25 February 2014 8am America/New_York

Big Web Show № 112: Responsive Images Get Real with Mat Marquis

THE GOAL of a “responsive images” solution is to deliver images optimized for the end user’s context, rather than serving the largest potentially necessary image to everyone. Unfortunately, this hasn’t been quite so simple in practice as it is in theory.

In Big Web Show № 112, I sit down with Mat Marquis, chair of the W3C Responsive Images Community Group, to discuss guidelines for responsive images in multi-device design. We talk about the history, theory, and multi-leveled challenge of responsive images, the path to standardization, and what browsers will do next.

Enjoy!

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13 February 2014 3pm America/New_York

Big Web Show № 110: CSS and JavaScript: Can’t We All Just Get Along?

IN BIG WEB SHOW № 110, Nicole Sullivan and I discuss CSS Conf, building scalable systems that won’t break, designing for speed and performance, learning Ruby, Object Oriented CSS, a CSS Style Guide, Type-o-matic, practical takeaways from stunt CSS, pairing as a work method, sexism and racism tests, and setting aside biases when selecting conference sessions. Enjoy!

Big Web Show № 109: Bring Me The Head of Tim Berners-Lee

IN BIG WEB SHOW № 109, Robin Berjon and I enjoy a calm, rational conversation about EME, DRM, the MPAA, and the W3C. Enjoy.

The episode was sponsored by Squarespace. Links mentioned:

“Please Bring Me More of That Yummy DRM Discussion” by Robin Berjon
About Robin Berjon
Robin Berjon (@robinberjon) on Twitter
“We Are Huxleying Ourselves Into The Full Orwell” by Corey Doctorow
News of the MPAA’s W3C Membership reaches Colonel Kurtz
Web platform tests on Github
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Test The Web Forward blog
Test The Web Forward W3C announcement by Robin Berjon
The Main Problem With The Invention of the Internet

21 November 2013 9pm America/New_York

Intelligent Interfaces: Fantastical Designer Michael Simmons

IN Episode № 105 of The Big Web Show on Mule Radio, I talk with Michael Simmons, co-creator of the Fantastical app (#1 Apple Store app), about iOS 7, designing Fantastical, reinventing calendar software, staying inspired on a long-term project, how to do a huge launch with no budget, Apple’s long-term design strategy, and more.

Michael is a passionate, experienced, and opinionated designer. As a huge fan and daily user of Fantastical, and as a designer, I loved our conversation; hope you do, too.

Listen to Episode № 105 of The Big Web Show.

Fantastical 2 Giveaway

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Enjoy The Big Web Show

14 November 201314 November 2013 12pm America/New_York

Animate This: Val Head on CSS, Pittsburgh, and The Big Web Show

DESIGNER/DEVELOPER Val Head and I discuss her new book A Pocket Guide to CSS Animations (Five Simple Steps, 2013); the Web Design Day conference; working as a hired gun; JavaScript and CSS animation; the great city of Pittsburgh; what it takes to run a workshop; and more. Enjoy Episode № 104 of The Big Web Show on Mule Radio.

There’s Always More

7 November 2013 12pm America/New_York

Font Lover’s Pizza: The Font Bureau’s Nick Sherman on Type and the Web

TYPE NERDS, unite! Join Nick Sherman (The Font Bureau, Webtype, Fonts In Use, A List Apart) and me for a pleasant hour geeking out on responsive type, 21st century hinting, typefaces designed from scratch for onscreen reading at small sizes, things you still can’t do on the web, EDID and other standards, typefaces used in blaxploitation movie posters, punk rock, pizza, and more. Enjoy Episode № 103 of The Big Web Show on Mule Radio.

Yippee Tie-Yay!

31 October 2013 3pm America/New_York

Big Web Show № 102: Sass for Web Designers with Dribbble’s Dan Cederholm

DESIGNER, developer, banjoist, Dribbble co-founder, and all-around nice guy Dan Cederholm and I discuss fear of CSS pre-processors; the craft of code; growing the Dribbble design community; transitioning from a two-person part-time start-up to a full-time company with employees; and Dan’s new book Sass For Web Designers in Episode № 102 of The Big Web Show on Mule Radio.

Tell Your Friends!

24 October 201325 October 2013 1pm America/New_York

Big Web Show № 101: Let’s Kill Some Dreams—Advertising & The Web with Jeremy Fuksa

DESIGNER, producer, and radio host Jeremy Fuksa and I discuss advertising’s view of the web, the web’s view of advertising, and new design processes for our multi-device web overlords. Enjoy.

Keep Hope Alive

17 October 2013 5pm America/New_York

Big Web Show № 100: Dan Brown Works With Others

Author, lecturer, studio co-founder, UX wiz, and web design pioneer Dan Brown is my guest in Episode № 100 of The Big Web Show (“Everything Web That Matters”). Listen in as Dan and I discuss collaboration strategies, the path from HTML to UX, growing a design studio business, Brian Eno and more.

And then…

10 October 2013 1pm America/New_York

Where Ideas Come From: Foursquare’s @Naveen on The Big Web Show

IN EPISODE № 99 of The Big Web Show (“Everything Web That Matters”), Foursquare co-founder Naveen Selvadurai and I discuss mobile apps and the quantified self; the genesis of bookmarking places; creating mobile UIs in the bad old days before smartphones; how Delicious’s bookmarking helped inspire Foursquare; what was really innovative about the iPhone from a mobile developer’s perspective (it’s not what you think!); when to quit your job and start a product or service; where ideas come from; and what’s after Foursquare for him. Enjoy Naveen on The Big Web Show.

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