
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Serial’s back with a vengeance, we advise Mailbox fans on our fav email apps, and we talk through the idea of internet censorship.
Tech You Should Know
- Twitter begins displaying diverse emoji
- 2,600 apps for Apple TV after one month
- Serial’s second season has begun
- Walmart Pay exists for some reason
- Microsoft’s Cortana is now available for iOS and Android
- Mozilla launched a free ad-blocker for iOS ( TR007)
- Apple releases new Smart Battery Case
Tech You Should Use
- Dropbox has shut down Mailbox and Carousel
- Airmail [Mac]
- Google Inbox [Android | iOS]
- CloudMagic [Android | iOS]
- Spark [iOS]
Theology From the Headlines – Internet Censorship
- Google’s Eric Schmidt wants ‘spell checkers, but for hate and harassment’
- Adam4d Homophobia
Recommendations
- Craig – The Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis
- Derek – Glove and Boots
- Ben – Yahoo’s new Video Guide app [Android | iOS]
Ways to Contact Us
- Connect with us in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
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Apple’s Swift has gone open source, Derek talks Hazel on the Mac, we fail miserably at Google Feud, and we talk about tech spending.
Tech You Should Know
- Kobe Bryant announces retirement on Twitter, not TV
- Apple’s Swift programming language is now open source on GitHub
- Facebook is rolling out a livestreaming feature to compete with Periscope
- The Amazon Echo was the best selling item on Amazon.com on Black Friday
- Starbucks begins offering delivery, which costs more than the cup of coffee
- Google’s Chromebooks make up half of U.S. classroom devices
- Tidal just announced their 3rd CEO in 8 months
Tech You Should Use
- Hazel (Mac)
- Belvedere (Windows)
Game – Google Feud: Questions
Play your own game of Google Feud here!
Theology From the Headlines – Tech Spending
- Study: Nearly 70 Percent of Tech Spending is Wasted
- Hillary Clinton pledges broadband for all Americans in $275 billion infrastructure plan
- Tech Reformation 006
Recommendations
- Derek
- Air on the G String played with air horn DJ sample
- Psychonauts 2 announcement and crowdfunding!
- Last 2 episodes of Coram Deo [1 | 2]
Ways to Contact Us
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Some little punk can solve the Rubik’s cube faster than us, we play Google Feud, and is killing someone in a video game morally wrong?
Tech You Should Know
- Futurama will return – as an iOS game!
- WordPress gets a Mac app, along with rebuilt and open-source WordPress.com
- Apple is projected to sell more iPad Pros this quarter than all MS Surfaces
- A kid solved the Rubik’s Cube in under 5 seconds
- JetBlue is allowing free in-flight video streaming to Amazon Prime customers
- Apple acquires FaceShift, the Star Wars motion capture company
- Li-Fi is being testing for the 1st time ever, and it’s 100 times faster than WiFi
Tech You Should Use
- Noteflight
Game – Google Feud
Theology From the Headlines – Morality & Video Games
- I Just Said Yes to All the Drugs in ‘Fallout 4’
- Why Real-World Morals Have No Place in Video Games
Recommendations
- Derek – Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson [Audible | Amazon]
- Tank – Cyber Monday
Ways to Contact Us
- Connect with us in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
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AN emoji is word of the year, Tank introduces us to the Steam Link, and we talk about postmodernism.
Tech You Should Know
- Adele’s new album 25 will not stream on any services
- The Oxford Dictionaries’ word of the year is AN emoji
- The Chromebit turns any old monitor or TV into a computer for $85
- YouTube will pay legal fees for some people hit with questionable takedown requests
- Google can now stream apps to your phone
- Rdio’s shutdown begins November 23rd with a transition to ad-supported listening
- Microsoft Turns 30
Tech You Should Use
- Steam
- Steam Link
Theology From the Headlines
- Google co-founder, Larry Page, says he and Steve Jobs were both right, despite disagreeing
Recommendations
- Derek – BetterTouchTool [Mac]
- Tank – Discworld
Ways to Contact Us
- Connect with us in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
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Ben is soon off to Serbia, we introduce Lutherbot to the unwashed masses that aren’t on the Slack, and we talk about unity among believers.
