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Kester Brewin » Iron Man 3 | After Magic | Mechanics and Craftsmen

June 5, 2013

culture / film / kester-brewin / technology / theology

Put shortly: our humanity is not in our creations, but in our craft. This is why the artist will never be finished painting. They can never produce enough pieces to say ‘I’m done, this is me in my entirety, on canvas’ because their identity is not tied up in their creations, but in the relationship they have to their craft of creating them. Process, not product.

Kester Brewin » Defeating Terror, Overcoming Fundamentalism: Life ‘After Magic’

June 5, 2013

culture / film / kester-brewin / literature / theology

What should he do? Strengthen his weaponry? Ramp up his power and go in even harder against those who commit these crimes of terror? No. He fakes his own death. His – and Nolan’s – powerful insight is this: if he truly wants to save the city that he loves, he needs to give up his super-powers, for only then will his archvillains find themselves pushing against the wind and falling, their motives for oppression hollowed out.

WYSIWTF ∙ An A List Apart Column

May 31, 2013

content management / content strategy

I read this when it was published, but today took a look at the comments (including from Karen herself), and I found it even more helpful than the post. Not because the post isn’t great, but because she’s been expressing the point for so long that I’m yearning for what to do about it.

“How should content management tools guide content creators to focus on meaning and structure? What’s the right amount of control over presentation and styling in the CMS? And how should these tools evolve as we break out of the web page metaphor and publish content flexibly to multiple platforms?”

BARREL | Text-align: Justify and RWD

May 31, 2013

css / design / responsive design

By simply applying ‘text-align: justify’ to the container, and giving the child elements ‘display: inline-block’ and a percentage width, you’ll never have to deal with horizontal margins ever again! (Oh and did I mention, when using this trick, you’ll also never need to use float on your elements ever again, so you can wave goodbye to those ignominious clearfixes and clear divs too!)

Expanded user journey maps: combining several UX deliverables into one useful document

May 30, 2013

design / design research / design strategy / user experience

So, in the spirit of ‘getting out of the deliverables business’, this expanded User Journey map becomes the only document we use to guide us throughout the design process. You can think of this as the UX Strategy document. It incorporates Persona-based user needs and business goals with site structure and content planning in a way that really works for us. It also places content at the centre of the design process, which makes it easier to follow mobile first and responsive design strategies.

Quotes and Accents

May 30, 2013

design / typography

We all need to use them but hardly any of us know how to type them. Here is a brief guide of how to type smart quotes and accented characters (and dashes) on a Mac.

one thing your daughter doesn’t need you to say | chatting at the sky

May 30, 2013

culture / parenting / spirituality

So what about being a leader and setting the example? Isn’t that a good thing? Isn’€™t that what parents and youth leaders tell students all the time?

The more I think about it, the more I believe this well-meaning statement is not only a manipulative way to try to control our daughters’ behavior, but can also be dangerous to their spiritual health. When we tell her to be an example, we may as well just hand her a mask right there “Here. Hide behind this. Don’t let them see you struggle.“

I know that’s not what we mean. I know. But it doesn’t matter so much what we mean, it matters what she hears.