Collecting amazing and interesting things on the web.
August 14, 2012
You start by thinking about the audience. Why are they coming? What questions are they hoping you will answer about the topic? What are your well thought out answers? What is the best way to express those answers? Only after some hard thinking on these questions is there any hope a presentation will turn out well, and it’s only then that a speaker should start thinking about slides.
August 10, 2012
Examining the potential of designing “tailored” web content – things that have good relationships between elements but can still scale for systems to use.
August 10, 2012
an event apart / business / design
Luke Wroblewski’s notes on Mike Monteiro’s talk at An Event Apart in DC 2012, where he talks about problems with designer/client relationships, and what designers can do to fix them.
August 10, 2012
How to practice the daily examen.
I could hardly believe the number of places I came to see God’s presence each day in retrospect, and this led to a heightened awareness of his presence with me all the time. Even in situations that were hard or stressful, I came to see his saving presence — giving me the self-control to not snap at someone, saving me from a near-accident on the road, and so on.
August 10, 2012
This is not an exhaustive list, of course, but it’s a good set to consider when you’re wanting to be intentional about noticing God in the details and how those details can contribute to your ongoing formation.
August 10, 2012
parenting / prayer / spirituality / toddlers
Some great thoughts on praying with a toddler.
August 4, 2012
Just what it says: a guide for building a style guide. Invaluable for the kind of device-agnostic, iterative designs that are such fantastic opportunities these days.
August 2, 2012
design / usability / user experience
It could be that your users are always attentive, always aware of what’s going on with you and your product or service. They are always up-to-date with what you offer, where they are in their progress with you, what account they’re logged in with, what payment plan they’re on, and what they were doing last with your product.
Or, it could be that they’re just like the rest of us and trying to stay afloat while their attention is being pulled in a thousand directions at once and could use you reminding them what seems like it should be obvious.
July 27, 2012
design / jared spool / user experience
If people love change, why do our users complain when we make changes to our designs? Well, it’s not because of their aversion. It’s because we did it wrong. And that’s the root of Google’s struggle every time they make a change. Google isn’t the only one, either.
July 26, 2012
design / design studio / jared spool
Jared M. Spool explains how a design studio workshop can help your team work through various design challenges and the benefits these workshops bring to the team.