Swingleton Development & Design

I checked the Google Analytics report for one of my web sites this morning, and I was amazed to see over 30% of the visits were on smart phones (iOS + Android). Thankfully, it was for a web site I'd just converted to responsive design. Nothing like hard numbers to drive home this fact: more and more people are looking at websites on their phones, and converting your site to a phone-friendly format is something to do sooner rather than later.

All those dumb FB images that say "Comment and see what happens!" explained:
http://daylandoes.com/facebook-like-scams/
(P.S. I specifically used the sexy pic in the post to get you to read this.)

A Little About Facebook 'Like' Scams | Daylan Does Have you noticed those 'Like if you hate cancer. Ignore if you love cancer' posts appearing a lot lately? Ever wondered why they exist? It's all a money making scam. This post discusses how they work.

Responsive Web Design is the idea that, rather than building a separate "mobile" web site, one should design sites that adapt to the user's browser, be that a hi-res monitor, netbook, iPad or cell phone. Here's a great article to help explain the concept and how to do it:
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/responsive-web-design/

A List Apart: Articles: Responsive Web Design The control which designers know in the print medium, and often desire in the web medium, is simply a function of the limitation of the printed page. We should embrace the fact that the web doesn’t have the same constraints, and design for this flexibility. But first, we must “accept the ebb and flo...