Our mission is to provide inspiration, motivation and insight into how you design the web. Nicole Sullivan on The NBSP Show
http://unmatchedstyle.com/podcast/nicole-sullivan-on-the-nbsp-show.php
Our mission is to provide inspiration, motivation and insight into how you design the web. Nicole Sullivan on The NBSP Show
http://unmatchedstyle.com/podcast/nicole-sullivan-on-the-nbsp-show.php
In this episode of SassCast we sat down with the CSS man himself, Chris Coyier of CSS-Tricks fame. We talk about how he was introduced to Sass and how he sees Sass fitting into the grand scope of the ever evolving world of CSS.
This week we were joined by Laura Kalbag, a freelance designer from Surrey in the UK. She’s done some work you might be familiar with, like the “Future Of …” conference websites. Laura talks about responsive design and what it’s like being a web designer in a modern and fresh way. We talk about (roughly in order):
Hot Drama
UX is Bullocks
The “truth” about HTML5. QUOTATION MARKS MINE.
WebPlatform.org
Q & A
What’s your process of designing a website? Laura mentions Sketch.
What do you see as the challenges for designers designing for Responsive design and how do see them being addressed?
What your go-to plugins are when developing a WordPress theme? (Chris’ list) Laura liked Advanced Custom Fields.
How do you recommend incorporating a CSS reset into a Sass workflow?
How difficult do you find it to “sell” responsive web design to smaller clients?
Will we start seeing more horizontally scrolling sites with vertical media queries instead of the standard (vice versa)?
Do you have any recommendations about how I should start giving life to my designs through color?
Which size screen do you start designing for first? What about coding for?
Huffduffed from http://www.gomediazine.com/podcast/ep1/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gomediazine+%28GoMediaZine+-+New+posts%29
Tagged with #webdesign #cleveland #2012
Lean UX can eliminate the contractual obligations inherent with specification documents and other deliverables. Designers and developers find it frustrating to put so much effort into a project then not see it ship at the end. Using the Lean UX process, you’re constantly validating your designs, especially early in the process. This motivates the team to work towards the same end goal.
Jeff Gothelf spearheaded this approach during his time at TheLadders. Through his own experience and through coaching other organizations, Jeff notes that teams implementing this process focus on a collaborative working process. Having the entire team on the same page allows for success in shipping better products, earlier.
A key part of attaining this efficiency and shared understanding is pairing designers and developers. By working so closely together, they engage in a consistent and open dialogue. Not only do they learn each other’s craft, they also work towards the right solution.
Recent developments in web technologies like HTML5 and CSS3 have allowed us to build a richer web, full of advanced visual treatments like web fonts, animations, transformations, and drop-shadows. But have we got carried away with our new toys? Just because we can use a drop-shadow doesn’t mean we have to. In this new and often controversial talk, Elliot looks at solid design principles that will turn a good website into a great website, examines the scenarios where it’s better to stay away from unnecessary visual effects, and attempts to find the sweet spot in between the two extremes. "With great power comes great responsibility," said Uncle Ben, and Spidey hadn’t even used border-radius!
Huffduffed from http://2011.newadventuresconf.com/audio/elliot.html
Tagged with conference webdesign