University student in Auckland, New Zealand.
There are no people in dario’s collective.
Cause, you know, he’s been in EVERYTHING. David welcomes the always fascinating and always working Robert Picardo (Stargate, Star Trek: Voyager, China Beach) in-studio to figure out what makes him work. This is your chance to hear one of today’s longest-working actors get candid about the real life of a hologram.
Visit Robert’s website robertpicardo.com and follow him on Twitter @RobertPicardo.
Special early WWDC episode this week: - Reactions to the keynote. - New Mac Pro - Initial iOS 7 design impressions.
The WWDC ticket lottery and potential solutions, or a merit system. Why Marco sold Instapaper. (See also.) Prospects for replacing Instapaper's income. Speculating on today's app market. The Magazine's app and Newsstand quality. Motivation, development, and homework. iOS 7's rumored visual overhaul and other speculation. The transition away from Steve Jobs' influence. What's left for iOS 7 to add?
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042: RAPIDFIRE #11 NOVEMBER 9TH, 2012 52:04 Download MP3
Tweet Hot off the trail of “Episode 41: The Even Lost’er Episode”, we have another surprise RAPIDFIRE!!! No guest, no drama, just question on answer action.
What is the correct usage for @extend in Sass? Will Google punish me for using image replacement? #HOTDRAMA: Google’s style guide ignores “optional” tags Which platform would guys suggest wordpress or a static site generator like octopress? Have you guys heard of this tool called CSSComb? Is there an index or resource for the visual styles when mocking up in PSD? PatternTap Web Zap Where would a logical starting spot be for learning backbone and and tips? Todo.js Introduction to Backbone (YouTube) Do you see site builders (Squarespace, Virb, WordPress, etc) as becoming a problem for web designers in the future? Is there a javascript plugin somewhere that builds a product grid with DIVs? Can you guys tell once and for ever : is indenting -9999px dangerous or not?
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?