Are you getting tired of technology hype? I am. <\/p>\n
What am I talking about? The tendency for people – especially those in the media, both old and new – to get overly excited about new technologies, losing perspective in the process. <\/p>\n
For example, yesterday I blogged about a new iPhone\/iPad app<\/a>. It’s called Confession: A Roman Catholic App. This app has received plenty of attention, including a <\/i>New York Times<\/i> op-ed piece<\/a>, as well as scores of articles in major news sources. Not surprisingly, there has also been plenty of controversy. A friend told me that she was listening on the news to Catholic priests who are terribly upset about the confession app, even though it was made by Catholics for Catholics.<\/p>\n As I explained yesterday, I bought the Confession app to see what all the fuss was about. It cost me $1.99, and it runs on my iPad and my iPhone. (Yes, I have a trinity of Apple products, including a MacBook Pro. In my last post described in detail how the app works<\/a>. It’s really quite simple. It guides the user through a time of spiritual introspection based on the Ten Commandments. It suggests specific sins and gives the use an opportunity to log them for future confession. <\/p>\n There are no bells and whistles in the Confession app. No fancy graphics or sounds. There is nothing trendy or kitschy or exciting about the Confession app, other than the simple fact that it is an app, one that runs on portable Apple products. The content of this app could be easily contained in a small booklet without any significant loss of functionality. <\/p>\n