Responsive IMGs — Part 1
In my post “Where are the Mobile First Responsive Web Designs”, I noted that one of the first things I look for when trying to determine whether or not a responsive web design is…
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Mentoring at PIE, Your Start Up Opportunity
I am honored to be a mentor for the next version of the Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE). It is a great organization and the next version of it promises to be something really special.
On Mobile Context
Is mobile context a myth? This is a hot topic in mobile web circles now and it is a question that has plagued me for at least two years. Before we can answer that question, we should ask ourselves some other questions: Is mobile a new mass media? And if it is, what does that mean for the mobile web?
We Need More Mobile First Browsers. Google Needs to Step Up.
Since the app store was released, people have been suspicious of Apple’s commitment to the open, mobile web. Why would Apple push the mobile web forward when web technology may compete with its native apps…
NY Post iPad Policy: A Real Threat to the Web
Another big story yesterday was the fact that the NY Post is no longer letting iPad users access their web site and is instead forcing them to pay for an iPad app to read…
People spend more time using apps than web. So what?
A blizzard of articles followed the release of a report by Flurry that says that the amount of time spent on mobile apps exceeds time spent on mobile and desktop web. Many are referring…
Ditching the Training Wheels: Why the iPod Touch Will Be Discontinued
Shortly after it was announced in September 2007, Steve Jobs described the iPod Touch as “training wheels for the iPhone”. Those training wheels have served Apple well over the last four years. But I’m convinced…
Join Cloud Four at the Breaking Development Conference
Lyza and I got so much out of the last Breaking Development conference that we’ve decided to send everyone in the company possible to the next Breaking Development conference. The conference takes place…
Responsive Web Design Book Review
Ethan Marcotte’s new book on Responsive Web Design is both not what I had hoped for and more than I had dared to imagine. First, let’s get my disappointment out of the way.
Where are the Mobile First Responsive Web Designs?
Lyza and I entitled the second chapter of our forthcoming book “Mobile First Responsive Web Design (RWD)”. Because this is a Head First book, we can’t simply explain the theory of Mobile First…