June, 2010

Links for June 26th

The End of Men? | onehandclapping

Julie Clawson reflects on the "End of Men" article in the Atlantic, and what it says about cultural assumptions and the opportunity that culture as a whole, and the church specifically, have at this time.

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culture

gender

julie-clawson

Links for June 25th

Giving Great Talks: A Mashup » Bolt | Peters

Advice from Jared Spool and Edward Tufte on giving great talks. This is all great stuff, regardless of what kind of talking you might be doing.

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public-speaking

The future of theological education

June 23rd, 2010

Last month, my wife graduated from Candler School of Theology at Emory University, where she got a Master of Divinity.

Links for June 22nd

A List Apart: Articles: Taking Advantage of HTML5 and CSS3 with Modernizr

A solid example of how to start with a semantic HTML page and expand it with the Modernizr library. A beautiful thing.

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html5

css3

css

javascript

Links for June 18th

News Desk: The Velluvial Matrix : The New Yorker

"You come into medicine and science at a time of radical transition. You have met the older doctors and scientists who tell the pollsters that they wouldn’t choose their profession if they were given the choice all over again. But you are the generation that was wise enough to ignore them: for what you are hearing is the pain of people experiencing an utter transformation of their world."

tags:

education

healthcare

science

Rachel Held Evans and Evolving in Monkey Town

June 17th, 2010

If you follow me on Twitter, you've probably seen me quote, or link to things, from Rachel Held Evans (her blog and Twitter).

Links for June 16th

keep running | Falling Whistles Blog

The UN identifies the most persistent users of child soldiers in armed conflicts. Falling Whistles briefly responds.

tags:

asia

africa

falling-whistles

invisible-children

peace-activism

peace

activism

Links for June 14th

Missional Living & Idealism: Incompatible « A Living Alternative Our Missional Pilgrimage

A reflection from a great missional community on the dangers of expectations and ideals when trying to live in community. I fear this of myself, and that's why I needed to read it.

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community

dietrich-bonhoeffer

mission

Biscuit making / from a working library

Short, powerful thoughts on "the main source of sorrow in the modern workplace." Worth a read, and more than a read; we who want to build a new economy need to consider this.

tags:

culture

economics

business

“I’m Proud Of You” – My New Hero | The Rabbit Room

I posted this on Twitter the other day and forgot to link to it here. This is a deep well of beauty and grace that I can't overemphasize. I keep re-reading it, and its impact deepens.

tags:

tv

faith

culture

Links for June 10th

HTML5 Table Template • Perishable Press

This is invaluable. I don't use tables all that often, and when I do (only for tabular data) it's hard to remember everything that needs to be there, as the post says.

tags:

design

css

html

html5

How Diversity Changed My Beliefs: Beyond White Dude Theology | :: in.a.mirror.dimly ::

Really perceptive, humble thoughts on the issue of white dudes – what we've missed, what we've learned, and so on – in the emerging church in the last six years.

tags:

race

emerging-church

emergent

Links for June 9th

A List Apart: Articles: Web Fonts at the Crossing

A great summary of what the current state of web fonts is, letting us know what is happening with tools, licensing, rules, formats, and so on. This is fascinating stuff for designers.

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typography

design

css3

css