What's In the Wind?

     One of the projects we have been working on for SonSet Solutions is a new promotional video. So last week, a colleague and I packed the car full of gear and headed off to Chicago to interview one of the board members of SonSet Solutions. His office looks across the expressway, right at US Celular Field, the home of the Chicago White Sox baseball team.

On the Roof to See the Antennas

     I have not been in Chicago a lot. I know that is called the windy city, and it certainly was windy that day, especially on the roof of a 20+ story high rise. Why the roof? Well, our subject for the interview is not only interested in the technology solutions that our mission provides to partner ministries, he is also involved in technology research himself. So he just couldn't resist taking us up to the roof of the building to show us the antennas that monitor the radio spectrum around the city of Chicago. We then returned to his office where we talked about the future of the internet, communications, and mobile devices.

     So many times we use the technology in our hands without giving it a second thought. In fact, it's pretty hard to remember what life was like before desktop computers, cell phones, tablets, cable TV, etc. etc. I have lived in a generation that has seen this amazing growth in technology. But many experts tell us that most of the world will not experience technology that same way. Most people in developing nations will skip right over wired telephones, "standard" cell phones, and desktop computers, and they will jump right to mobile devices. What we have seen happen in the last 30 or 40 years will occur in a matter of a few years for them.

The Chicago Skyline from Our Rooftop Perch

     That is why I am so passionate about finding ways to communicate with people who are using these new tools of communication. Our friend is monitoring radio spectrum usage in downtown Chicago with an eye on the future. We need to be looking at how we communicate the gospel with an eye on the future too. Mobile technology will soon be the way the world communicates, and we want to be ready for that day.

Doug (& Ruth)