Father Robert Ballecer, aka The Digital Jesuit, lives two lives: One as a dedicated Jesuit priest working at the Vatican in Rome, and the other as a lifelong tech nerd. Here he explains why those seemingly different aspects of his life are actually one and the same.
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- Father Robert's experience living in Rome and contrasts with more tech-centric cities
- Father Robert's role in the church and how it relates to his technology work
- Father Robert's childhood interest in technology and parental support
- Early experiences with dumpster diving for computer parts
- Fixing and selling TRS-80 computers
- Running a Bulletin Board System (BBS) as a youth
- Selling refurbished floppy disks through a BBS
- Early experiences with YouTube and content creation
- Monetization of YouTube content and optimization techniques
- Discussion of pre-iPod MP3 players and early consumer tech
- Father Robert's experiences with hacking school computer systems
- Phone phreaking and early hacking experiences
- Father Robert's interest in The Expanse sci-fi series and its realistic technology
- Discussion of fusion technology and energy conversion as potential future developments
Fr. Robert Ballecer on Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/padresj
Fr. Robert Ballecer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/DigitalJesuit
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