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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. Another year, another year of podcast episodes. In this episode, we recap the highlights of 2015. (Spoiler alert, it was a great year.)

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    Filed under: ethan and karen

  2. Episode 66: Netflix

    Think a company largely focused on native apps has no need for responsive design? Chris Saint-Amant and Anna Blaylock explain that web and apps are complementary at Netflix.

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    Filed under: technology

  3. Episode 65: Facebook

    Think a company like Facebook, with more than a billion mobile users, couldn’t go responsive? Mike Finch tells us they already are for products like code.facebook.com. They’re starting small.

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    Filed under: technology

  4. Responsive design often goes hand-in-hand with a pattern library. Mollie Ruskin and Julia Elman explain how the U.S. Web Design Standards makes government websites more consistent and easier to build.

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    Filed under: government

  5. Episode 63: CodePen

    We go meta, talking to web designer/developers Chris Coyier and Katie Kovalcin about the redesign of CodePen, a product for web designers and developers.

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    Filed under: technology

  6. A true multi-platform strategy for Science Friday means responsive web design. Christian Skotte and Mark Llobrera describe a content-first process based on why users visit the site.

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    Filed under: media and publishing

  7. Serious Eats is the best and now it’s responsive so it’s even better. Tracie Lee and Paul Cline tell us how sketching, design components, and a decoupled CMS made a redesign possible.

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    Filed under: media and publishing

  8. How do you provide customer support for a largely mobile audience? With responsive design! Justin Lucas tells us about the redesign of help.npr.org.

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    Filed under: media and publishing

  9. Episode 59: The Toast

    We love The Toast so much we wanted to make it better. So we redesigned it! Eileen Webb and Jeff Eaton are here to represent the rest of the team who made this project go so smoothly.

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    Filed under: media and publishing

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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