You know, we use ad-blockers as well. We gotta keep those servers running though. Did you know that we publish useful books and run friendly conferences — crafted for pros like yourself? E.g. our upcoming SmashingConf Barcelona, dedicated to smart front-end techniques and design patterns.
Drew is the Director of Content Strategy for Sparkbox in Dayton, OH. They run a two-day Responsive Web Design conference: Build Responsively Workshop. Feel free to check out the presentations from the workshop, the live example project website itself, or invite us to present in your fair city. You can connect with him on Twitter: @drewtclemens.
You cannot plan for and design a responsive, content-focused, mobile-first website the same way you’ve been creating websites for years—you just can’t. If your goal is to produce something that is not fixed-width and serves smaller devices just the styles they require, why would you use a dated process that contradicts those goals?
I'd like to walk you through some problems caused by using old processes with responsive design. Let's look into an evolving design process we've been using with some promising new deliverables and tools. This should provide a starting point for you to freshen up your own process and bring it into the responsive age.
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