Interview
Jeffrey Zeldman on his Web Design Manifesto 2012
"If we don't focus on content, readers will remove our designs."
22 May 2012
"If we don't focus on content, readers will remove our designs."
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The problem with adaptive images
Christopher Schmitt examines the problem with adaptive images
22 May 2012
Designer and developer Christopher Schmitt examines the problem of adaptive images and looks at issues such as screen resolution and Retina displays, bandwidth and browser width -
Blog
The future of Ruby
Paul Wilson tells us why working with Ruby is so exciting
21 May 2012
EdgeCase UK MD Paul Wilson presents a personal view of why working with Ruby is so exciting and looks at its past, present and future -
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15 top tips for developing for the new iPad 3
Leading designers offer advice on designing for Apple’s new tablet
21 May 2012
Craig Grannell quizzes leading experts to offer advice on designing and developing for Apple’s new iPad, how to deal with the Retina display and media queries, do UX testing and more -
Interview
John Davey and Rich Shupe on Reasons to be Creative
John Davey and Rich Shupe tell us all about Reasons to be Creative
18 May 2012
Flash on the Beach is now known as Reasons to be Creative – a festival highlighting artistic, creative and technical inspiration. We talk to organisers John Davey and Rich Shupe about the change and what the first conference on 14-15 June in New York will hold -
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Project management and the design professional
Andy Rutledge explains the principles of good project management
18 May 2012
Andy Rutledge, principal and chief design strategist for Unit Interactive, claims project managers often do more harm than good and looks at what they actually do and what they should be doing in order for a project to succeed -
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10 tips for building a better game
An excerpt from John Ferrara's book on Playful Design
17 May 2012
John Ferrara's book Playful Design: Creating Game Experiences in Everyday Interfaces goes on sale today. We present an exclusive excerpt with 10 general guidelines that you can follow to improve your chances of creating a successful design -
Blog
Designing in the browser
Edward O'Riordan on why designing in the browser can solve problems
16 May 2012
Designer and developer Edward O'Riordan explains why you should design in the browser and why clients should be shown HTML and CSS mockups -
Tutorial
Make a stylish preloader with SVG
Ian Culshaw on how to use SVG library Raphaël to create a preloader
16 May 2012
Many sites neglect users with slow connections. Ian Culshaw explains how to use SVG library Raphaël to create a preloader that’ll hold the users' attention while pages load -
Tutorial
Building a modern grid system
What it takes to create a grid system that will help us build faster
15 May 2012
ZURB's Jonathan Smiley looks at what it takes to create a grid system that will help us build faster, better and with an eye to the future -
Blog
Designing for an infinite number of devices
How sustainable is it to design for an infinite number of devices?
14 May 2012
Keith Butters, chief experience officer and co-founder of The Barbarian Group, asks how sustainable it is to design and develop for an infinite number of devices -
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20 leading web designers' desks for your inspiration
We've asked 20 pixel pushers to lift the curtain on their workstations
14 May 2012
Web designer desks can be very inspiring, so we've asked 20 leading pixel pushers to lift the curtain on their workstations -
Feature
The .net strip #25: Time spent on a new social network
This week Brad Colbow looks at the realities of social networks
11 May 2012
This week Brad Colbow's comic strip, first exclusively published in the June issue (#228) of .net magazine, looks at the realities of social networks -
Tutorial
Getting started with NFC on Android
We write a demo that both reads and writes custom data to an NFC tag
11 May 2012
Near Field Communication (NFC) enables wireless communication between things like phones, stickers and cards. In this tutorial Richard Leggett shows us how to write a game demo that both reads and writes custom data to an NFC tag -
Blog
The importance of goal-driven data
Luis Freitas explores the current state of data gathering
10 May 2012
Luis Spencer Freitas, digital marketing manager for Pernod Ricard Americas, explores the current state of data gathering and analyses its true use in an ever-expanding digital culture
