Marketshare, Macs, and Worship 2.0

Oh, I'm loving this. Don't know whether Mac is "trendy" or we're looking at a new generation of computer users that haven't been brainwashed by Microsoft...

According to recent surveys on college campuses, college freshmen are flocking to Macs in record numbers. Up to 55% of college users prefer Macs.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the future.
It's a beautiful sight.

Aside from that, though, it's amazing to me that that many college students have laptops they use in class. Honestly, I graduated from college in 1999. I took my laptop to class maybe a half-dozen times. Mind you my Macintosh Laptop back then weighed 16 lbs (not kidding) but times are changing... always changing.

A question has been batting around my head for a couple years now... how can we incorporate this laptop-driven society into a worship service? All those laptop screens offer another avenue for people to connect... Is it possible to create a worship experience that can reach the televisiophonernetting society, live? Can we create a live, multi-sensory worship experience that is interactive in addition to educational, informational, and spritual? (Note: Don't have an answer. Just talking...)

Thanks to Cult of Mac for the photo.

Comments

[Mike Spear]

this is pretty much what is looks like out here. it's becoming more of a trend. I'm also swimming in a sea of iPhones out here as well.

[Mike Sessler]

At the Willow Creek Arts conference this year they tried something like what you're suggesting, Jeff. They set up a blog page and invited attendees to blog their thoughts during the meeting times. It was pretty cool to log on and see blog posts appearing as the speaker was talking. Several of the sessions sparked some pretty spirited online "conversations," which is interesting because while the participants were in the same room, they probably never met in person.

Certainly an interesting concept...

[Anthony]

I'd be interested to know 2 things about this picture:

-What kind of class are these students in? I'm guessing it's communications-related

-What college is it? By the look of the students on the first row, and the Gucci purse on the floor, I'm guessing expensive and private. Students at those kind of schools can afford to spend $1,200 plus on Apple computers.
(And don't ask how I knew that was a Gucci bag)