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Website Immunization: Learning Good Design from Bad Design

Posted on 11 June, 200711 June, 2007 by Sivin Kit

Dean Peters

Sitting down and listening to him talk about all things relating to church websites made me laugh, want to cry and most surely “enlightened” from my website design blind spots. So, it was a delight to meet Dean Peters from the blogs4God fame and draw from his wisdom. The small group of us had a great informal time at Bangsar Lutheran Church yesterday and I think Dean’s next visit warrants a 2 hour workshop … minimum.

Apart from website immunization, Dean’s The 10 Commandments of Church Website Search Engine Optimization was a special bonus. We don’t just want to avoid sickness, want healthy websites and blogs (both design as well as content)! 🙂

The added blessing for me was not only from the point of view of church websites or blogs but the most basic communication posture we need to take. It’s not about fancy overuse of Flash or “cool” designs. It’s about stepping into the shoes of the person who first clicks on our website or blog. There’s lots of application starting from there to all aspects of communication.

I hope I got immunized from bad design but I think I caught a bug for good design, thanks to Dean Peters, let’s make Jesus smile after looking at our websites. 🙂 Here’s what the bug made me do some experimenting with a Bangsar Lutheran Church Not-yet-finished Revised Version!

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6 thoughts on “Website Immunization: Learning Good Design from Bad Design”

  1. Mean Dean says:
    11 June, 2007 at 10:51 pm

    Hi Sivin – you are TOO KIND with your words!

    That said, would you be so kind as to email me the photos you have display … and would you mind if I add them to the meet-up photo gallery I posted …

    … and reference at the end of my post on a most excellent semi-definitive Malaysian meet-up of Kuala Lumpur Chrisitians who blog (plus 1)

  2. Sivin says:
    11 June, 2007 at 10:59 pm

    Dean – I’ve sent you the photos and use them as you wish 🙂

  3. nicktay says:
    12 June, 2007 at 11:18 pm

    Picture of us here :- http://the-reflector.com/?p=1899

  4. Sivin says:
    12 June, 2007 at 11:52 pm

    nicktay – what a delightful surprise to bump into you 🙂

  5. Paul Long says:
    13 June, 2007 at 4:43 am

    Hwy, I see a mutual friend in the photos – Ian Ng! 🙂

  6. Sivin says:
    13 June, 2007 at 8:57 am

    Paul – yes, amazing isn’t it? 🙂 the wonders of forwarded email doing som good for a change …

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