Thought we should post some notes here about responsive web design. The landscape of the web is shifting and shifting fast. We are possibly in the middle of one of the most significant revolutions in how we interact with the web and that change has been brought about by the arrival of the smart phone and the tablet.
Augmented reality in massive audience setting
Hailed as one of the greatest and unplanned use of augmented reality so far; commuters and shoppers in Victoria Station and the BullRing interacting with love struck angels dropping from the sky.
Let the design have meaning by focusing content
There is so much info on the net but you often have to dig deep to access it. The content is often surrounded with unnecessary and distracting clutter–be it extra words, images, effects or poorly structured navigation.
Sass and Compass framework
Sass is a meta-language on top of CSS that’s used to describe the style of a document cleanly and structurally, with more power than flat CSS allows.
The Compass system is an open-source and uses Sass to help with worflow and organises stylesheets Compass/Sass framework offers the ability to add variables, mixins, and nesting whilst writing CSS.
WordPress — more than just a blog
WordPress has come leaps and bounds as a CMS platform, especially with the standard features from version 3.0. Here are a few examples from some famous sites showing fantastic applications of the WordPress platform way beyond the standard realms of a blog:
6 Things you didn’t know Gmail could do
Google is ubiquitous. We sometimes forget how cool it can be. Here are some things you may not know about Gmail
Don’t reach for the mouse
Interchanging between using a mouse and keyboard can be a tedious affair. Here are some shortcuts that may be common to some but perhaps useful to others:
Online image editing
Pixlr is an advanced free online image editor with powerful features. It also includes one-click effects . There is also an extension for chrome