January, 2010

Thinking of Israel

January 31st, 2010

I've never been a person who wanted to go to Israel. I've known lots of people who wanted to go, and a good number of people - pastors and professors and such - who have been, but nothing I'd heard in the past has been at all compelling.

Links for January 27th

The Dark Side of Pastors: Getting to the Root of Pastoral Affairs | :: in.a.mirror.dimly ::

This is wisdom. It sheds a powerful light on the problems that exist in traditional church structures, as well as giving some ideas on what can be done about it.

tags:

ministry

church

Links for January 26th

code · Video for Everybody!

"Video for Everybody is very simply a chunk of HTML code that embeds a video into a website using the HTML5 <video> element which offers native playback in Firefox 3.5, Safari 3 & 4, Google Chrome and an increasing number of other browsers." It falls back to QuickTime, then to Flash, if necessary. Beautiful.

tags:

html

html5

design

video

The future of designed content « Snarkmarket

Dreaming of designed content on the web. I'd love to be a part of something like this.

tags:

content-strategy

design

A List Apart: Articles: Using SVG For Flexible, Scalable, and Fun Backgrounds, Part I

An introduction to SVG – what it can be used for, browser support, accessibility, etc. Confession: I've never done anything with SVG, though this seems like an amazing time to start.

tags:

design

svg

A List Apart: Articles: Using SVG for Flexible, Scalable, and Fun Backgrounds, Part II

Second part of the look at SVG. This one covers how to make them and add them to web pages.

tags:

html

css

html5

design

svg

Links for January 23rd

Helen Gordon | Exclusive collection for children, inspired by some of our best loved fairy tales.

Beautiful design from Mark Boulton.

tags:

inspiration

design

Links for January 19th

Bloug: Site search best practices

Some great principles for building a good experience for users who want to search our websites.

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search

user-experience

design

Help Invisible Children win $1 million

January 19th, 2010

I talk fairly often here about my passion for Invisible Children, and the power of their story and the impact that it has on people's lives.

Links for January 18th

dreams re-dux « the carnival in my head

Kathy Escobar reflects upon dreams, and the place of creativity in the church, in light of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Beautiful words.

tags:

kathy-escobar

culture

spirituality

martin-luther-king

Links for January 15th

the difference between “cultivating communities” and “building churches” « the carnival in my head

Beautiful thoughts on cultivating community.

tags:

ministry

community

church

Kester Brewin » Haiti | To Hell With Altruistic Capitalism

"Please, please give generously to help Haiti get back on its feet. But in a week or so when the story has gone from our screens, let’s not forget them, and let’s try to get the systemic issues sorted out. They need debt forgiven. They need minimum wage agreements. They need symmetric fair trade agreements. They need to be given a fair chance, especially by the US."

tags:

economic-activism

economics

activism

politics

Processing suffering

January 14th, 2010

We continue to watch the misery that the Haitian people continue to endure. I feel that it is impossible to overstate, and also impossible for us on the outside to understand.

Links for January 14th

Going Underground – Things The Tube Can Teach You About Web Design | Makak Media | Bromley – London

A surprisingly good article that compares London's Underground to web design and usability.

tags:

user-experience

usability

design