Tech You Should Know
- Twitter’s Like button is 6% more popular
- Apple Music for Android is out
- Firefox for iPhone/iPad is now available
- Facebook Messenger adds fast sharing with facial recognition
- Facebook debuts ‘Notify’ app for news, sports, weather, etc.
- Google launched YouTube Music
- T-Mobile will let your stream Netflix, HBO, ESPN without using data
Tech You Should Use – Lutherbot
- slack.techreformation.com
Theology From the Headlines
- Tech world moves to AND away from OR
Recommendations
- Craig – Who’s Your Daddy? [iOS]
- Tank – Google Opinion Rewards [Android]
- Ben – Hamilton the Musical
Ways to Contact Us
- Connect with us in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
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Facebook’s iOS-using employees are apparently inept, we present every cloud storage solution on the planet, and we discuss the digital nomad lifestyle.
Tech You Should Know
- Twitter drops stars for hearts
- Activision Blizzard buys Candy Crush maker for $5.9 billion
- Microsoft reduces free OneDrive storage
- Facebook forces employees to use Android
- Volvo is testing kangaroo avoidance technology for Australian drivers
- Amazon is opening its first physical bookstore
- Activision Blizzard launches film and TV studio
Tech You Should Use
- Google Drive (15GB free)
- Dropbox (2GB free)
- OneDrive (5GB free)
- iCloud Drive (5GB free) ←works with PC, too!
- Transporter
Theology From the Headlines – Digital Nomads
- Living and working in paradise the rise of the digital nomad
Recommendations
- Craig – Snapseed [iOS | Android]
- Derek – Lumino City
- Tank – Travel Like a Boss Podcast
- Ben – Cap’n Crunch’s Sprinkled Donut Crunch
Ways to Contact Us
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Derek’s back, Google gets into podcasts, Ben recommends Google Photos magic, and we discuss rogue AI.
Tech You Should Know
- Follow up from last week:
- Steve Jobs movie likely to lose money
- YouTube will pay creators during YouTube Red
- Developers are using 3D Touch as a scale, Apple frowns
- Sunrise app is officially moving into the Outlook app
- US government says its ok to jailbreak your phone or tablet
- Google brings podcasting to Play Music
- Apple begins allowing app store purchases to be charged to phone bills
- Twitch launches a place for you to watch artists as they work
- Apple releases second Android app to manage Beats Pill+
- Amazon launches ‘Pay with Amazon’ buttons for mobile apps
- Google is merging Chrome OS and Android
Tech You Should Use
- Google Photos hits 100 million monthly users after 5 months
Theology From the Headlines – Singularity AI
- Robot builds its own children, mimics evolution
- Musk, Hawking, and Chomsky warn of impending robot wars fueled by AI
Recommendations
- Craig
- Sherlock
- Noisli
- Derek – The Flash on Netflix
- Tank – The Letter W
- Ben – The Bible Project, specifically Sneak Peek: The Gospel of the Kingdom
Ways to Contact Us
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News, more ways to save money, and a discussion on happiness, joy, tech and theology.
Tech You Should Know
- Steve Jobs movie opens with per-theater earnings this year
- The Force Awakens obliterates pre-sale records
- Google removes Always-On “Okay, Google” from Chrome for desktop
- Apple Music has 6.5 million subscribers
- Apple TV gets CBS, NBC
- Apple release iOS, OS X, watchOS update with new emojis
- Giphy launched a super simple gif creator
- Instagram release Boomerang, new 1-second video loop app
- NYT sends Google Cardboard VR to 1.3 million subscribers
- Western Digital is buying SanDisk for $19 billion
- YouTube launches subscription service to kill ads
- Update your Facebook app now!
- Facebook search now finds all public posts
- J.K. Rowling’s new play will be the eighth Harry Potter novel
Tech You Should Use
- iBotta Shopping app
Theology From the Headlines – Technology & Happiness
- What Technology Can’t Change about Happiness
Recommendations
- Craig – All Creatures by Kings Kaleidoscope
- Tank – Praying the Bible by Don Whitney
- Ben – Dr. Cleaner for Mac
Ways to Contact Us
- Connect with us in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
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News, how to stay in touch with the latest content via Feed Readers and we chat about TV and entertainment from a Christian perspective.
