Collecting amazing and interesting things on the web.
August 14, 2011
a list apart / business / content strategy / design
Becoming a change agent means getting used to doing things that we find scary: challenging assumptions, asking questions about business goals and risks, and facilitating discussions about change. We need to articulate the problem so that our stakeholders will understand it and find it difficult to ignore.
August 14, 2011
a list apart / design / fun / user experience
Fortunately, it’s possible to create designs that are ‘fun’ without resorting to the old ‘I’ll know it when I see it’ method. There will always be an element of subjectivity in designing fun, but by defining, researching, building, and measuring, we can develop a long-term approach for incorporating ‘fun’ into our designs. And maybe even have some fun in the process.
August 14, 2011
church / culture / julie clawson / literature
In many ways these [speculative] fictions take up the task that the church has nearly completely abdicated. Churches don’t use their collective voice and energy to challenge the existence of a world where God’s ways are not allowed to reign. Oh, churches fight for their rights, but rarely are the ones helping build a better world for all.
August 12, 2011
books / celtic / prayer / spirituality
Just what it says: a big list of resources on the Celtic ways of prayer. Many of these are powerful ways around which to shape a life with God.
August 12, 2011
animation / css / css3 / design / usability
Never before has it been so easy to bring animation into a usable, standards-based browsing environment. Determining how often and to what degree one should use animation on a web build can be tricky. As we evaluate how to implement animations from project to project, we’ll need to carefully consider how it might affect user experience. Here are a few observations I’ve made from the field.
August 12, 2011
food / new-york / pizza / travel
I’ve wanted just such a thing on all my trips to New York: NYC Pizza Cultural Literacy. A definite keeper.
August 11, 2011
business / culture / social media
Much like the opening of the American frontier gave rise to lawlessness, which gave rise to guns, which gave rise to wounds, which gave rise to the snake oil salesmen; the rise of social media has given rise to social media experts extolling the virtues of their 10-in-1 Social Media Strategies™. Let me save you the joy of sitting through a 45 minute webinar: Act intentionally.
August 6, 2011
Michael Wesch reflects, in light of the 20th anniversary of the public beginning of the web.
Skills and information fade into obsolescence. They are the metaphorical fish handed to you by the guy who should have taught you how to fish. More importantly, skills and information alone do not help us lead happier, healthier, richer, more ethical and more meaningful lives. We need a vision for who we and our students need to *be* – not just what we should know.
August 6, 2011
atonement / christus victor / richard-beck / theology
I noted that Christus Victor was the way the first Christians understood the gospel story. Based upon my readings both the bible and the early Church Fathers the following is my reconstruction of how many, if not most, of the first Christians told the gospel story. I thought, given that the gospel is a narrative, that it would be helpful in this post to convey Christus Victor theology as it was conveyed by the early Christians: as a story.
August 6, 2011
css / design / email / html / mobile
Using “a mobile stylesheet (ie. media queries) to display content only when the email recipient prompts for it. This allows the email to be quickly navigated without scrolling the length of the message.”