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A Responsive Web Design Podcast

A Responsive Web Design Podcast

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Episode #157: THE END

The most professional podcasters decide after 157 episodes that this experiment hasn’t worked out and podcasting just isn’t right for them…or do they? Read more »

Mar 26, 2018

Episode #156: Spotlight: Cleve Gibbon

This week’s spotlight shines on Cleve Gibbon, who talks to Karen about the facts and fiction of developing more personalized content. Read more »

Mar 19, 2018

Episode #155: United States Dressage Federation

Hold your horses and rein in your enthusiasm for this episode with the United States Dressage Federation. Ben de Jesus and Chad Compton remained stable despite all our lame puns. Read more »

Mar 12, 2018

Episode #154: Ann Arbor District Library

Fans of libraries and information architecture will love hearing from Ann Arbor District Library executive director Josie Parker and information architect Peter Morville. Read more »

Mar 5, 2018

Episode #153: IBM Carbon

How does a massive organization manage to unify countless responsive products? Mari Johannessen and Bethany Schwanke tell us how IBM created its Carbon design system. Read more »

Feb 19, 2018

Episode #152: Yale Environment 360

Yale Environment 360 covers news about climate change, energy policy, and other environmental news. Kat Bagley and Keri O’Brian tell us why they went responsive with their redesign. Read more »

Feb 5, 2018

Episode #151: Spotlight: Chris Ferdinandi

Ethan puts the spotlight on Chris Ferdinandi, a web developer helping people get over the “complete overwhelmingness” of JavaScript. Read more »

Jan 22, 2018

Episode #150: Lime Crime

Fans of responsive web design (and unicorn makeup) will want to hear Chrissie Webster and Linda Bustos explain how they met the needs of Lime Crime’s mobile audience. Read more »

Jan 8, 2018

Episode #149: WHYY

Public radio station WHYY serves the Philadelphia region with local programming and community events—and with a website that works across all devices. Rebecca Smith and Mark Llobrera tell us more. Read more »

Nov 13, 2017

Episode #148: Dance Tonite

What the heck is web VR? Jonathan Puckey tells us about the tools and processes used to create an interactive experience, Dance Tonite, in collaboration with LCD Soundsystem. Read more »

Nov 13, 2017

Episode #147: FBI Crime Data Explorer

The FBI Crime Data Explorer makes a decade’s worth of crime data accessible. Amber Reed and Jeremia Kimelman tell us how they made it accessible to every device. Read more »

Oct 30, 2017

Episode #146: Slack.com

Craftsmanship and a playful tone characterize the Slack brand. Arquay Harris tells us about how they brought that to life on the new Slack.com. Read more »

Oct 16, 2017

Episode #145: MOO.com

Can responsive design work for a retailer that enables individuals and enterprises to create their own designs? Chad Jennings and Noëla Parant from MOO.com tell us “yes it can.” Read more »

Oct 2, 2017

Episode #144: Sara Wachter-Boettcher

Responsive design is inclusive design. Sara Wachter-Boettcher explains how an empathetic approach to our “human-ness” makes for better product design. Read more »

Sep 18, 2017

Episode #143: Noz Urbina

Single-source, multi-channel, omnichannel—what does it all mean for responsive web design. Noz Urbina helps us sort things out. Read more »

Sep 11, 2017

Episode #142: Jeff Eaton

We <3 Jeff Eaton. Read more »

Sep 5, 2017

Episode #141: Salesforce Lightning Design System

Design systems and responsive design go hand in hand. Jina Anne and Stephanie Rewis give us the lowdown on the Salesforce Lightning Design System. Read more »

Aug 28, 2017

Episode #140: DonorsChoose.org

DonorsChoose.org helps connect donors with public school teachers who need resources or funding. Dan Betz and Tea Ho tell us about their design process. Read more »

Aug 21, 2017

Episode #139: Independent Electricity System Operator

The IESO works within Ontario’s electrical sector. Nicole Hynum and Darrell Corriveau tell us about their mobile-first, content-centric process. Read more »

Aug 14, 2017

Episode #138: The Atlantic 2017

We talk (again!) with The Atlantic about their latest responsive redesign. Spoiler alert: it is a stunning example of what responsive design can do for a publisher. Read more »

Aug 7, 2017

Episode #137: SB Nation

SB Nation is a network of more than 300 sports websites. Yesenia Perez-Cruz and Sanette Tanaka tell us all about relaunching it on the Vox Media unified platform. Read more »

Jul 31, 2017

Episode #136: Theirworld

Theirworld helps children achieve their potential. Ewan Watt and Ellen de Vries tell us how their innovative new responsive website helps with that mission. Read more »

Jul 24, 2017

Episode #135: Amherst College

Amherst.edu is more than a college brochure—it’s the integrated platform for all their classroom learning tools. Roberta Diehl and Curt Kotula tell us about this massive redesign. Read more »

Jul 17, 2017

Episode #134: Spotlight: Thalida Noel

This week the spotlight is on Thalida Noel, whose path to becoming a front-end engineer includes robotics, NASA, OkCupid, and now Etsy. Read more »

Jul 10, 2017

Episode #133: Spotlight: Sareh Heidari

This week we are joined by Sareh Heidari, a web developer at BBC News, who talks about accessibility, globalization, and CSS at scale. Read more »

