The Debate is Over The debate over whether designers in the tech industry should be technical has already happened. Like any good political debate, I don’t know whether either side succeeded in convincing anyone of anything. I’m already on one side of the debate by virtue of the skills that I have acquired in my […] Read more – ‘Let’s Get Technical’.
A lot of what is written and talked about these days in reference to “responsive web design” is technology-focused. We’re using new frameworks and grid-systems designed to help us display our designs on a surfeit of new devices. We concentrate on the density and size of our images so we can be sure they are […] Read more – ‘The Ethos of Responsive Design’.
I’m going to assume that if you’re a designer (or developer) by profession and you work in the web industry, you’ve already read Ethan Marcotte’s absolutely fabulous tome “Responsive Web Design” and understand the basics of writing CSS for multiple screen sizes. If you haven’t, stop reading now and go buy that book. It’s a […] Read more – ‘Responsive Pain Points’.
Retention and Growth are Hard. I’m going to go out on a limb and bet that most folks reading this post know who the Borg are. They are a fictitious (yes, fictitious) alien race who ravaged the Star Trek universe in the 24th century by forcibly absorbing entire humanoid species. The Borg had a solution […] Read more – ‘You Will Be Assimilated’.