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June 9, 2010 by Dave
When we recently rolled out our Mobile Suite offering, we saw the culmination of months of work building a solid and customizable set of tools. The trickiest, in some ways, was the addition of a mobile framework to our existing CMS. We had some clear goals and requirements defined from the onset, and the end result provides us with an elegant mix of new and existing development practices. Here's an overview of what we did... more >
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February 25, 2010 by Dave
This morning Nolan shared a video, in which Jason Fried from 37Signals.com talks about communication and interruption in the workplace. Some key points he mentions are using "passive" communication tools such as email and IM to replace the constant interruption of direct interaction, what he calls "active" communication. I've been thinking a bit about communication in the workplace, and this video reminded me of some issues that concern me.
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February 15, 2010 by Dave
When fostering a culture of quality assurance, we've traditionally put a lot of focus on test models and breakpoints. Equally important are the daily habits that encourage more thoughtful production. Here are a few of the techniques that I've employed to help me build better websites.
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April 9, 2009 by Dave
When a finalized design concept is being applied to a new site, it is of course important to make sure that crucial design details are not lost in the process. To a large degree, this can simply be facilitated using a methodical approach to the application.
I have found, however, that often when I think a site is "perfect" there are actually a lot of elements that don't quite line up with what the designer had in mind.
One method I've used to counter this is to add the original design source an an overlayed layer to the final site, one that can be toggled on and off. This allows me to verify that things like element placement, margins and padding, and even line height and font size are faithfully being reproduced.
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March 13, 2009 by DaveIn a previous post, I talked briefly about some of our principles when dealing with technical communication in everyday conversation. Naturally, the context in which we approach such as a task is framed by who we are - web developers striving to help agencies build better websites for their clients. In this post, I'll be expanding on that topic by looking at what some experts in the field have to say.
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