Tech You Should Know
- Apple disables News app for China
- The PS4 has an official remote
- Dell bought EMC for $67 billion
- Facebook takes advantage of 3D Touch
- Facebook adds dedicated shopping section
- Apple launches refreshed iMacs
- Apple releases new Magic Trackpad with Force Touch
- Twitter is laying off 8% of employees
- Square is going public
- Google is removing Chrome’s notification center
- Dropbox announces Paper a document-editing platform
Tech You Should Use
- Feedly
Theology From the Headlines – TV & Future Glory
Recommendations
- Craig – Pocket Casts
- Tank – The Weight of Glory – C.S. Lewis
- Ben
- Daredevil on Netflix
- Legend of Zelda Orchestra
Ways to Contact Us
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Guess what, people? We got Calvinist Batman to come on the show! We talk news, Bat-tech, and ask Batman how he manages his anonymous online identity in a way that honors God and his church.
Tech You Should Know
- Twitter launches its ‘Project Lightning’ curated news & events feature called Moments
- Adobe is giving away Photoshop’s best features for free
- Lightroom for iPad and iPhone are now totally free, no desktop app or subscription needed
- Reddit is launching its own news site called Upvoted
- Google Introduces Accelerated Mobile Pages To Keep Content On The Web
- Sony cuts PlayStation 4 price by $50 in the US
- All seven Harry Potter books now available to buy in iBooks
- Netflix is raising the price of its main plan to $9.99 per month
- LogMeIn buys LastPass for $125 million
- Overcast 2.0 adds streaming, podcast chapter marks, Split View, more
- The 10 most important things from the big Microsoft event
- Here’s Every New Device Microsoft Announced Today
Tech You Should Use – Bat Tech!
- Tweetbot [iOS]
- Mailbox
- Call Recorder for Skype
- Garageband
- Audio Hijack 3
- Hipcast
- NeuBible
- Vesper
- Reeder
Theology From the Headlines – Online Presence
Recommendations
- Batman – The Joy Project
- Derek – BabyTime
Ways to Contact Us
- Connect with us in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
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We play QuizUp on a whim, you should let Bing pay you to use it, and we talk internet mob justice.
Tech You Should Know
- Verizon tries to rebrand turning your phone sideways as ‘Go90′
- Trivia app QuizUp is becoming a primetime TV gameshow on NBC
- Skype now has real-time translation built in
- Facebook redesigns mobile profiles and begins testing video profile pictures
- Back to the Future is coming to Amazon Prime Video for the month of October
- Amazon will ban sales of Apple TV and Google Chromecast
- You Can Download OS X El Capitan Now
- Apple Music, iTunes movies, and iBooks are now available in China
- More than 13 million iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus sold in opening weekend
- Google Maps comes to the Apple Watch in latest iOS app update
- Google’s Nexus event in seven minutes
- Nexus 5X and 6P Comparison Chart
Tech You Should Use
- Bing Rewards
Theology From the Headlines
- From Gamergate to Cecil to Cecil the lion: Internet mob justice is out of control
- Someone is Wrong on the Internet
Recommendations
- Craig – The Giver (and Popcorn Theology podcast)
- Tank – Rock Climbing
- Ben – Marvel Cinematic Universe Podcast [iTunes | Website]
Listener Feedback
- Paul Harrison – Harry’s app
- Steven Gutierrez – Grace To You Bible app [iOS]
Ways to Contact Us
- Connect with us in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
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The Pope blesses and curses the iPhone launch in NYC, getting deeper into context with Blue Letter Bible, and we end up being balanced on ad blockers, despite our best efforts.
Tech You Should Know
- iOS 9 Release: Full feature list
- iOS adoption rate of 12% in first 24 hours, 21% in first 48 hours. Fastest rate ever!
- iOS apps infected by malware version of Xcode
- iPhone 6s: Record 10 million preorders, 11% heavier with 3D Touch, & RAM confirmed – what to do with your new 6s or 6s Plus
- Pope Francis delays iPhone 6s deliveries
- Pope blesses iPhone 6s launch [tweet]
- Oyster (Netflix for books) is shutting down
- Quirky files for bankruptcy
- Google Keep comes to iOS
Tech You Should Use
- Blue Letter Bible [Web | iOS | Android]
Theology From the Headlines – Content Blockers
- Ad blockers sky rocket in App Store post-iOS 9 launch
- Marco Arment: Just doesn’t feel good
- Accidental Tech Podcast #136: War and Peace
- Apple gives refunds for Peace
- Crystal says it will let companies pay to get through
- On Ad Blocking | snelling.io
- Romans 2:12-16 [ESVBible.org]
Recommendations
- Craig – John Piper on Prosperity Gospel
- Derek – CHVRCHES
- Every Open Eye (NEW ALBUM) [iTunes | Amazon]
- The Bones of What You Believe [iTunes | Amazon]
- Tank – Sing happy birthday with impudence!
