One of the goals I set at the start of the year was to redesign this site. It took longer than expected (a case of the cobbler’s kids among other things), but I finally managed to switch to a new design. If you normally read these posts in a feedreader of some kind, today might be the day to click through to the site to see the new look.
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Design And Tech Podcasts I Enjoy
About a year and a half ago I started listening to podcasts regularly. I’d listened to them before, but around that time I integrated them into my weekly routine. There are now quite a few I listen to regularly or semi-regularly and I thought I’d share.
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How To Create Simple Shapes With Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
The last few weeks we’ve been looking at images in the context of responsive design. First I talked about the techniques for serving different images to different devices. Then we looked at using icon fonts to replace images where possible.
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27 Pictures Of New York: My Thought Process For Composing Images
A couple of weeks ago I flew to New York with a friend to visit my family. During the 4 days we were there, I took about 500 pictures with my iPhone. It’s become my go to camera most of the time. The best camera is the one you have with you after all.
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Why And How To Use Icon Fonts
As great as images are, they present challenges in designing websites. They add file weight. They require additional http requests. They don’t scale well. Sometimes the best solution for using images in a responsive design is not to use an image.
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