10 Unsung Collaboration Tools — Many of Them Free – GigaOM Collaboration is in full swing on the web, for both social and work-oriented purposes. Most of us can rattle off the well-known applications that are available, but there are many targeted, useful collaboration apps that are more offbeat. Here are 10 of them, many of them free. Redliner. If you’ve ever tried to collaborate with others on documents over email, you know that version control problems and many other issues can arise. Redliner is becoming one of the more popular online tools to get around these problems. doingText. Kablink. Collanos Workspace. PBworks. Drop.io. Socialtext. e-tipi. e-tipi incorporates elements of Twitter, Digg, wikis and blogs to create a shared workspace through which ideas are fleshed out. MemberHub. Colaab.
Overseas Job Centre | Gap Year, Seasonal Work, Working Holidays & Jobs Abroad 8 Tips to Design a Charity Website A lot of charities rely on voluntary funding. This funding is carefully distributed and there are often more important things ahead of a generous budget for the website. So how does a charity get the most out of its website? It needs to let users find out information about the charity, but the main objective of the site is to get people involved with the charity, usually resulting in the user donating money. In this article, we look at 8 principles that you should follow when creating a charity website. What makes a good charity website? 1. A quick tagline to sum up what the charity (or charitable event) is about. 2. Let your users know what you do with their money once they sponsor. 3. Help users identify and visualize the people they’ll be helping. 4. The donate button is most likely the most important asset of a charity website so it should be prominent and obvious. 5. If the website is for a specific charitable event, show how much the charity’s raised to date. 6. 7. 8. Save the Children
stopdesign Tim Patrick's Web Site America is a uniquely blessed nation. In terms of natural resources, cultural diversity, and basic liberty, the United States has experienced a short yet rich life unparalleled by any other country throughout history. Many citizens see these blessings as something to share with other peoples, making real the “City on a Hill” first mentioned in 1630 by Puritan John Winthrop, one of the earliest orators to comment on America’s influential role. Unfortunately, there are American citizens who have a difficult time seeing these blessings, and others who, though they may recognize them, are unable to articulate why it is that we find ourselves with such benefits. The majority of the book contrasts the American value system with its two modern competitors: Leftism and Islamism. For Prager, Leftism is not a tired relic of a failed Soviet Union, but a living movement that is voracious in its appetite for the control of people’s lives and hearts.
Archetype The concept of an archetype /ˈɑrkɪtaɪp/ is found in areas relating to behavior, modern psychological theory, and literary analysis. An archetype can be…: …a statement, pattern of behavior, or prototype which other statements, patterns of behavior, and objects copy or emulate; ……a Platonic philosophical idea referring to pure forms which embody the fundamental characteristics of a thing; ……a collectively-inherited unconscious idea, pattern of thought, image, etc., that is universally present in individual psyches, as in Jungian psychology; ……or a constantly recurring symbol or motif in literature, painting, or mythology (this usage of the term draws from both comparative anthropology and Jungian archetypal theory). Etymology[edit] Plato[edit] The origins of the archetypal hypothesis date back as far as Plato. Jungian archetypes[edit] Archetypal literary criticism[edit] See also[edit] References[edit] Jump up ^ Douglas Harper.
Even more than the other Idealists,Teachers have a natural talent for leading students or trainees toward learning, or as Idealists like to think of it, they are capable of calling forth each learner's potentials. Teachers (around two percent of the population) are able - effortlessly, it seems, and almost endlessly-to dream up fascinating learning activities for their students to engage in. In some Teachers, this ability to fire the imagination can amount to a kind of genius which other types find hard to emulate. In whatever field they choose, Teachers consider people their highest priority, and they instinctively communicate personal concern and a willingness to become involved. Teachers like things settled and organized, and will schedule their work hours and social engagements well ahead of time -- and they are absolutely trustworthy in honoring these commitments. Teachers are highly sensitive to others, which is to say their intuition tends to be well developed.
