jonathan stegall

Truth, Equality and JavaScript | JavaScript, JavaScript...

Sun, 12 May 2013 14:49:55 -0400

Truth, Equality and JavaScript | JavaScript, JavaScript...:

A fantastic look at truth and equality. In JavaScript.

Better Stakeholder Interviews - Cognition: The blog of web design & development firm Happy Cog

Sun, 12 May 2013 14:47:10 -0400

Better Stakeholder Interviews - Cognition: The blog of web design & development firm Happy Cog:

“Being thrown into the deep end of the pool has forced me to recognize quickly some of the more important aspects that make an interview successful. The following tips guide how I plan for and conduct any stakeholder interviews.”

ShePonders: Apologies - SheLoves Magazine

Wed, 08 May 2013 23:14:32 -0400

ShePonders: Apologies - SheLoves Magazine:

“And that’s what a good apology does—keeps our hearts close.”

My Media Query Mixin | Always Twisted. Front-End Development.

Mon, 06 May 2013 23:27:36 -0400

My Media Query Mixin | Always Twisted. Front-End Development.:

“This mixin allows you to define your major or minor breakpoint in pixels (it automatically converts to EMs), define the media query whether it be min or max, width or height, device height or device width. The mixin has 4 variables in it, most of which are predefined.”

Five Prevalent Pitfalls when Prototyping

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:14:02 -0400

Five Prevalent Pitfalls when Prototyping:

“In our work with design teams, we see a lot of teams using prototypes today. We’re also seeing many of those same teams fall into traps that reduce the effectiveness of their prototyping efforts. Here’s five of the most common ones we see.”

Experimental Theology: Devoted to Destruction: Reading Cherem Non-Violently

Thu, 02 May 2013 16:10:50 -0400

Experimental Theology: Devoted to Destruction: Reading Cherem Non-Violently:

“So what are we to make of the cherem texts? I’ve no great answers, but I’d like to share some thoughts on how the cherem texts might be read non-violently.”

Resources for Starting a Faith Based Community Garden – 2013 | Godspace

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:20:35 -0400

Resources for Starting a Faith Based Community Garden – 2013 | Godspace:

“Each year, as you know I like to update my resource lists. Here are the best sites and suggestions I have come across since I posted my list last year. I have already written some comments on the topic of community gardens this year:”

Every Garden Needs A Sacred Space | Godspace

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:19:00 -0400

Every Garden Needs A Sacred Space | Godspace:

What is sacred space and how do we create it? As many of you know I love to ask the question What makes you feel close to God? Interaction with nature is the commonest response I get. I believe the…

> “There are many forms of sacred space within a garden and many ways to enhance it. Here are a few to consider, some of which I will expand on in the next couple of weeks.”

» 8 Guidelines and 1 Rule for Responsive Images Cloud Four Blog

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:42:32 -0400

» 8 Guidelines and 1 Rule for Responsive Images Cloud Four Blog:

“One of the big lessons is that we spend a lot of time discussing what the frontend solutions for responsive images should be—the new picture element or srcset or a magical new image format—and little time discussing how backend systems and human processes might need to change.”

Extraordinarily Radical Redesign Strategies

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 08:56:22 -0400

Extraordinarily Radical Redesign Strategies:

Fascinating thoughts and data on implementing redesigns. It’s still difficult or impossible for many of us to avoid flipping the switch and ruining experiences for loyal users due to business models, but this kind of data helps.

The Era of Symbol Fonts · An A List Apart Article

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:50:00 -0400

The Era of Symbol Fonts · An A List Apart Article:

> “Symbol fonts are the next step forward in website design and optimization, and you need to understand them to work on the web today. With practice, you can create your own custom symbol fonts with logos, icons, and branding to embed into your websites. Not only will these little extras impress your audience, but they will simultaneously optimize your website’s performance. It’s time we all start using symbol fonts—and help improve the tools, standards, and techniques to make them.”

Adactio: Journal—Placehold on tight

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:25:43 -0400

Adactio: Journal—Placehold on tight:

“If you’re using placeholder as intended, then the behaviour in the other browsers is probably more desirable. If you want to get Safari and Chrome to mimic the behaviour of the other browsers, here’s a handy bit of CSS…”

Checkboxes that kill your product — Alex Limi

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:11:57 -0400

Checkboxes that kill your product — Alex Limi:

“If I told you that a company is shipping a product to hundreds of millions of users right now, and included in the product are several prominent buttons that will break the product completely if you click them, and possibly lock you out from the Internet — can you guess which product it is?”

Rethinking Design Thinking - Core77

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:07:56 -0400

Rethinking Design Thinking - Core77:

Don Norman is always a fantastic one to read, but this one is his embrace, and his explanation of what he’s embracing, of the label “design thinking.” I love the way he recognizes that all innovators practice it, but that it is the hallmark of modern design. There’s no limit to who can use it, and that’s important.

24-7 Prayer International // Blog // See 24-7 Spain's funky outreach cafe

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 23:41:28 -0400

24-7 Prayer International // Blog // See 24-7 Spain's funky outreach cafe:

A fantastic-sounding cafe that some 24-7 Prayer folks have opened in Burgos, Spain.

Getting Honest about the Dark Side of the Bible – ReKnew

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:33:59 -0400

Getting Honest about the Dark Side of the Bible – ReKnew:

Greg Boyd gives a preview of his upcoming book, Crucifixion of the Warrior God and his sense of how to deal with inspired but horrific material in the Bible while holding that the nonviolent Jesus is the self-revelation of God. I’m so excited by this book.

Adactio: Journal—Billboards and Novels by Jon Tan

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:10:07 -0400

Adactio: Journal—Billboards and Novels by Jon Tan:

“Who in the audience has ever had to explain layout and design decisions? And who has struggled to do that? Jon has. That’s why he wants to talk about the differences between designing for impact—to grab attention—and immersion—to get out of the way and allow for absorbing involvement.”

Pinned Sites in Windows 8 | The Hickensian | Hicksdesign

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 01:41:52 -0500

Pinned Sites in Windows 8 | The Hickensian | Hicksdesign:

In Windows 7, websites could be ‘pinned’ to the taskbar (which used a 32px resource in the favicon.ico file) but now they can also be pinned to to the start screen, having a special Windows 8 ‘tile’ of their own. Pinned Site in IE8 without provided imageIf you don’t provide your own tile image, the OS will simply use a light grey version of the IE logo.

Using Flexbox: Mixing Old and New for the Best Browser Support | CSS-Tricks

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 15:48:01 -0500

Using Flexbox: Mixing Old and New for the Best Browser Support | CSS-Tricks:

“Flexbox is pretty awesome and is certainly part of the future of layout. The syntax has changed quite a bit over the past few years, hence the ‘Old’ and ‘New’ syntax. But if we weave together the old, new, and in-between syntaxes, we can get decent browser support. Especially for a simple and probably the most common use case: order-controlled grids.”

Whitney Hess » Pleasure and Pain » How to Conduct Yourself While Conducting Interviews

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:22:19 -0500

Whitney Hess » Pleasure and Pain » How to Conduct Yourself While Conducting Interviews:

“I’ve come to realize that getting the best intel out of a session depends less on how the interviewer conducts the interview and more on how the interviewer conducts themselves.”