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February, 2010

Links for February 10th

Dan Wellman » Better Password Fields with jQuery
This is a jQuery powered solution that allows users to see passwords that they are typing in password fields. By default, the value is hidden, but a quick click can allow them to see it.
tags:
forms
user-experience
design
javascript
jquery

Links for February 9th

The Palestinian Question: The Wall – Waving or Drowning?
Mike Todd continues his series reflecting on his recent trip to Israel/Palestine. This one introduces us to the "security wall" that is under construction there, and is a violation of international law. He shows its role in preserving the prevailing narrative there and here, and how it affects Palestinians.
tags:
palestine
israel

Thy Kingdom Connected

February 8th, 2010

Thanks to TheOOZE Viral Bloggers, I recently got to read Thy Kingdom Connected: What the Church Can Learn from Facebook, the Internet, and Other Networks by Dwight Friesen.

Links for February 8th

QuirksBlog: The iPhone obsession
PPK reminds those of us who might design mobile web applications that we are hopelessly narrowminded if we only focus on the iPhone and Mobile Safari.
tags:
browsers
design
mobile
Designing for donations | Carsonified
Simple article on designing interfaces for donating to nonprofits. Too often these kind of interfaces are done really badly, as the examples suggest.
tags:
forms
usability
design
Browse Is The New Black « Experiencing Information
Powerful thoughts on how "browsing" is at least as important as "searching" when telling stories, as designers and creators of content, and when looking for information as users.
tags:
information-architecture
design
user-experience

Links for February 6th

Responses to my Palestine posts – Brian McLaren
Brian McLaren posts some of the responses to his recent trip to Israel, and the blog posts accompanying it. There are positive responses, negative responses, and his engagement with those responses. Powerful things are here.
tags:
brian-mclaren
palestine
israel

Thoughts on Jim Wallis in Atlanta

February 6th, 2010

Lastnight, we had the opportunity to see Jim Wallis of Sojourners in Atlanta on the book tour for his new book, Rediscovering Values: On Wall Street, Main Street, and Your Street.

Links for February 5th

the church of the 99 or the 1? « the carnival in my head
"i don’t think you can have a church of the 99 and a church of the 1. the 99 won’t be happy and the 1 won’t ever be found. the clamor of the 99 is just too loud, too strong, too powerful."
tags:
ministry
church
kathy-escobar
» Just What is Missional? ::: Subversive Influence
A list of a number of posts on what "missional" is, from over the last few years.
tags:
missio-dei
missiology
mission

Links for February 4th

The Palestinian Question: The People – Waving or Drowning?
Mike Todd begins a series reflecting on his recent trip to Israel/Palestine, by starting with the people they met, and how important they are to getting past the narrative that we in the west see. As he continues to reflect, I'll continue to link to these posts, as they are powerful words.
tags:
peace
activism
palestine
israel
Revised Font Stack | A Way Back
Expand the default CSS font stack to enhance web typography. This doesn't look into @font-face issues, but bases itself upon fonts that users have installed.
tags:
typography
css
design
Better CSS Font Stacks | Unit Verse
Concepts for making good CSS font stacks for titles, paragraphs, and based on font families.
tags:
design
css
typography

Abstinence education, pledges, and real life

February 3rd, 2010

Recently, for various reasons, there has been a good deal of talk about the merits and failures of abstinence-only sex education.

Links for February 2nd

asante, africa « the carnival in my head
Kathy reflects upon a trip to Africa. Things she learned about what Jesus is doing there, what the folks who live there are doing, and how they have been affected by us, among other things.
tags:
africa
kathy-escobar
Reflections of an Afro-Christian Scholar: Thanks, but No Thanks
"I did not want to live in a Christian nation, because I had no confidence in the morals of many who call themselves Christians."
tags:
culture

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