Third Mind began using Scalable Vector Graphics [SVG] several years ago as the initial retina display / Responsive [RWD] requirements were emerging. We used them in ‘sprites’ contexts for audio / video / slideshow player icons and WordPress Theme iconography. It seemed natural to gear-heads...
As you may have heard, on April 21st, Google plans to include it's new mobile-friendly algorithm as part of its search results ranking signals. What does that mean for you and your site? If your site isn't mobile-friendly, it will be ranking lower in the search results,...
Need help embedding third-party media into responsive (RWD) web contexts? Use EmbedResponsively's simple toolset and get the embed code straight from their code generator. Currently sourcing RWD-saavy embed codes for: YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Google Maps, Instagram, Vine, and iFrame. Give it a try....
What do babies and mobile devices have in common? Small and cuddly, right? The warmth of the screen is soothing, like a newborns' heartbeat as you fall asleep checking Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. (Wait, is that just me?) Is it the hundred’s of pictures with...
Wired and GQ magazine publisher Condé Nast is amongst those now seeking a cost-effective cross-platform tablet production workflow for the blossoming number of new devices, after earlier implementing an iPad-specific strategy. http://paidcontent.co.uk/article/419-conde-nast-aims-to-unify-tablet-and-mobile-magazine-production/ This article screams of responsive web design, they even picked up on that in the...
Last October, you may have heard about Google Maps changing their licensure model from "charge the big boys / free for the people" to "charge for bigs and mediums / free for some". (The policy, as of Oct 2011, is "pay licensure for any site generating...
Google has added a "Leaderboard" feature to their Latitude app in an effort to take on Foursquare. That's not what Google is saying, but that's what the direction looks like. Here is a link to Google Latitude. Here is a Mashable article on the newest / latest...
Touch screen experiments lead to the development of 'Album as App' release of Bjork's 2012 effort. Watch the Colbert Report interview for details....
Wow I really love this talk by Jeremy Keith, I'm seeing web development in a new light. It doesn't hurt that he uses punk rock as a jumping off point either. In it he talks about the long term advantages that the web offers over tying creations...
Here are two interesting live-chat customer support services that allow you to chat with a user from your favorite im client or mobile device. Signing up for this should be a no brainer for some if it really is as easy as it seems. I...