Tim Kadlec

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. “Responsive design is bad for performance.”. “User agent detection is bad. Don’t segment the web.”. “Hybrid apps don’t work as well as native apps.”. “CSS preprocessors shouldn’t be used because they create bloated CSS.”. If you create for the web you’ve no doubt heard at least a couple of these statements. They’re flung around with alarming frequency.

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The Agile Manager

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

On time. On scope. On budget. The holy grail of industrial, cost-center IT. Plan your work and work your plan. Be predictable. As a set of goals for software development, this troika is incomplete because it neglects quality. That is a costly omission. Poor quality will ultimately steamroll the other three project variables: we'll be late, we'll remove features, and we'll spend a lot more money than we want to when we are forced to chase quality.

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Tim Kadlec

OCTOBER 1, 2012

It wasn’t what I was expecting, but it ended up being just what I needed. When one of the people who attended Breaking Development in Dallas , told me that on the last day of the event, I couldn’t help but smile. Single-track events are awesome, but they’re always a little nerve-wrecking as well. How do you balance code and design, pragmatic and conceptual?

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Tim Kadlec

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Nancy Ruenzel over at Peachpit was kind enough to have me on her “Author Talk” podcast. We chatted a bit about the book , responsive design in general, and Breaking Development. Go ahead and give it a listen.

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