A good and stable relationship between partners is conducive to a happy marriage, and we often don't know what the underlying cause of our conflicts is. The ability to assess the likelihood of a healthy long term relationship is one of the main challenges in dating and matchmaking. Jung Marriage Test™ addresses this challenge. The test identifies potentially successful and potentially problematic matches by comparing and analysing personality types of the partners. Extraversion - Introversion Sensing - Intuition Thinking - Feeling And the fourth criterion added by Isabel Briggs Myers *: Judging-Perceiving The different combinations of these four criteria define sixteen possible personality types. ENFP - Extravert iNtuitive Feeling Perceiving Once you know the type formula and strengths of the preferences of both partners (or prospective partners), it is possible to calculate the index of compatibility (MatchIndex) between the partners.
Design elements and principles Design elements and principles describe fundamental ideas about the practice of good visual design. As William Lidwell stated in Universal Principles of Design: The best designers sometimes disregard the principles of design. When they do so, however, there is usually some compensating merit attained at the cost of the violation. Principles of design[edit] Principles applied to the elements of design that bring them together into one design. Unity/Harmony[edit] According to Jose Contreras, author of The Elements of Graphic Design, to achieve visual unity is a main goal of graphic design. Methods[edit] Balance[edit] It is a state of equalized tension and equilibrium, which may not always be calm. [3] Types[edit] The top image has symmetrical balance and the bottom image has asymmetrical balance SymmetryAsymmetrical produces an informal balance that is attention attracting and dynamic.Radial balance is arranged around a central element. Hierarchy[edit] Scale/proportion[edit] Contrasts[edit]
99% Invisible: Season 3 by PRX, Inc 99% Invisible is a popular radio show and podcast about design, architecture and all the thought that goes into the things most people don’t even think about. The stories are engaging and conversational, but have a precise sound design that is multilayered and tightly edited. They’re produced to stand up to multiple listens and reveal more each time they’re heard. The ultimate goal of 99% Invisible is to make radio that inspires mindfulness and wonder in all the things in the built world. 99% Invisible is an independent radio program created by Roman Mars and produced at home, usually at night, on a shoestring budget. Update: The 5000 Backer Challenge Help 99% Invisible get a $10,000 grant from the Design Matters Institute! After we left the money goal in the dust in 24 hours (surprising everyone, especially me), I devised a new goal for the Kickstarter campaign: 5000 backers. If we do this, I guarantee that independent public media will never be the same. Sample Episode: Rewards Notebooks
Mindfulness for Dummies, by Shamash Aladina If I could put a book in a drawer in every hotel room across America, across the world, it would be Mindfulness for Dummies by Shamash Alidina. Alidina’s website describes him the following way: “He has taught mindfulness in a secular way for over a decade to adults, and has taught eastern philosophy, physics and mindfulness in a progressive childrens’ school for 8 years.” As an experienced practitioner I was worried I wouldn’t find much new here. Instead, Mindfulness for Dummies is a fascinating, well-researched tour de force. Alidina seems to cover all the important bases with complex and yet simple bullet points of the Dummies series style of writing. This book also comes with a CD, which includes a range of short mindful meditation introductions. Like it? Read other articles on: Related articles
Protests may herald U-turn on coalition's rail fare rises | UK news Some commuters' season tickets are expected to cost£1,000 more in 2015 than they cost in 2011. Photograph: Bloomberg via Getty Images Passenger groups and unions are stepping up pressure over train fares with a day of action, as the government hinted it may back down over planned rises that would result in some season tickets costing £1,000 more in 2015 than in 2011. Fares will rise in January by three percentage points above the July RPI figure, which will be announced on Tuesday. That is expected to leave fares between 5% and 6% higher. The transport secretary, Justine Greening, said she would ask for government money to keep fares down. The Campaign for Better Transport's chief executive, Stephen Joseph, said: "The government knows they can't continue to hit [car] commuters – that's why they've postponed the fuel duty increase. But Greening said there could be a similar U-turn by the Treasury this autumn if there was "spare money".
Fascinating Photos of Abandoned Olympic Sites Around the World [Editor's note: It's Labor Day, so your devoted Flavorwire team is taking a break. To keep you entertained, we're leaving you with our most popular features of the summer months. This post originally ran August 13th.] The Storefront for Art & Architecture, our favorite Little Italy-adjacent nonprofit organization, has organized a photo exhibition exploring the post-Olympic city. As the show’s catalog states, “some former Olympic sites are retrofitted and used in ways that belie their grand beginnings; turned into prisons, housing, malls, gyms, churches. 2008 Beach Volleyball Stadium — Beijing, China Image credit: David Gray via The Atlantic