Media Missionary Focus

Technical Speed-bumps On The Information Ox-Cart Path

Yes, it’s been a while since my last post. It seems to be going in spurts lately, not due to a lack of intent on my part, but rather because of the oddities of technology.

As I traveled around the USA for the various meetings and conferences I was attending last month I found tech-friendliness of the various areas to be all over the board. At Lisa’s parents in North Dakota I could barely get on line if I tried, yet in Springfield Missouri entire sections of town are blanketed with free Wi-Fi. Then areas where you expect some level of understanding have absolutely none; at the Chicago airport I asked some of the employees if there was Wi-Fi access in the terminal and they looked at me as if I had a third leg growing out of my forehead and asked me what Wi-Fi was.

Now I am finally home in Cambodia. It is wonderful to be home! But having been gone for 6 weeks has left a number of loose threads that need to be fixed up for life to get back to normal. For example, our phone line was disconnected. So after three trips to the phone company, bringing various receipts and things to them, we finally got the line re-connected. And that’s just one technical area.

We are also trying to get back up to speed on various ongoing projects. That seems like a major battle at the moment (just because I find myself staring at an ever increasing “to-do” list). In addition, I am trying to get started on working myself along the learning curve for the new media tools I picked up during our trip. Again, this takes a bit of time.

Yes, technology has made many things easier, but only after it first makes them really difficult. But at least now we have our phone line and internet connection working again, so hopefully our communication with everyone will pick back up.

posted by Troy In Cambodia @ 11:01 AM