KevAdamson.com : "Talking of Design" http://www.kevadamson.com Latest blog articles from Kev Adamson en-gb kev@kevadamson.com kev@kevadamson.com PHP RSS Feed Generator 11-01-2012 - Can I get a RWD? http://www.kevadamson.com/talking-of-design/article/can-i-get-a-rwd Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:41:00 +0000 http://www.kevadamson.com/talking-of-design/article/can-i-get-a-rwd "Responsive Web Design". It's been around as a real thing for a couple of years or so now, and this year it's a hot topic of conversation in the web development community like never before. Everyone is going on about it. Everyone is doing it. It's sexy. If it was sex, it'd be sex in different positions, with the positions dependent on if you're in a stationery cupboard or not. Or something.

It's something I've been using for a while, and I've now gone and RWD'd this very here site.

I shall explain more about it all, and what it is I have done. Read. Your brain is hungry for my words. It told me.

]]> 01-08-2011 - Patternicity, False Positives and Potatoes http://www.kevadamson.com/talking-of-design/article/patternicity-false-positives-and-potatoes Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:00:00 +0000 http://www.kevadamson.com/talking-of-design/article/patternicity-false-positives-and-potatoes A post about how content from one of my favourite talks from Ted.com can be applied to how we approach and analyse design. Right at the end I mention potatoes.

]]> 22-05-2011 - iPhone and iPad only CSS http://www.kevadamson.com/talking-of-design/article/iphone-and-ipad-only-css Sun, 22 May 2011 17:56:00 +0000 http://www.kevadamson.com/talking-of-design/article/iphone-and-ipad-only-css A quick overview of a method using Media Queries to deliver CSS to both iPhone and iPad only. It's also worth noting that the same method can be used, with a simple adaptation, to deliver CSS to everything except iPhone and iPad devices.

]]> 10-12-2010 - CSS3 & IE workarounds : The Coalition of a Hung Internet http://www.kevadamson.com/talking-of-design/article/css3-and-ie-workarounds-the-coalition-of-a-hung-internet Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:30:00 +0000 http://www.kevadamson.com/talking-of-design/article/css3-and-ie-workarounds-the-coalition-of-a-hung-internet We are all excited about embracing and using both CSS3 and HTML5 in our day to day practice, but I'm finding that IE workarounds continue to be essential in order to get sign-off on client projects.

It is often the case that without them, sites wouldn't go live, and - therefore - all that CSS3 and HTML5 goodness doesn't get air time either. Bum right?

This is where I believe we are still very much in the midst of a "Hung Internet", and CSS3 and IE workarounds are a coalition. I thought that up all by myself you know.

I can tell your minds are hungry. Let my words nourish you. Actually that sounds a bit weird. Read this article in full. If you want to. Up to you. No pressure.

]]> 02-10-2010 - All Down My Chin http://www.kevadamson.com/talking-of-design/article/all-down-my-chin Sat, 02 Oct 2010 15:54:00 +0000 http://www.kevadamson.com/talking-of-design/article/all-down-my-chin Dribbble! That's correct. 3 "b"s.

If you're a web based designer, you'll no doubt have heard of Dribbble. And if you are pretty good at what you do, you'll probably have been drafted in and, therefore, have an account.

I'm possibly a little late to the party in terms of blogging about Dribbble, but I was lucky enough to be drafted in pretty early, when the site was a closed garden to invited members only. I've also not blogged about until now because I really wanted to give it some air miles. And I'm also a bit of a lazy blogger :) Anyway, here is my account: http://dribbble.com/players/kevadamson. Have a look around yo.

In this post I discuss what it's about, what I think of it, my response to its criticsim, and also some possible extras I think that may be useful. Read. Or there'll be no pudding.

]]> 18-09-2010 - IE9 : First impressions and CSS support http://www.kevadamson.com/talking-of-design/article/ie9-first-impressions-and-css-support Sat, 18 Sep 2010 07:52:00 +0000 http://www.kevadamson.com/talking-of-design/article/ie9-first-impressions-and-css-support If, like me, you've been keeping a keen eye on the IE9 Test Drive over recent months, then the IE9 beta release has been a - dare I say - exciting event. So exciting, in fact, that it caused my other eye to become keen. I now have 2 keen eyes.

This post gives my own first impressions of the browser, and also a quick summary of the new CSS support and such. Read this article. If you don't I'll cry.

]]> 05-08-2010 - 140 alternative characters to Lorem Ipsum http://www.kevadamson.com/talking-of-design/article/140-alternative-characters-to-lorem-ipsum Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:32:00 +0000 http://www.kevadamson.com/talking-of-design/article/140-alternative-characters-to-lorem-ipsum I recently wrote a post that contained 140 characters of Lorem Ipsum for you to use when adding dummy text for twitter posts on sites and that.

Apparently, proper dummy content shouldn't be Latin because blah blah blah, pedantic pedantic pedantic ...

I don't see the issue. It's all just letters bunched together with spaces and punctuation to form words and sentences.

But anyway. I'm an accommodating kind of chap. So - for the peculiar particular amongst you - I proudly present: Philip the Purple Otter:

Far away, in a forest next to a river beneath the mountains, there lived a small purple otter called Philip. Philip likes sausages. The End.

* Oh yeah, and read this post in full for details on how to play a part in Philip's on-going adventures - and win a prize of reasonably good proportions! ...

]]> 30-04-2010 - An inline-block pagination technique http://www.kevadamson.com/talking-of-design/article/an-inline-block-pagination-technique Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:48:00 +0000 http://www.kevadamson.com/talking-of-design/article/an-inline-block-pagination-technique

It's not often I write a web development tutorial, but I came up with this today for styling pagination, and I thought I might share. It uses:

  • inline-block
  • a splash of negative margins
  • a sprinkling of negative word-spacing (although kind of optional, as I'll explain)
  • and a couple of IE only rules

I'm sure it's already been done before by someone, but I thought I'd share anyhow.

Let me know your thoughts, and if you find any issues and such ...

]]> 06-04-2010 - A flash from the past http://www.kevadamson.com/talking-of-design/article/a-flash-from-the-past Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:00:00 +0000 http://www.kevadamson.com/talking-of-design/article/a-flash-from-the-past An article discussing how, as standards designers and developers, and with the emergence of animation and transitions in CSS, we should take off our accessibility hats and invest more time viewing the best examples of animated Flash websites.

I believe there is valuable and useful considerations that can be learnt from the years of experience Flash designers and developers have had in dealing with animation as part of the web user experience.

Make a nice cup of tea and have a read ...

]]> 24-02-2010 - My site in Web Designer Magazine (again) http://www.kevadamson.com/talking-of-design/article/my-site-in-web-designer-magazine-again Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:45:00 +0000 http://www.kevadamson.com/talking-of-design/article/my-site-in-web-designer-magazine-again

A couple of years ago I was featured in a double page spread in the national publication: Web Design Magazine.

Well, I'll be blown, it seems I'm in there again!

Issue 167. Page 62. Top 24 Personal portfolios.

"An online portfolio is a designer's window to a 24/7 global audience. And for this very reason it should be attention-grabbing, functional and informative. Here we choose 24 portfolios that we think fit the bill perfectly."

Looking at the other 23 examples, I'm in good company.

Chufty McChuft :)

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