Responsive In The Wild (SmashingConf, 2014)

CRM, or customer relationship management, refers to concepts used by organizations to manage relationships with customers. It involves capturing leads, storing and analyzing customer data, and internal organizational information. CRM has three main aspects - operational, collaborative, and analytical. Operationally, CRM automates front office sales, service, and marketing processes. Collaboratively, it allows direct customer interaction without sales representative interference through automated communications. Analytically, CRM is used to optimize marketing effectiveness, customer retention, and decision making through customer data analysis. The top CRM software vendors in 2005 were SAP, Siebel, Oracle, Salesforce, and Amdocs.

The document discusses the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Matrix, which classifies business units into four categories based on their relative market share and market growth rate: Question Marks, Stars, Cash Cows, and Dogs. Question Marks have high growth but low market share, requiring high investment. Stars have high growth and market share but also require heavy investment. Cash Cows have low growth but high market share, generating cash with little investment. Dogs have low growth and market share and are cash traps. The BCG Matrix helps assess a product portfolio, cash demands, resource allocation, and divestment decisions.

The document discusses strategies for startups to build on top of large platforms to gain users and grow rapidly. It notes that while platforms are not there to specifically help startups, they can be beneficial for acceleration if used correctly. The key strategies are to 1) build products that provide clear value to users and incentives for the platform, 2) design products to work independently of platforms since platforms will change, and 3) use platforms for user acquisition and acceleration only, not as a primary distribution method or business model. Successful examples include Instagram, YouTube, and Dubsmash who leveraged platforms initially but became independent destinations.

Slides from my Web Directions South 2014 Talk. Abstract: Responsive Web Design (RWD) is upon us, and it seems like every website has either gone responsive or planning to do so. And in this rush to implement – performance is left behind… Last November (2013), I ran a test identifying the responsive websites amongst the top 10,000 sites, and inspected their performance traits. The results were depressing, showing many sites have gone responsive, and hardly any tackled performance. In this talk, we’ll track the progress (or lack there of) we made as an industry. We’ll look at the results of a new test, tracking our progress in adopting RWD and – more importantly – in addressing its performance implications. We’ll share high level stats, highlight key trends, drill into representative examples, and come away with a better understanding of what we should be doing better, both on our own sites and as an industry

This document discusses responsive web design (RWD). RWD allows websites to automatically adjust their layout depending on the user's screen size using media queries. It is important for accessibility and usability as most internet users now access the web on mobile devices. The document recommends using a mobile-first and progressive enhancement approach where basic content and functionality work on all browsers and advanced features are progressively added. It provides examples of RWD techniques and tools to test responsive designs.

The document discusses responsive UX, which is designing websites and applications that adapt to different screen sizes and devices using fluid grids, media queries, and responsive images; it provides examples of how to implement responsive design principles through fluid grids, image scaling, and media queries to build sites that automatically adjust for smartphones, tablets, and other devices.

This document discusses how slow load times can hurt the user experience on websites and provides suggestions for improving performance. It notes that users expect pages to load within 2 seconds and cites studies showing that even small improvements in load time (1 second or less) can significantly increase conversion rates and other metrics. Common causes of poor performance are discussed, such as inefficient stylesheets, unoptimized JavaScript, and large images. The document provides many suggestions for optimizing front-end and back-end performance, such as creating a performance budget, minimizing page weight, deferring scripts, optimizing third-party content, and continuous monitoring.

The document discusses responsive web design (RWD). RWD allows a website to automatically adapt its layout to different screen sizes and devices like mobile phones, tablets, laptops and desktops. It explains that RWD was created to provide a good user experience across all devices with one unified website, rather than separate mobile sites. The document covers how to make a website responsive using fluid grids, flexible images and CSS media queries to detect screen sizes and apply different styling. It provides tips for mobile-first design and techniques like Adaptive Images to optimize images for different screens.

A lot of folks are using jQuery Mobile for mobile websites, but are there better ways? Responsive design has taken the web world by storm the last couple of years, and here we compare the two methods and give examples of how Responsive Design using HTML and CSS shines.

A presentation for WordCampNL on the importance of accessible, useable websites and how to achieve that with responsive webdesign.

- Responsive web design involves creating interfaces that work across a variety of screen resolutions using CSS3 media queries and fluid design. - Designers should start with a mobile-first approach, designing the interface for mobile and expanding it for larger screens. - Key techniques include using flexible units like percentages and ems, responsive images, and media queries to trigger layout changes at breakpoint widths. Frameworks can help implement responsive grids.

Slides from my session at StartupBootcamp Smart City & Living program... You never get a second chance to make a first impression. The same goes for online, where the decision to bounce is often made in the first 2 seconds, and Google will lower your ranking if your site is too slow... This talks is about why startups should care about speed when building product, how to improve design with speed and how to measure & optimize speed and beat the (corporate) competition...