Renaissance Design

Outrunning the Bear: the Problem with Responsive Images

Chris — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:44:54 +0000

I’m all in favour of responsive design for one reason more than anything else: I hate zooming in on squinty text on my phone. Most sites have a small enough body font combined with a long enough measure that even … Read more…

Load JQuery from Google’s CDN with local fallback in WordPress

Chris — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:01:54 +0000

The advantages of loading scripts from Google’s CDN are fairly obvious – for a common script such as jQuery, we’re on to a better-than-even chance that the user will already have the script in their browser’s cache from other sites, … Read more…

An Open Letter to Trent Reznor

Chris — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:05:43 +0000

So, Trent. Iunderstand you’ve allowed one of those interchangeable X Factor automatons to cover Hurt. Do you remember what you said back in 2004, when Led Zeppelin licensed Rock and Roll for a Cadillac ad? Let me refresh your memory: … Read more…

Setting up the Perfect Web Development Environment, Part 2

Chris — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 21:48:10 +0000

Setting up a Portable Project In Part 1 of this guide, we covered how to set up a portable development environment with the basic set of software tools (a web stack, an IDE and a good text editor). Continuing on, … Read more…

Chris Heilmann Talks like a Pirate

Chris — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:14:34 +0000

Yarrr this be talk like a pirate day. while ( timbers.length > 0 && owner === ‘me’ ) { shiver() } – Chris Heilmann on Twitter

Setting up the Perfect Web Development Environment, Part 1

Chris — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 14:00:11 +0000

Inspired by Elliot Jay Stocks’ recent posts on his iMac plus Air setup, I thought I’d document how to set up a seamless development environment between desktop and laptop. If you intend to set up a similar environment, you’ll need … Read more…

Adaptive Content (with a dash of jQuery)

Chris — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:11:27 +0000

Aral Balkan posted the following snippet on Twitter just now: user experience followed by the explanation: … adaptive copy (Actual names shortened for the tweet.) Writes “user experience” in widescreen, UX on smaller screen It’s an interesting … Read more…

So, you think you know how to support your product?

Chris — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:46:30 +0000

You should probably take a look at this.

Your Client Does Not Know More than You

Chris — Sun, 01 May 2011 21:45:37 +0000

I read an article on Six Revisions today on the subject of a designer’s perceived arrogance versus the client’s better knowledge of their business. It could have been a good article; it had some very valid points, but it was … Read more…

April Fool’s Day, 2011: best of the web

Chris — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:31:20 +0000

A collection of some of the best April Fool’s Day pranks I’ve seen this year. Google: Googling “Helvetica” displays everything in Comic Sans Gmail: Gmail Motion beta Fonts.com: Comic Sans Pro Adblock: Adblock Freedom CX Partners: 3D Wireframes Seth Godin: … Read more…