Speaking Gigs

Posted by David Hudson on April 16, 2012. No comments.

For all the folks who were at my latest session entitled “Responsive Design: A judy-chop to the face”, here are my slides as promised. For the incredibly unfortunate few that could not attend, this is a judy-chop.

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Miss the session? Can’t get enough?

I’ll be speaking again at BarCamp in Conway on June 2nd. If you are a connoisseur of awesome, you should attend.

RE: WEB TYPE WILL SAVE US

Posted by David Hudson on March 23, 2012. 2 comments.

I can't believe Zeldman blogged about TypeButter... I'm still in shock.

I just wanted to say how absolutely proud I am that the great Jeff Zeldman of zeldman.com wrote about TypeButter, a jQuery plugin that I developed in collaboration with designer/typographer Joel Richardson. I hope that one day, browsers will begin supporting optical kerning for the web but until that day comes… TypeButter! Read Zeldman’s article and check out TypeButter.com. For good measure, you should also check out another plugin I’ve developed called jQuery Bacon which allows you to align text to a bezier curve.

W3 Fullscreen API: It rocks sucks

Posted by David Hudson on March 21, 2012. No comments.

Waiting for the blink tag to make a comeback.

I came across the W3 Editor’s Draft on the Fullscreen API. The draft, as is usually the case with W3, is quite dry, but if you write web applications and you’re serious about replacing software with softerware, you should read it over.

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Brad Frost on Responsive Web Design

Posted by David Hudson on March 20, 2012. 3 comments.

Responsive Design: You're doing it wrong.

After reading Brad Frost’s article responsive web design: missing the point, I thought I might add a few thoughts. Continue reading Brad Frost on Responsive Web Design

Four ways publishers can learn from web developers

Posted by David Hudson on March 16, 2012. No comments.

Episode #66 of The Big Web Show was an interview with veteran web designer and publishing creative director David Sleight. During the interview, Sleight discusses how the new iPad retina display will cause serious bandwidth issues when downloading books and magazines taking advantage of the higher resolution. It made me think about how far behind certain publishers seem. Here are a few #protips that I think might help. Continue reading Four ways publishers can learn from web developers

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