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Ideas of March 2012

Mar 15th, 2012—2 Responses

Paravel got really busy from November thru January. I spent the majority of my time with my head down, focused on client work, deadlines, basecamp, and email. We were a part of some fun projects, but when it… read more

Redefined

Feb 2nd, 2012—63 Responses

To design responsive websites effectively and responsibly, I had to completely redefine the way I view the web. It pains me to admit it, but I wasn’t too keen on responsive web design right out of the box. Weeks… read more

Vertical Media Queries & Wide Sites

Jan 11th, 2012—19 Responses

I’ve been tinkering with the font-size and the media queries that trigger width-based changes for this site regularly over the past month. I thought that maxing out at 20px for body copy at widths above 900px would be… read more

Things Still Missing From CSS

Jan 5th, 2012—4 Responses

Molly Holzschlag wrote a great article for .Net Magazine outlining seven things still missing from CSS. She gets into web fonts on #5, which is my favorite. I particularly liked this point: Fine control remains elusive – kerning, character… read more

The Manual

Jan 3rd, 2012—4 Responses

Yesterday Issue #2 of The Manual arrived. I cracked it open to read just one article before bed and wound up reading the entire thing straight through. I really do love that this publication exists. Sure, these articles… read more

A Responsive Ad Model

Nov 15th, 2011—5 Responses

Mark Boulton on the challenges we face when incorporating traditional ad spaces into responsive layouts: The template > slot > ad mental model is engrained both in advertisers, planners and web sites. Providing space for ads needs to be… read more