September, 2009

Links for September 16th

Bruce Lawson’s personal site  : Future of Web Design, Glasgow

Some amazing examples of the future of HTML5, especially smart forms. The forms can best be viewed in Opera, though there are some that work nicely in Safari too. I can't imagine how wonderful it will be to stop worrying about JavaScript for this kind of stuff. I wonder if will negate some serverside validation as well?

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web-standards

forms

html5

Why New Atheism Thrives | missio dei

Perceptive thoughts on why New Atheism is doing so well. We need to get this. We didn't get it when Barth and Bonhoeffer tried to teach us, and most of us don't get it now, but it is necessary.

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theology

atheism

Capitalism chews over fair trade | Life and style | guardian.co.uk

"Fairtrade accreditation is the current big thing for the major food companies, but fair's not always fair. What big corp fair trade products are greenwash and which should we be buying?"

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chocolate

coffee

human-rights

economics

fair-trade

Scott Harrison: Help Us Give Clean Water to Our First Million People

Help charity:water give clean water to its first million people. See a bigger story.

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poverty

activism

The Modern Charge of Postmodern Relativism – Lo-Fi Tribe – Preaching Emerging Faith

Some thoughts on the modern charge that postmodernism is nothing but meaningless relativism. This is still a very relevant conversation for us to have.

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culture

postmodernism

Links for September 15th

NextReformation » No church planting in the New Testament

The language of church planting is not found in the New Testament. Some thoughts on why, and what to do about it.

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missiology

mission

church

bible

new-testament

Links for September 14th

How to simplify your markup using ID for anchors • Perishable Press

Get rid of empty link elements. It's a really basic thing, but too many of us either don't know, or forget it.

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web-standards

html

Links for September 13th

Department of Labor Releases List of Slave-Made Goods (End Human Trafficking – Change.org)

"After receiving over 6,200 letters from Change.org community members, the Department of Labor released their long-awaited report on goods produced by child labor and forced labor today."

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economic-activism

abolition

human-rights

activism

How I Draft an Information Architecture

A great example of one person's workflow in creating an information architecture.

tags:

user-experience

design

The section element | HTML5 Doctor

This is the best thorough explanation I've seen on how to properly use the new section element in HTML5.

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design

web-standards

html5

html

Links for September 10th

The White House – Press Office – Remarks by the President to a Joint Session of Congress on Health Care

The full text of Obama's speech to Congress on healthcare is a worthy read, in and of itself.

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healthcare

obama

politics

Blue Christian on a Red Background: President Obama, Health Care, Abortion, and the Right's Credibility Gap

Great post from Jon Trott on Obama's promise that abortion dollars will not be in the healthcare plan. But more importantly, the post examines the consistent ethic of life that is lacking on both sides.

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healthcare

abortion

politics

Postmodern Apologetics in a Post-Postmodern Time? « zoecarnate

Mike Morrell examines the future of apologetics, and also examines what we might call the age where we currently find ourselves, if it is no longer "postmodern." I'm not convinced that we need to create a new name yet, and he doesn't seem to be either, but these are fascinating thoughts.

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ministry

culture

postmodernism

emergent

theology

Personal healthcare overview

September 10th, 2009

Thus far, this blog has been relatively quiet on the issue of healthcare, though I have linked to a number of conversations concerning it over the last few months.

Links for September 9th

Dive Into HTML5

Online book of HTML5, giving a great deal of knowledge and insight that we can all use.

tags:

books

html5

html

programming

design

Content Strategy for the Web Professional — lucid plot, by Jonathan Kahn

How we as designers can create content strategy for sites we are creating, in the very frequent event that it is not possible or not feasible to have a dedicated content strategist.

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user-experience

design

content-strategy

A List Apart: Articles: The Discipline of Content Strategy

Beautiful manifesto on the discipline of content strategy, which has really begun to take off since this article was published, moving into the best web conferences, releasing books, and so on. It's a wonderful thing, and incredibly helpful for us as designers.

tags:

writing

usability

design

content-strategy

A List Apart: Articles: Content-tious Strategy

"We all need desperately to get past lorem ipsum, but also to stop worrying content as though it were some daunting glyph. For that to happen, content strategy has to stand up and be counted."

tags:

writing

content-strategy

design

Links for September 8th

A plea for a new generation of Republican leadership – Brian McLaren

Brian McLaren asks for a new generation of Republican leadership – one that goes beyond fear-mongering and nostalgia and brings constructive conversation. It would be a wonderful thing.

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brian-mclaren

politics

HTML 5: The Markup Language

This is the markup for HTML5. It is not 900 pages, fortunately, and this is the part that is for us, as designers.

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web-standards

html5

html

Jesus in the Temple

Julie looks at the story of the twelve year old Jesus being left at the Temple in a way I've never considered. But it makes a great deal of sense, in light of what we know about the family of Jesus. Great read.

tags:

bible

new-testament

jesus

Women in Warzones: The Aftermath of Redemptive Violence | Everyday Liturgy

Review of the documentary Women in Warzones, which "chronicles the journeys of two women in the Congo from their rape at the hands of rebel groups to their stays at a private hospital that specializes in treating women for physical and mental issues after rape."

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film

activism

human-rights

congo

africa

Weblog » Emergent Village » A Special Letter About the Future of Emergent Village

This letter reveals some great things about the future of Emergent Village, continuing from the gathering in D.C. earlier this year. There are great places for many of us to get involved, and great space prepared for the future.

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emerging

emergent

Links for September 7th

it's not indoctrination but the magic is sucking you dry – notes from off center

One of the best responses to this madness over Obama's speech to students. Drew reveals the hypocrisy that has become the Right, and spends some time to define what things actually are.

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culture

politics

Links for September 6th

Dry Erase Paint for Work, School and Home White Boards | IdeaPaint

This is dry erase paint. One day, I want to have an office so I can paint it with this, and do design ideas all over it. Fantastic creation.

tags:

shopping

tools

creativity

design

Magnetic Paint | RustOleum.com

Magnetic paint. While this is not as cool as whiteboard paint, this is a fantastic thing. My ideal office: magnetic paint with whiteboard paint on top of it.

tags:

shopping

tools

creativity

design

Dry Erase Paint | RustOleum.com

Another source for dry erase paint. Fantastic.

tags:

shopping

tools

creativity

design