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Responsive Web Design


About the Podcast

This was a Responsive Web Design Podcast, co-hosted by Karen McGrane and Ethan Marcotte.

The podcast ended in 2018, but you can still browse the entire podcast archive below. In each episode, Karen and Ethan interview the people who make responsive redesigns happen.

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The podcast may have ended in 2018, but you can still subscribe! If you want the latest episodes, fire up your favorite podcasting app and subscribe via RSS, Google Play Music, or on iTunes.

  1. Lauren Young and Kevin Gilsdorf explain how a responsive redesign of Celestial Seasonings helped fix the “busyness” of the previous site by prioritizing the most important content and information.

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    Filed under: retail

  2. If you’ve ever looked up dictionary definitions just for fun you will love the new responsive Merriam-Webster site. Lisa Schneider and Ringo Lertprecha tell us about their process.

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    Filed under: media and publishing

  3. Fans of civic design: Listen to Lauren Lockwood, Chief Digital Officer for the City of Boston discuss the rollout of a pilot responsive website and Drupal CMS for Boston.gov.

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    Filed under: government

  4. How does the MIT Technology Review meet people where they are? Erik Pelletier and Tito Bottitta tell us their responsive redesign helped them adapt to the needs of readers and advertisers on the web.

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    Filed under: media and publishing

  5. Episode 72: Vets.gov

    As more veterans return home from Iraq and Afghanistan, they’ll need help from the VA on their mobile devices. Emily Wright-Moore and Danny Chapman tell us about the beta release of vets.gov.

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    Filed under: government

  6. Naa Marteki Reed and Dan Munz describe the cultural shifts that happened within the CFPB to make responsive the baseline—and to deliver more robust products more quickly.

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    Filed under: government

  7. Imagine you have hundreds of websites in multiple languages. Do you want to add m-dot sites to the mix? Becca Jenkins explains why the U.S. Department of State is migrating their mission websites to a unified responsive platform.

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    Filed under: government

  8. Episode 69: WalmartLabs

    Omnichannel UX requires device-specific web strategies, right? America’s largest retailer says no. Mini Kurhan and Olawale Oladunni tell us responsive design works for Walmart.

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    Filed under: retail

  9. Episode 68: MIO

    For MIO, a retailer making sustainable home products, responsive design means sustainability online. Jamie Salm and Aaron Mentele explain how a redesign improves business metrics.

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    Filed under: retail

Work With Us

If you’re grappling with some of the responsive design challenges discussed on the show, Karen and Ethan offer a workshop on responsive design. Why not bring it to your company?

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The podcast may have ended in 2018, but you can still subscribe! If you want the latest episodes, fire up your favorite podcasting app and subscribe via RSS, Google Play Music, or on iTunes.



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