Ways to Contact Us
- Connect with us in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
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Disliking Facebook’s button, liking Chromecast, and debating free internet!
Tech You Should Know
- Snapchat update adds new selfie Lenses + paid extra Snap Replays
- Twitter/Square Partnership enables Tweet Donation to Politicians
- Facebook Is Finally Developing a ‘Dislike’ Button
- Nintendo’s new president is Tatsumi Kimishima
- Google Picks Former Hyundai CEO as Its Self-Driving Car CEO
- Incipio acquires Incase, adding to stable of Apple-focused case + accessory brands
- Apple acquires location data collection startup Mapsense for $25 million
Tech You Should Use
- Chromecast
- Apple TV
Theology From the Headlines
- Free Internet for the World
- What: Global Internet Access Initiatives
- How: How to make the internet truly free in developing countries
- Why: Why Google & Facebook are Involved
- Errors of Prosperity Theology
- 5 Errors of the Prosperity Gospel
- Shai Linne – Fal$e Teacher$
Recommendations
- Craig – Coram Deo Podcast (←iTunes link)
- Tank – Mini segways
Ways to Contact Us
- Connect with us in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
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We talk Apple, more Apple, and how Apple is interesting theologically.
Tech You Should Know
- Runtastic launches ‘Moment’ fitness tracker
- Blackberry buys Good Technology
- Pandora sells ad-free day of music for 99 cents
- Google Maps celebrates the Queen
- Discover arrives on Apple Pay on Sept. 16th (with a 10% cashback bonus)
- Google Wallet launches to compete with Square Cash & Venmo
- Paper comes to iPhone
- Periscope goes landscape!
- Google refreshes mobile apps with new logo
Tech You Should Use
- Medical ID – How to set it up
Theology From the Headlines – Apple Event
- Apple’s iPhone 6S Event in 8 minutes
- Apple – September 2015 Event
- Top 10 announcements from the Apple Event
- New iPhones: Peek & Pop Explained
- iPhone 6s/Plus Comparison Chart
Recommendations
- Craig – Mission: Pic [iOS]
- Derek – Rugged Marriage and their fundraiser
- Tank – Material Design
Ways to Contact Us
- Connect with us in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
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Trying not to talk about Apple rumors, seeing how we use our Pockets, and discussing drones and how privacy should be viewed through the Bible.
Tech You Should Know
- Google News
- Google Has a New Face
- Google’s tiny self-driving cars are coming to Austin
- Google launches new standalone Street View app for iPhone
- Google Chrome just made big changes to save your battery
- Your (Next) Android Wear Watch Will Connect To The iPhone
- Apple News
- Ahead of iPhone 6S, Gazelle debuts best price guarantee for iPhone 5s / 6 / 6 Plus trade-ins
- Apple launches gaming-focused Twitter feed ahead of games’ expected arrival on Apple TV
- Other News
- Sony’s next big PS4 update adds YouTube streaming and increases cloud storage
- Hulu Will Let You Watch TV Without Ads for an Extra $4 a Month
- Amazon Prime Lets You Download Videos and Watch Offline Now
Tech You Should Use
- Pocket now recommends stories and videos you might like [iOS]
Theology From the Headlines
- What’s Tech – Drones?
- Do We Really Want Amazon’s Drones to Swarm our Skies?
- Weaponized Drones Are Now Legal In The U.S.
- California Bill Could Ground Drone Dreams at Amazon, Google
- Military drone helped look for missing schoolteacher
Recommendations
- Craig – MLJ Sermons
- Derek – Great podcast equipment!
- Tank – Canoeing & Sunscreen
- Ben
- Watch an eagle punch a drone out of the sky
- Follow this flowchart to the drone of your dreams
Ways to Contact Us
- Connect with us in Slack: slack.techreformation.com
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News, presenting apps for memorizing Scripture, and discussing smartphone addiction.
