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Being Practical 1 Aug 2013 | 08:59 pm
There are many books, articles and presentations that have influenced the way I approach the web today. Its always been one of my favorite parts of this community: a willingness and eagerness to share...
Crippling the web 31 Jul 2013 | 09:35 pm
Back in 2011, Brad Frost wrote a post on Support vs. Optimization. One of the (many) smart things he said was: The power of the web is its ubiquity. It is the web’s superpower, and its omnipresence i...
Your Mileage May Vary 8 Jul 2013 | 08:52 pm
When we write about technology online, things can sound a bit black and white. Always do this, never do that. But blog posts and articles can’t cover every scenario. The author knows nothing about yo...
Why we need responsive images 11 Jun 2013 | 08:20 pm
The topic of responsive images has been one of the most hotly debated topics amongst web developers for what feels like forever. I think Jason Grigsby was perhaps the first to publicly point out that ...
Heading to Mobilism 2013 6 May 2013 | 07:43 pm
A week from now I’ll be on a plane heading to Amsterdam for the excellent Mobilism conference. This is year three for them, and you only need to take one look at this year’s program to see just how in...
Book Review: Responsive Design Workflow 2 May 2013 | 06:34 pm
Responsive design has many challenges. Performance. Tables. Images. Content. Testing. Each of these, and so much more, must be carefully considered. Most of the solutions are still coming together. We...
Implementing Responsive Design Workshop 16 Apr 2013 | 06:13 pm
On June 14th, I’m going to teach a one-day Implementing Responsive Design workshop at the McNamara Alumni Center in Minneapolis. The workshop will run the full day and will go from the core tenants of...
Media Queries within SVG 11 Apr 2013 | 06:31 pm
There has been a lot of interesting chatter regarding SVG as of late, including thorough posts by David Bushell and Chris Coyier. One aspect in particular that is getting quite a bit of attention is t...
Setting a performance budget 29 Jan 2013 | 12:40 am
Jason Grigsby once quipped that “We’ve remade the Internet in our image….obese.” He was right, of course. Average page weight and number of connections has been increasing at a rather alarming rate. ...
Windows Phone 8 and Device-Width 14 Jan 2013 | 08:20 pm
When I wrote about IE10 and the new snap mode back in October I advised using width: device-width to fix responsive design in snap mode instead of Microsoft’s recommendation, which was to use width: 3...
