Steve Jobs and Bill Gates: historic discussion live from D 2007 blogged by Engadget.
People, we’re telling you, these guys really respect each other. There’s no doubt about it. There’s a certain, sombre reverence, and profound respect. It just comes through.
Another day month, another great ALA article. This one about writing effective headlines (taglines) and copy:
Speaking of writing, I noticed after completing a recent project, that I had spent the majority of time one part in particular – even though it represented a very small percentage of the visual design. The project was a redesign of our church bulletin (the handout given to attenders as they come into the building), and the part that took the longest was the “welcome” tagline, which read:
Welcome to The City Church
We’re so glad you chose to come to church today, and we hope you’ll experience God’s goodness and blessing at our services. Welcome home!
In that short statement, (hopefully) a lot is communicated.
First, we’re partnering with the reader and celebrating their [bold] decision to come to church.
We understand it’s not always an easy decision to make on a Sunday morning, and there are a lot of reasons to not. The very act of church attendance is a vital step to a fruitful relationship with God, so we honor it.
Next, we offer support in the form of an indirect invitation to experience something – beyond just church as usual.
If there’s any question as to why a visitor is attending, we hope to put that to rest by communicating some simple expectations that they can adopt and share. After all, some people don’t have a clue why they show up on Sundays.
Finally, the “welcome home” statement is designed to add another layer of comfort and family-like reception.
I debated this statement because I didn’t want it to sound presumptuous or proud. I needed a strong conclusion, though, and nothing else seemed to fit quite the same way.
The first run of bulletins were handed out this past Sunday, and I’ve not yet heard how they were received; and I may never hear. Whether the copy I wrote actually made any difference to a visitor I’ll probably never know. After reading the ALA article, though, I at least feel justified in taking the extra time to make sure it was right.
Wiimbledon! Someone please do this for the Seattle area – for those of us non-Nintendo employees who can’t participate in the famed company internal tourneys.
Rays of Light tutorial from Wolfgang Bartelme. This man is a genius.
Gates and Jobs get set for historic tete-a-tete. Grab your popcorn and OS paraphernalia, this is gonna be good.
Spring Arbor Free Methodist Church designed by the indubitable Drew Warkentin, close friend of a friend.
This site originally launched with a design that was a bit too close The City Church site, a few months ago. I contacted Drew about it, and he explained he’d been asked to create a site just like ours. He graciously agreed to give it another go, and came up with the current masterpiece – more “inspired”, less “borrowed.”
Well done, Drew. Honestly, this new design makes me jealous.
No title, originally uploaded by generationchurch.
I borrowed my father in-law’s amazing telephoto L lens and shot a few tonight at Generation Church.
31Three Redesigns. Someone please help me, I’ve lost my jaw.
Absenter relaunches as “Cycling & related sundries.” Sweet!
FCC approves iPhone. It begins.
Rediscovering the Button Element. Hooray for the button element! (Via BW.)
I implore you, if you design web forms at all, this is a must-read, must-apply type of article. Look for new interface buttons on all the sites I manage in the next coming weeks.
Advanced RPS, or Rock, Paper, Scissors to the laymen. (Via Paul Armstrong.)
Maybe I’ll start a new small group at my church for RPS. Gotta get the book first though.
Matt D.: It’s a boy! Word. Congrats, Daughtrys!
I guess lipdubbing is the New Cool. (At least that’s the impression I get from Simmy.) One has to wonder, though, if Cool has somehow been compromised when it’s represented by a Stormtrooper with a karaoke microphone.
Oh boy.
The Real Story of JPG Magazine.
Unfortunately, issue 10 will be the last one that Heather and I will have a hand in. We are no longer working for JPG Magazine …
Powazek is the reason I was a member of the JPG community in the first place. As far as I’m concerned, JPG is now dead.
Mac Pro. Another day, another Switcher. I’ve known it since the day I met him: For David Russell, it was only a matter of time.
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