Tech You Should Know
- Social Media News
- Twitter and Google’s Search Partnership Has Expanded to Desktop
- Three Important Questions About Vine’s New Music Offering
- Vertical Photos Have On Instagram
- Snapchat Is Adding New Publishers But Won’t Cut Old Ones
- Microsoft News
- Windows 10 is now installed on 75 million PCs after just four weeks
- Microsoft releases Cortana for Android beta
- Geek Nostalgia News
- Amazon is now developing a Galaxy Quest TV series
- Apple News
- Apple launches iSight camera replacement program for iPhone 6 Plus
- Apple Watch Debuts at No. 2, Behind Fitbit
- Big News This Week!
- Apple announces expected iPhone 6S event for Sept. 9th: ‘Hey Siri, give us a hint’
- Facebook debuts Siri competitor ‘M’ built into Messenger app
- YouTube Gaming, Google’s Twitch competitor, purportedly launching tomorrow on iOS
Tech You Should Use
- ScriptureTyper [iOS]
- Verses [iOS]
Game – Nomophobia Test
Theology From the Headlines
- Are Smartphones making us all infomaniacs?
- 82% think it’s rude to use a smartphone at a social gathering, but 89% do it anyway
- Smartphone Addiction & Our Spiritual ADD
- Six Wrong Reasons to Check Your Phone
Ways to Contact Us
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This Week: Xena the Warrior Princess, to-do list apps, and we talk about the effect of automation on jobs.
Tech You Should Know
- Sprint announces ‘iPhone Forever’, a $22/month yearly upgrade plan
- The Next Android Now Has a Name: Marshmallow
- Google introduces a new space for Hangouts on the web
- Meet OnHub: a new router for a new way to Wi-Fi
- You Can Now Use Stephen Hawking’s Speech Software for Free
- Final Fantasy VII has arrived on the iPhone and iPad
- Business/Enterprise
- Microsoft Beats Out Salesforce as Most Widely Used Cloud App for Businesses
- Parallels brings Cortana to the Mac
- Bootstrap 4 alpha
- Awesomeness
- Disney is building a massive Star Wars world at Disneyland
- Disney released an app, your digital concierge to their theme park!
- A reboot of Xena: Warrior Princess is in development
Tech You Should Use
- Trello [iOS]
- Wunderlist [iOS]
- Clear [iOS]
- Omnifocus [iOS]
- Things [iPhone | iPad]
Theology From the Headlines
- The automation myth: Robots aren’t taking your jobs— and that’s the problem
- The Age of the Robot Worker Will Be Worse for Men
Recommendations
- Derek – Robojazz II
- Ben – Team USA launches Kickstarter to fund its giant robot duel with Japan
Ways to Contact Us
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This week: News, password managers and virtual reality!
Tech You Should Know
- Google Maps for iOS now has a night mode
- Snapchat updated with new ‘Travel Mode’ feature to reduce mobile data usage
- Twitter finally drops the 140-character limit from direct messages
- Google announces major restructuring with new parent company ‘Alphabet’, Sundar Pichai named CEO of Google subsidiary
- The 6 most important announcements from Samsung’s Galaxy Note 5 event
Tech You Should Use
- LastPass password manager now free on mobile, but TouchID users will want to pay
Theology From the Headlines
- Choose Your Reality: Virtual, Augmented or Mixed
- Virtual Reality Startup: Yes, VR Is Antisocial. And That’s Okay!
Recommendations
- Craig – Fighter Verse
- Derek – Overcast: Podcast Player
- Tank – The Void
- Ben – Billy Graham’s TED Talk
Ways to Contact Us
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Tech Reformation is a brand new podcast, brought to you by four reformed Christian guys who love Jesus and technology (definitely in that order). With a growing number of reformed podcasts hitting the airwaves you might be wondering how this one is unique and basically you’ll have to wait to find out! We’ll be answering that question in our very first episode though, which is coming soon, so stay tuned!
About Us
- Craig
- @craigelliss on Twitter
- @craigelliss on Instagram
- Blog at reformedbapticostal.com
- Derek
- @thederekmast on Twitter
- Tank
- Blog at tankstudios.net
- Ben
- @benjaminjrobin on Twitter
Ways to Contact Us
- Connect with us in Slack [Note: Different than we said on the podcast!]: slack.techreformation.com
- Follow us on Twitter: @techreformation
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