June, 2011

Links for June 28th

An open letter to speakers « Scott Berkun

"With simple forethought and commitment, you can do a much better job than most other speakers regardless of how much 'talent' you have."

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public-speaking

Links for June 25th

Why Liberal Religious Arguments Fail | Politics | Religion Dispatches

"What is the point here? The point is that there IS no point to endless argumentation. Hearts and minds don’t change that way. They change when we share our stories and when we become present in a different way to those whom we wish to influence. The further point is that hearts change before minds do. It rarely works the other way around."

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story

culture

politics

theology

Links for June 22nd

The Age of the Essay

Learn what an essay really is. Hint: it's not what they taught in school. It's something far more interesting and, yes, surprising. I had no idea where this was going.

tags:

culture

writing

Links for June 21st

Frank Chimero’s Blog – The Storm and The Line

Take a step back and think of why we make, and can remake.

tags:

culture

design

How to Land Your Kid in Therapy – Magazine – The Atlantic

"Modern social science backs her up on this. 'Happiness as a byproduct of living your life is a great thing,' Barry Schwartz, a professor of social theory at Swarthmore College, told me. 'But happiness as a goal is a recipe for disaster.' It’s precisely this goal, though, that many modern parents focus on obsessively—only to see it backfire. Observing this phenomenon, my colleagues and I began to wonder: Could it be that by protecting our kids from unhappiness as children, we’re depriving them of happiness as adults?"

tags:

culture

parenting

Links for June 20th

daddy love | kathy escobar.

"i was thinking yesterday how the world doesn’t need more 'strong men who can lead and take control'.  the world needs more 'strong, kind men who can love deeply & passionately & freely', who are willing to risk their time and heart and egos and pride to love their families–both biological & adopted–through little-pockets-of-love."

tags:

fatherhood

kathy-escobar

How Many Agencies Pitch “What You’ll Learn From This Project?” » UIE Brain Sparks

"I’m wondering how many design agencies, when they are pitching a project to a client, focus on the 'What your team will learn from our work' section of their pitch? Or how many even have such a section?"

tags:

design

user-experience

Links for June 16th

Atonement, without the theoretical nonsense | P.OST

"We may still need to say, quite simply, that Jesus died for our sins so that we may be part of a people reconciled to the God who brought it into existence to be 'new creation'. Jesus’ death has opened up to me personally the possibility of being a player in God’s new world. But the continuing dependence of the people of God on the death of Jesus needs to be construed and explained not in abstract theoretical terms but narratively, historically—and of course, biblically."

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paul

new-testament

jesus

atonement

Welcome to the Jungle: Shaping User-Generated Content – Web Standards Sherpa

"While we can’t—and shouldn’t—try to dictate exact nature of the content our users create, our design choices do shape the content our users submit, and affect how it’s used."

tags:

user-experience

content-strategy

design

Links for June 14th

Post-Artifact Books and Publishing — by Craig Mod

A road toward the necessary examining of the effects of digital on books (producing, distributing, and consuming), rather than just how to make books (in their previous form) digital.

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books

Links for June 13th

NextReformation » the examen

"The Prayer of Examen is primarily an exercise in remembering. More than this, it is a path toward a more reflective lifestyle and to greater openness, in daily experience, to the presence and guidance of the Holy Spirit."

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prayer

spirituality

Baby delivery and user experience design

June 8th, 2011

As you may know, my wife and I recently had our first child, a daughter.

Links for June 8th

iPad App Dos and Don’ts | UX Booth

Valuable advice and insights into designing apps for the iPad.

tags:

user-experience

ipad

design

Pixie Dust & The Mountain of Mediocrity | gapingvoid

The brilliant Kathy Sierra takes on buzzwords (social media, gamification, etc.), reminding us that they are never the answer. The answer, rather, is to create things that make users awesome. They'll do the rest.

tags:

user-experience

business

social-media

Effective Use of Typography in Applications for Children :: UXmatters

"What considerations do we need to take into account when working with digital typography when children are its primary interpreters?"

tags:

typography

design