October, 2010

A List Apart Survey, 2010

October 25th, 2010

It's that time again: A List Apart has opened the Survey For People Who Make Websites, 2010.

Links for October 18th

adaptive path » blog » Kim Cullen » “Um…hello? Is this thing on?” Personal Voice in UX Design.

Perceptive thoughts on how UX-focused visual designers can view personal style.

tags:

design

user-experience

Links for October 17th

John Sculley On Steve Jobs, The Full Interview Transcript | Cult of Mac

Amazing interview with John Sculley, former CEO of Apple, on Steve Jobs. Great insights into how Jobs views design, user experience, and the perfection that he's always expected. There's a great sense of just how important design is to Apple, and how it affects everything.

tags:

inspiration

apple

user-experience

design

Links for October 15th

Reclaiming the Mission » The Kinds of Pastors We Need and The Future of Evangelicalism in N America

A quick look at what may be the future of evangelicalism in North America, and what that future means for pastors and the ways we train those pastors.

tags:

ministry

church

Is Internet activism possible?

October 14th, 2010

Malcolm Gladwell had a recent article in the New Yorker that examined "Why the revolution will not be tweeted." Now, I'm not incredibly familiar with Gladwell, although I have seen him speak (and enjoyed his talk) and in general have a good opinion of his work.

Links for October 14th

What makes a good UX Designer? – 52 Weeks of UX

"For me, the practical answer is that a good UX designer is responsible for the user experience of those using their software. They don’t just design it, they follow up and make sure that it works. They both create and then confirm that the interface is providing a positive user experience."

tags:

design

user-experience

Links for October 9th

Majora Carter Group

"No one should have to move out of their neighborhood to live in a better one, and this notion's environmental and economic implications span the globe."

tags:

cities

environmental-activism

environment

activism

Shifting Evangelicalism | Jesus Creed

"What we also are witnessing is the end of generous evangelicalism, what I often call Big Tent Evangelicalism that has been noted by a coalition of gospel-oriented people."

tags:

culture

church

Is It Time to Rethink the T-Shaped Designer? – Core77

"The T-shaped designer is still an illuminating model. Yet as the example of social design and design thinking shows, serious designers should think twice about playing up their horizontal skills, and instead get down to the tougher but ultimately more rewarding work of consciously defining and building the new verticals for emergent design disciplines."

tags:

business

design

Brew For A Better World – Make a Difference in the World with Project 7's Coffee Subscription

Have yourself a subscription of fair trade, organic coffee that provides funding for specific activities that make a difference in the world.

tags:

activism

business

fair-trade

coffee

Get Mental Notes

" In the midst of a busy project it's all too easy to forget the nuances that distinguish great products. Mental Notes brings together 50 insights from psychology into an easy reference and brainstorming tool. Each card describes one insight into human behavior and suggests ways to apply this to the design of Web sites, Web apps, and software applications."

tags:

tools

user-experience

psychology

design

Links for October 4th

The Church Needs a Prophetic Voice | onehandclapping

"Instead of gathering the people of God together to work against injustice like Jesus commanded us to do; those with interests in allowing injustices (especially economic injustice) to continue are attempting to convince the church to shun the very idea of justice itself. The easiest way for the evil of injustice to flourish in this world is for the church to believe we should be doing nothing about it."

tags:

church

activism

julie-clawson

Links for October 3rd

Post-Colonial Theology: Going All-In? | Ethnic Space Blog

"Post-colonial theology. It’s new. It sounds progressive. It probably goes well with gluten free, soy milk and fair trade coffee. But is the American church really ready to embrace it? Because one thing is for certain. If we really take the idea of post-colonialism and apply it to our theology we’re going to learn things about ourselves and our history that we won’t like."

tags:

culture

theology

post-colonialism

Why you need a better understanding of design

October 2nd, 2010

Recently, I saw this post from the founder of Wesabe, which was a web-based software solution for managing your finances, about why Mint won, both in surviving and in getting acquired (for $170 million).