Collecting amazing and interesting things on the web.
June 5, 2011
andrew jones / emerging / ministry / underground ministry
Ecumenicism is not a dumbing down of distinctives but an acknowledgement of the eschatological reality of the New Jerusalem with its colorful, cultural uniqueness. It embraces that reality, celebrates it, and it gives it a prophetic foretaste to a watching world.
June 3, 2011
It’s through building the habits of a constant effort towards empathy, non-dismissal and perspective shifting that we designers become more aware of motivations behind use cases in products we create or use. Without understanding the psychology and motivations of use, it’s nearly impossible to create genuine interfaces. And without real empathy, you’re often left with surface design and no substance.
June 2, 2011
church / david fitch / ministry
Most of us have faced “church-abuse” in one way or another… I think you could interpret alot of post-evangelicalism as a reaction to these abuses. In their wake, we get overreactions.
June 1, 2011
In our anger, as we cry out to God, we give voice to the longing of the displaced and begin to not only re-imagine but actually re-create home.
May 31, 2011
I’ve got an entire philosophy behind how I dictate what should be a Custom Post Type, a Custom Taxonomy, or a Pod, but we’ll leave that for another day. I’d like to talk about how to best architect your Custom Post Types with a focus on integrating your Custom Taxonomies to the best of your ability.
May 29, 2011
design / mobile / usability / user experience
Jared Spool’s Web App Masters Tour is a wonderful thing. Not being able to be there, these notes on the sessions are also wonderful things. Heavy interest in mobile experience.
May 28, 2011
The two prominent metaphors for media engagement are consumption and conversation. To me, consumption implies a passive, couch potato mentality. I will sit here and let the commercials and shows wash over me. This metaphor sees entertainment as the goal of all media. The second metaphor is conversation. This implies a relational stance toward media. The person and the media are on equal levels, and media is something to be engaged, wrestled, contemplated and critiqued. This metaphor sees art as the goal of all media.
May 28, 2011
design / html / html5 / javascript / programming / responsive design
Jeremy Keith compiles a fantastic list of techniques for responsive images, helping us see that we’re once again in a really fast-moving time for web design.
May 26, 2011
business / email / entrepreneurship
Advice on how to email busy people – the kind that always have a thousand unread messages, and no time to spend on things that may in fact interest them.
May 24, 2011
Hark! Today I reveal to you a trick that will make you the master of the put down. It’s called the Ultimate Sleeper Put-Down Move 2.0.