November, 2009

Links for November 4th

Tall Skinny Kiwi: The Starfish Manifesto Released

The Starfish Manifesto has been released. Here is an email that was sent describing it, and a link to download it for free.

tags:

emerging

church

andrew-jones

The Address Element | HTML5 Doctor

A solid, straightforward explanation of the address element. It has been badly used for a long time, so the more this kind of thing gets out, the better we are.

tags:

html

html5

Burnside Writers Collective » Blog Archive » Happy Accidents in a Common Place

"I occasionally wonder about the damage that can be done by the careless appeal to 'community.'" Great thoughts on what the church has done with the concept of community, and a contrast that draws upon Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

tags:

community

church

pete-rollins

dietrich-bonhoeffer

Naked as the day we were born | Real Live Preacher

"I had a vision the other day that came to me in the form of a daydream. I was sitting in the library staring off into space when suddenly I imagined myself in a huge room with a crowd of people. We were all waiting for God to show up."

tags:

story

jesus

Mockingbird

"Mockingbird is an online tool that makes it easy for you to create, link together, preview, and share mockups of your website or application."

tags:

tools

software

design

information-architecture

user-experience

Default .htaccess file for all sites

November 4th, 2009

Most of the sites I work with on a daily basis run on Linux servers, and run under the Apache web server.

Links for November 3rd

A List Apart: Articles: You Can Get There From Here: Websites for Learners

""Content-rich" is not enough. Most websites are not learner-friendly. As an industry, we haven’t done our best to make our content-rich websites suitable for learning and exploration." I think this has potential to be a game-changer, seriously.

tags:

education

user-experience

writing

design

information-architecture

A List Apart: Articles: Can You Say That in English? Explaining UX Research to Clients

"David Sherwin creates a cheat sheet to help you pitch UX research using plain, client-friendly language that focuses on the business value of each exercise."

tags:

usability

design

user-experience

TransFORM Missional Community Network

November 3rd, 2009

Recently, the TransFORM network for missional community formation launched. It will be a fantastic resource for people who want to start missional communities, or who have already started them, by giving encouragement and resources to make them sustainable.

Links for November 2nd

Tall Skinny Kiwi: My Prediction for Next Decade: Church Will Revisit 1930's

Andrew Jones gives his predictions for the next decade of the church. They are a great read, and they fit really well into what I see.

tags:

mission

church

Links for November 1st

Socially + Environmentally Responsible Gift Guide

"The products you buy can have extreme effects on the planet, animals and especially those who make them. It's our responsibility to vote for peace, sustainability and a cleaner earth with our wallets."

tags:

fair-trade

activism

economic-activism

economics

Where the Wild Things Are

November 1st, 2009

Recently, Kiera and I went to see Where the Wild Things Are. At first, neither of us were interested in seeing the movie, but I heard a story on NPR where one of the screenwriters made me really interested, and continued to see great reviews in various sources.