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August, 2011

Links for August 14th

Speculative Fiction, the Church, and Hope | onehandclapping
"In many ways these [speculative] fictions take up the task that the church has nearly completely abdicated. Churches don’t use their collective voice and energy to challenge the existence of a world where God’s ways are not allowed to reign. Oh, churches fight for their rights, but rarely are the ones helping build a better world for all."
tags:
church
culture
literature
julie-clawson
A List Apart: Articles: Designing Fun
"Fortunately, it’s possible to create designs that are 'fun' without resorting to the old 'I’ll know it when I see it' method. There will always be an element of subjectivity in designing fun, but by defining, researching, building, and measuring, we can develop a long-term approach for incorporating 'fun' into our designs. And maybe even have some fun in the process."
tags:
fun
user-experience
a-list-apart
design

Links for August 12th

NYC Pizza Cultural Literacy | Slice Pizza Blog
I've wanted just such a thing on all my trips to New York: NYC Pizza Cultural Literacy. A definite keeper.
tags:
food
new-york
travel
pizza
CSS3 In Transition | Trent Walton
"Never before has it been so easy to bring animation into a usable, standards-based browsing environment. Determining how often and to what degree one should use animation on a web build can be tricky. As we evaluate how to implement animations from project to project, we’ll need to carefully consider how it might affect user experience. Here are a few observations I’ve made from the field."
tags:
animation
usability
design
css3
css
A BIBLIOGRAPHY of CELTIC PRAYER – More Resources from Tom Cashman « Godspace
Just what it says: a big list of resources on the Celtic ways of prayer. Many of these are powerful ways around which to shape a life with God.
tags:
books
prayer
spirituality
celtic

Links for August 11th

Mule Design Studio’s Blog: Professional Relationships and Social Media
"Much like the opening of the American frontier gave rise to lawlessness, which gave rise to guns, which gave rise to wounds, which gave rise to the snake oil salesmen; the rise of social media has given rise to social media experts extolling the virtues of their 10-in-1 Social Media Strategies™. Let me save you the joy of sitting through a 45 minute webinar: Act intentionally."
tags:
business
culture
social-media

Links for August 7th

A Celtic Bibliography « Godspace
I've been deeply impacted by the stories and practices of the Celtic church over the past six years or so of my life, and have mentors who are deeply rooted in that tradition. So it's lovely to see such a list. Can't recommend highly enough.
tags:
church-history
books
spirituality
celtic
Celtic Spirituality – What is the Attraction? « Godspace
In preparing for the Celtic retreat, Christine Sine reflects on the attraction to, and the characteristics of, Celtic spirituality. There's a lot here that has deeply impacted my own life.
tags:
church-history
spirituality
celtic
24-7 Prayer International // Learning to Pray in North Africa
This piece from the 24-7 Prayer organization reflects on the role of public, corporate prayer in the recent, and probably upcoming, changes in the Muslim world and thinks about how this can be a place for followers of Jesus to create communities of prayer among them.
tags:
24-7prayer
spirituality
prayer
islam
Optimizing HTML email for mobile using progressive disclosure – Blog – Campaign Monitor
Using "a mobile stylesheet (ie. media queries) to display content only when the email recipient prompts for it. This allows the email to be quickly navigated without scrolling the length of the message."
tags:
design
mobile
css
html
email
Experimental Theology: The Slavery of Death: Part 3, The Gospel as the First Christians Understood It
"I noted that Christus Victor was the way the first Christians understood the gospel story. Based upon my readings both the bible and the early Church Fathers the following is my reconstruction of how many, if not most, of the first Christians told the gospel story. I thought, given that the gospel is a narrative, that it would be helpful in this post to convey Christus Victor theology as it was conveyed by the early Christians: as a story.
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tags:
richard-beck
atonement
christus-victor
theology
Digital Ethnography » Blog Archive » 1991: Who we were and Who we need to be
Michael Wesch reflects, in light of the 20th anniversary of the public beginning of the web. "Skills and information fade into obsolescence . They are the metaphorical fish handed to you by the guy who should have taught you how to fish. More importantly, skills and information alone do not help us lead happier, healthier, richer, more ethical and more meaningful lives. We need a vision for who we and our students need to *be* – not just what we should know."
tags:
media
culture
education

Links for August 5th

How Khan Academy Is Changing the Rules of Education | Magazine
Wired reflected last month on how the Khan Academy is affecting education. Even public education, and it could be a powerful thing.
tags:
technology
education
Content Strategy Can Save Us All From Slobdom « Brain Traffic Blog
A content strategist reflects on how her discipline helped her organize her closet, and it worked. Also reflects very nicely back on the web process.
tags:
information-architecture
content-strategy

Links for August 2nd

Why designers should seek chaos and complexity first – Activeside of design
"In design, if you want to reach a certain level of quality – or simply exist -, you need to go through complexity, chaos. It is a necessary step where you might feel lost for a moment. Things start to be confusing, you have too much stuff on the table, you're not sure anymore that these inputs make any sense. Be reassured, that's a good thing, you're on the right path."
tags:
design
Dirty Feet | Anne Jackson
This piece, even though it's about Maundy Thursday and this is August, struck me deeply.
tags:
anne-jackson
spirituality
SheLoves Magazine » Down We Go: The Power of the Beatitudes
"I always say that I love the Beatitudes. And I hate the Beatitudes. Because they’re hard."
tags:
bible
new-testament
jesus
kathy-escobar

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