A Responsive Web Design Podcast

We’ve recorded an entire year of podcast episodes. In this year-end retrospective, we talk about our forthcoming books and discuss the whole adaptive versus responsive debate.

Responsive design is about more than fluid grids and media queries. Dave Olsen from West Virginia University explains how he advocates for content audits, pattern libraries, and in-browser prototyping.

How do you support mobile users across more than 460 university websites? Turns out responsive design is the best answer, according to Erik Runyon from Notre Dame.

How does a responsive design support storytelling? Sarah Thompson and Ethan Winn show how a collaborative process and a modular architecture helped Seventh Generation support their content strategy.

Most companies have an existing website they want to make responsive. Ryan Mannion from OZY tells us about building and maintaining a site that’s been responsive from the start.

Why would people browse fonts on their phone when they’re buying fonts for desktop computers? Jason Smith and Marcus Taylor explain why Fontsmith needs to work on every device.

Can a responsive redesign change the way city government works? Geoffrey Daniel and Steve Fisher explain how this website project changed the way the City of Surrey interacts with citizens.

How does Google make a responsive site that performs as fast as possible across a variety of different browsers? Malte Ubl and Wahbeh Qardaji explain their responsive design process for Google+.

One of the most innovative digital publishers is 150-year-old The Atlantic. Libby Bawcombe and Betsy Ebersole explain how responsive design serves their customers who visit on both mobile and desktop.

The BBC has spent the past four years developing their Responsive News site. Niko Vijayaratnam and John Cleveley provide an in-depth look at the process required to deliver this massive project.

Game of Thrones’ rabid fan base means lots of social sharing on mobile. Joey Marburger and Shelly Tan describe their process for creating a responsive interactive feature for The Washington Post.

Responsive and adaptive solutions can work together. Tom Stovicek from OpenTable explains why they went responsive but also maintain an m-dot site for some device-specific scenarios.

A redesign of the Audubon website performed better than their wildest expectations. Mark Jannot and Mike Monteiro explain there wasn’t even a question about going responsive.

“Responsive design is great if you have a blog, but it will never work for a complex financial application.” Einar Thor Gustafsson and Tinna Karen Gunnarsdottir from Meniga prove that myth false.

The Wired redesign has it all: a new process based on prototyping, fresh design, structure, and publishing tools, increased ad inventory and viewability, and team-wide focus on speed.