The Re-Education of Design in a Responsive World
Call me Ishmail. I began my career as a rogue marketer in the emerging web industry way back in 1998. I can still recall the anticipation and subsequent exhilaration at seeing, sometimes for the first...
View ArticleResponsive Web Design and Progressive Enhancement: The Right Approach
Progressive enhancement is a strategy for responsive web design that emphasizes accessibility relational to the user’s device. The aim is to allow everyone access to basic content and functionality of...
View ArticleIt’s Official: US Government Endorses Responsive Web Design
Still on the fence about RWD? The Federal Government isn’t. In a report entitled DIGITAL GOVERNMENT: BUILDING A 21ST CENTURY PLATFORM TO BETTER SERVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, the government officially...
View ArticleDon’t Be a Luddite! Embrace Responsive Web Design.
In 1779, legend holds that a youth by the name of Ed Ludd broke two stocking frames – mechanical knitting machines used in the textiles industry - in a fit of rage. Stocking frames represented the...
View ArticleResponsive Web Design and the Acceptability Threshold: What You Should Know
2012 will be remembered as the year the mobile web emerged. In support of this bold proclamation, a recent survey found that the share of smartphones has surpassed the 50% mark in the US. If you own or...
View ArticleWhy should the Federal Government Should Care About Web 2.0?
What is Web 2.0? Web 2.0 is a trend in the use of World Wide Web technology and web design that aims to enhance creativity, information sharing, and, most notably, collaboration among users. The...
View ArticleMobile-Friendly Website vs. Mobile Applications: No Monkeying Around
Although the two terms may intersect in many a new media dialogue they are as different as sharks and monkeys. To paraphrase Socrates (poorly): I know that I know nothing. Yet, oddly, this makes me...
View ArticlePC Sales Declining: Do We Care?
A new report predicts worldwide sales of personal computers are bound for their first annual decline in 11 years. The forecast issued Wednesday by the research firm IHS iSuppli projects that nearly 349...
View ArticleResponsive vs. Adaptive Design: Which Approach is Best?
Those of us in the web industry have become familiar in 2012 with a new approach to website development. Responsive Web Design, or RWD for short. The promise of RWD is that it allows developers like...
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