daily links

Links for June 8th

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

Links for June 6th

One blog post is worth a thousand portfolio pieces. – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report

"Just about everyone I know and work with I first met online. And, although well-done portfolio services have their place, neither I nor anyone at Happy Cog has ever hired someone purely (or even largely) on the basis of their portfolio. It’s all about how you present yourself online. Before I even meet you, do I feel like I know you—or like I wish I knew you?"

tags:: blogging; design; jeffrey-zeldman

Links for June 5th

Tall Skinny Kiwi: 3 things that have helped me be a better bridge builder.

" Ecumenicism is not a dumbing down of distinctives but an acknowledgement of the eschatological reality of the New Jerusalem with its colorful, cultural uniqueness. It embraces that reality, celebrates it, and it gives it a prophetic foretaste to a watching world."

tags:: emerging; underground-ministry; ministry; andrew-jones

Links for June 3rd

Twitter Archives and the Sendai Quake — Satellite — Craig Mod

"It’s through building the habits of a constant effort towards empathy, non-dismissal and perspective shifting that we designers become more aware of motivations behind use cases in products we create or use. Without understanding the psychology and motivations of use, it’s nearly impossible to create genuine interfaces. And without real empathy, you’re often left with surface design and no substance."

tags:: user-experience; design

Links for June 2nd

The Power of Song – sacredspace's posterous

"In our anger, as we cry out to God, we give voice to the longing of the displaced and begin to not only re-imagine but actually re-create home."

tags:: music; church; worship

Reclaiming the Mission » Five OverReactions that Kill The Community: Navigating Community in the Post-Evangelical Backlash

"Most of us have faced 'church-abuse' in one way or another… I think you could interpret alot of post-evangelicalism as a reaction to these abuses. In their wake, we get overreactions."

tags:: david-fitch; ministry; church

Links for June 1st

Revisiting Custom Post Types, Custom Taxonomies, and Permalinks – Monday By Noon

"I’ve got an entire philosophy behind how I dictate what should be a Custom Post Type, a Custom Taxonomy, or a Pod, but we’ll leave that for another day. I’d like to talk about how to best architect your Custom Post Types with a focus on integrating your Custom Taxonomies to the best of your ability."

tags:: programming; wordpress

Links for May 29th

Adactio: Journal—The good new days

Jeremy Keith compiles a fantastic list of techniques for responsive images, helping us see that we're once again in a really fast-moving time for web design.

tags:: html; html5; javascript; programming; design

Raising Children in a Media World | Everyday Liturgy

"The two prominent metaphors for media engagement are consumption and conversation. To me, consumption implies a passive, couch potato mentality. I will sit here and let the commercials and shows wash over me. This metaphor sees entertainment as the goal of all media. The second metaphor is conversation. This implies a relational stance toward media. The person and the media are on equal levels, and media is something to be engaged, wrestled, contemplated and critiqued. This metaphor sees art as the goal of all media."

tags:: parenting; media; culture

Day 1: Seattle Web App Masters Tour » UIE Brain Sparks

Jared Spool's Web App Masters Tour is a wonderful thing. Not being able to be there, these notes on the sessions are also wonderful things. Heavy interest in mobile experience.

tags:: user-experience; design; mobile; usability

Links for May 26th

How to Email Busy People – humbledMBA

Advice on how to email busy people – the kind that always have a thousand unread messages, and no time to spend on things that may in fact interest them.