All Posts by Adam
Jul.
12th,
2012
We’ve been using Adobe Shadow to test websites on mobile browsers for a few months now. It’s basically a group of applications that allow you to sync what’s on your mobile screen with what’s on your desktop screen. This means you can view a webpage in Safari on an iPhone… read the rest of the article
Posted in: Mobile Development
Apr.
16th,
2012
I’ve been playing around with Mobile Boilerplate, because the HTML5 Boilerplate project has been an excellent resource and I’m always looking for ways to make developing mobile websites easier on myself (The next redesign of the Pugetworks site is going to have to reflect a mobile-first approach, but I want… read the rest of the article
Posted in: Mobile Development
Apr.
7th,
2012
In Photoshop It’s easy enough to apply a simple gradient to a shape or vector path in Photoshop. You can use the gradient tool, or apply a blending layer. You can apply linear gradients, radial gradients, simple gradients and more complicated ones. You can also apply a gradient to the… read the rest of the article
Posted in: Design
Apr.
4th,
2012
Design is full of trends and rebellions against those trends. Some technique, element or outlook becomes fashionable, then a backlash forms seemingly out of nowhere proscribing it. I find it difficult to keep up on trends, and I try to base my process on my own experience rather than the… read the rest of the article
Posted in: Design
Feb.
23rd,
2012
A recent article on Smashing Magazine discussed the challenge of fitting buttons on mobile devices to the size of a user’s fingertip. It’s a useful article, and I don’t take issue with its overall message, but it did remind me of something I’d been meaning to write about for some… read the rest of the article
Posted in: Design, iPhone