Jul 3, 2017

Episode #132: Spotlight: Nicole Dominguez

Independent product designer, front-end developer, digital nomad—Nicole Dominguez helps create more accessible technology and more inclusive teams. Read more »

Jun 26, 2017

Episode #131: Accessibility Posters

The accessibility group at the UK Home Office created a set of posters to explain accessibility from a design perspective. Karwai Pun tells us how these posters raise awareness. Read more »

Jun 5, 2017

Episode #130: Spotlight: B Cordelia Yu

Content strategist and independent researcher B Cordelia Yu tells us about a variety of projects and practices for communicating effectively with different communities. Read more »

May 22, 2017

Episode #129: Spotlight: Henri Helvetica

This week we are joined by freelance developer and web performance advocate Henri Helvetica, who talks about fighting the good fight for faster websites. Read more »

May 15, 2017

Episode #128: Spotlight: Senongo Akpem

We talk a lot about how designs transform across devices. Senongo Akpem talks to us this week about how his design and illustration work explores a multicultural story across different societies. Read more »

May 1, 2017

Episode #127: Spotlight: Ron Bronson

This week we’re joined by strategist Ron Bronson. We were hanging on his every word as he explained how to talk about the web to people who don’t really care. Read more »

Apr 24, 2017

Episode #126: Spotlight: Val Head

This week we talk to independent web animation consultant Val Head, whose recent book Designing Interface Animation is a must-read. Read more »

Apr 17, 2017

Episode #125: Spotlight: Mina Markham

This week the spotlight is on Mina Markham, who started in print design, developed the UI library for the Hillary Clinton campaign called Pantsuit, and now works as a senior engineer at Slack. Read more »

Apr 10, 2017

Episode #124: Spotlight: Robyn Kanner

Designer and art director Robyn Kanner tells us about developing a resource to help trans people get access to healthcare called MyTransHealth. Read more »

Apr 3, 2017

Episode #123: Spotlight: Michael Andrews

Continuing our series of conversations with the people who make responsive designs happen, we chat with content strategist Michael Andrews, who tells us how metadata will make your content future-ready. Read more »

Mar 27, 2017

Episode #122: Spotlight: Sara Soueidan

In our continuing series about the people who make responsive designs happen, we talk with freelance front-end Web developer, Sara Soueidan. Read more »

Mar 20, 2017

Episode #121: Spotlight: Frank Chimero

This episode kicks off a brief series of interviews with independent web designers. First up, we talk with Frank Chimero about his responsive design practice and the latest iteration of frankchimero.com. Read more »

Mar 13, 2017

Episode #120: “The Chosen” from ProPublica

The Chosen presents cabinet nominees in an easy-to-read trading card format. Jessica Huseman and Rob Weychert describe how they developed this informative site for ProPublica. Read more »

Feb 27, 2017

Episode #119: UXmatters

Pabini Gabriel-Petit tells us about the responsive redesign of long-time user experience design focused publication, UXmatters. Read more »

Feb 20, 2017

Episode #118: MuckRock

Did you know you can file a Freedom of Information Act request right from your phone? Michael Morisy and Allan Lasser explain how MuckRock makes that possible. Read more »

Feb 13, 2017

Episode #117: TypeTogether

In the latest episode of the responsive web typography podcast, we talk to José Scaglione and Aaron Mentele about independent type foundry TypeTogether. Read more »

Feb 6, 2017

Episode #116: Variable Fonts

Variable fonts are coming. How will it change the web design and development process? Tim Brown and Bram Stein explain how variable fonts will work and what you can do with them now. Read more »

Jan 30, 2017

Episode #115: The JAMA Network

Paul Gee and Rob Wooten describe the process for designing and building a family of websites for the twelve medical journals published by the JAMA Network. Read more »

Jan 23, 2017

Episode #114: DI

Johannes Holmertz and Ulf Högberg describe the work-in-progress redesign of Swedish financial news platform DI.se. Read more »

Jan 16, 2017

Episode #113: Ethan and Karen Explain it all to You

Karen and Ethan look back at some of the highlights of 2016, which was an uneventful year entirely focused on web design. Read more »

Jan 9, 2017

Episode #112: Typekit

Is responsive design the right solution when most users don’t visit on mobile devices? Jake Giltsoff and David Demaree from Typekit explain that responsive helps meet the needs of large-screen users too. Read more »

Dec 19, 2016

Episode #111: Organized Living

Tidy design patterns make for an organized website. Custom closet retailer Organized Living found that a pattern library was the perfect fit. Mike Hickerson and Ryan Cromwell tell us more. Read more »

Dec 12, 2016

Episode #110: BBC Sport

Al Jones and Joe Walker from BBC Sport describe how rolling out a new responsive website has been based on components from their global experience language. Read more »

Dec 5, 2016

Episode #109: Financial Times

Gadi Lahav from the Financial Times shares data that shows every second they made the site faster translates to a 5% percent increase in engagement, which means millions in subscriptions and ad sales. Read more »

Nov 28, 2016

Episode #108: City of Edmonton

Canada is looking really great right about now and the website for the City of Edmonton is looking even better. Paul Strandlund and Dylan Rogowsky explain their commitment to accessibility for all. Read more »

Nov 21, 2016