Changing Our Development Mindset A Fragment by Michelle Barker www.smashingmagazine.com We simply can no longer design and develop only for “optimal” content or browsing conditions. Instead, we must embrace the inherent flexibility and unpredictability of the web, and build resilient components. Static mockups cannot cater to every scenario, so many design decisions fall to developers at build time. Like it or not, if you’re a UI developer, you are a designer — even if you don’t consider yourself one! ...Sometimes interpreting a design means asking the designer to further elaborate on their ideas (or even re-evaluate them). Other times, it means making design decisions on the fly or making recommendations based on our knowledge and experience. gridless.designWe are the ones who paved the pathEmbracing Asymmetrical Design interfacescssdesign
Because McLuhan A Talk by Dan Klyn understandinggroup.com Dan talks about about what McLuhan had to say about the power of the medium, and what can be gained by peeling it apart from the message and considering it separately. By being intentional about selecting a medium to work in, we affect the way people consider and understand the message we’re communicating in deeper and more profound ways.