Brad Frost

Potential thoughts on mobile web, design, development, music, art.

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Drip pricing is defined as the "incremental disclosure of fees and charges over an online booking process".

aka bullshit.

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The most obnoxious game in the world. Via @splintercode

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From Collaborative Coding to Wedding Invitations: GitHub Is Going Mainstream | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com

Github is a fantastic resource for sharing code, however the collaborative nature of the platform is far more powerful than that. This is a great look at how we as humans can collaborate together as we evolve the tools we use to create the Web.

[valleymice]

Mobile First wins every time.

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Mitt Romney has a separate mobile site. Barack Obama has a responsive site. I go through the 

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This Blogspot theme isn't holding up too well on mobile. Giant fixed header doesn't leave much room for reading.

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Pon Kattera (@pkattera, who is one of the curators of this site) details the responsive web design process

[dstorey]

The way we are building web sites is fundamentally changing. The XHTML (Strict if we took pride in our work) has given way to the more loose HTML5. Image slicing and dicing, and wrapper divs are starting to be replaced with lean (perhaps semantic if we’re lucky) HTML and CSS3 effects such as ...

[bradfrost]

IE's blog talking about how to use media queries to reflow content for different sized screens. Unfortunately, they're using device-specific dimensions in their examples. Remember, there are lots of devices with lots of different dimensions.

[bradfrost]

Good reminder that responsive design isn't just about ensuring sites look great on small screens, but large ones as well. There are plenty of opportunities to capitalize on the extra space.

[mikegallay]

B is for … Bilbo

Full size: http://www.mgallay.com/alphabooks/B.jpg

[mikegallay]

A is for … Aslan from C. S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia #alphabooks

[jasonshah]

There must be something to learn from the Airbnb user experience.

Airbnb, like many startups following in its path of collaborative consumption or others simply trying to power offline action, have the challenge of earning user trust. While PR, word of mouth, and direct outreach can alleviate...

[anincorporealarchive]

Great tips from Brad Frost on cultivating a personal brand online. His steps are pretty straight forward:

Be sincere

Establish a style and tone

Be consistent

Have a hub

[murkavenue]

CLUE 1: “went to short dogs house, they was watching Yo MTV RAPS” Yo MTV RAPS first aired: Aug 6th 1988 CLUE 2: Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on: Feb 23 1993 CLUE 3: ”The Lakers beat the Super Sonics” Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6 1988 and the release...

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We thought we’d share some information on our testing process.

My name is David Blooman, I am the principal tester for responsive news, all questions and queries can be sent to me at [email protected]. Twitter @davey_blooman

When testing the devices, there are 4 main areas to...

[minifrost]

Doggling is creepy, I know. I love bulldogs. I love dogs in general. Sometimes I go to the dog park and watch them. Now, I’ve just drawn myself with a dog to deal with the fact that I just can’t have one. le sigh.