THE PENDING DRAFT

Responsive Elements

September 24, 2013

Media-Queries are a great way to let elements react to the browsers viewport. But what if you like your element to react to it’s parent element? Unfortunately this isn’t something that is possible with pure CSS media-queries, at least not today. But there is a small jQuery Script called responsive-elements.js from Kumail Hunaid, which let’s you do just that, or in his own words:

Responsive elements makes it possible for any element to adapt and respond to the area they occupy. It’s a tiny javascript library that you can drop into your projects today.

Example on the Responsive Elements Page

responsive-elements.js on Github

Execute Book

March 9, 2013

Execute - by Josh Long and Drew Wilson

Josh Long an Drew Wilson made a very good example of “executing” when they wrote a whole book about executing in only 8 days from idea to finish. It’s a long time ago since i read a complete book on one day and i really enjoyed it. It’s fascinating to see how something as awesome as Space Box was built in just five days and learn a little bit about the mindset of the developer behind it, Drew Wilson. I honestly didn’t expected that much of inspiration from this book and i can definitely recommend to read it.

I’ll share some thoughts i had while and after reading this book.

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"The stresses and worries in life are like that glass of water. Think about them for a while and nothing happens. Think about them a bit longer and they begin to hurt. And if you think about them all day long, you will feel paralyzed – incapable of doing anything."

I can’t tell you how much i agree with this little piece of advice. As easy as it sounds, it can get very hard to achieve, especially if you work from home. Go read it, and don’t forget to put your glass down!

via View document | Onword.

So, with little data supporting our belief and more cost required to perform the work, we had set ourselves up for a recurring conversation with clients. “We know this will help you, you’ll just have to trust us with a bigger part of your budget.” You could say that just about everything we do has to be taken on some measure of faith.

Many of us believe responsive is the way to go. So do i, but believing is not very supportive to convince a client or anyone else to spend money on something. Luckily Electric Pulp made a little three weeks test on a lively e-commerce site and backed our “believes” with some real data.

You like apples? | Electric Pulp..

One common misconception of the modern freelance designer — especially in the world of the web — is the idea of some kid sitting in their pyjamas, playing in Photoshop and bending over for clients. Forget about that. This is a business. The best business in the world. We, as designers, are shaping the world for each other and for our children. We get to leave something amazing in the world. Strap on a suit. Or at least fill those pyjamas with confidence.

Very good and inspiring read by Daniel Eden about some (unfortunately) very familiar misconceptions of freelance designers or design in general. It’s in our hands to change it for the better. Thank’s Daniel. (Proudly written in my pyjamas)

You’re Good. Get Better. / Daniel Eden.

This guide is for anyone interested in making the best possible WordPress themes. Each public theme on WordPress.com is tested against these guidelines to ensure the highest quality. This includes security, plugin compatibility, and support for a wide variety of user-generated content.

The Theme Team at Automattic released this handy Theme Guide for WordPress.com-Themes which every theme is tested against before it gets released. I would love to see something like this grow into a complete best practices guide for themes, both for WordPress.com as well as WordPress.org

Theme Guide | Developer Resources.

To provide a leading browser on Android and iOS, this year Opera will make a gradual transition to the WebKit engine, as well as Chromium, for most of its upcoming versions of browsers for smartphones and computers.

Opera will switch to WebKit.

Opera gears up at 300 million users.

Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.

Andy Warhol