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The June 2016 issue of Net Magazine features an interview with Cloud Four co-founder Lyza Gardner. The article discusses patterns, web design, and the challenges of keeping current with our industry. The issue is… More

Last fall after the Umpqua Community College shooting in Southern Oregon, I decided that my donations and support for Everytown weren’t enough. I wanted to do more. And I wanted to do something local. I did some research… More

Many people know that you can scan your credit card in Mobile Safari. But how many web developers know how to create a form that supports that feature? Not many I’d bet. Auto-Fill Credit Card Forms Using Your… More

As part of the redesign, we’ve been trying to nail down the general positioning for our business. That is, what makes us the special unicorn that we think we are (or maybe we’re all ugly unicorns). One of… More

Logos are an ideal use-case for SVG. Because they’re typically designed for reproduction and versatility, they’re almost always vector to begin with. SVG’s support of CSS and media queries means we can adapt brand imagery depending on the display… More

Michael Mahemoff‘s recent article on how Progressive Web Apps have Leapfrogged the Native Install Model reminded me of a video I discovered while researching my new Adapting to Input talk. I keep revisiting the video because it shows… More

We recently got the opportunity to develop a service worker for use on Smashing Magazine, which we’ll write about in more detail soon. This is the first of a multi-part article that will examine some of the solutions we… More

I have always considered myself a “designer who codes”. I enjoy that aspect of the web, even while in a purely visual design role. Not too long ago, in a previous visual design position I was in, I had a… More

After documenting our collective inspiration in the form of Mood Boards, our next design exercise for the redesign of cloudfour.com was Element Collages. We used a few points of reference before starting our Element Collages. First was Dan… More

By now you’ve probably heard that we’re full steam ahead with a redesign of our beloved cloudfour.com, and we’re doing it in the wide open for everyone to see. This is an interesting and fun endeavor for us, being… More