Interface Design Tip: Find the Epicenter. How to build a more purpose-focused user interface

An Introduction to Using Patterns in Web Design. The biggest challenge for web designers is the unthinkably huge number of possible ways to solve any given problem. (Dan)

The Political War. When [the President] speaks, as he did at the Republican Convention, about the power of freedom to change the world, he is sounding deep notes in the American political psyche. His opponent comes nowhere close to making such music. But if Iraq looks nothing like the President�s vision–if Iraq is visibly deteriorating, and no one in authority will admit it–the speeches can produce only illusion or cynicism. (Z-man)

Owen would like to know. Wow, Dad Hair is not too unlike Movable Type Hair.

Color Me Meaningful. The classic InterVarsity article on how to do a Manuscript method Bible study.

Mandate Dissection. The new VP employed the mandate. He said, ‘I’m the guy who’s telling you the way it is.’

RTSP is not a registered protocol. Like I needed another reason to hate RealPlayer.

Diary. Three months living in Newark and a year-and-a-half of spending my free time in NYC, and I have no mugging stories to tell.

Thunderbird enhancement: advanced sorting by multiple criteria. I’ve decided that the only effective way I can follow up on messages is to ensure that flagged messages always float to the top of my inbox. Unfortunately, this bug from August would seem to indicate that this functionality won’t be in Thunderbird anytime soon.