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Homework for This Week: Design for Mobile Devices

In case you’re not sure what the homework is for this week:
Prepare for the presentation of a website which has a mobile version and a desktop version.  This presentation should be reviewing the differences between the two versions when it comes to:

Interface Design
Navigation
Content
Functionality/ Usability
Assessment of technologies used

Additionally for homework you should be moving further along [...]

DoSomething.org Speaking This Thurs

http://www.dosomething.org/
Do Something, the not-for-profit organization is coming this Thursday, September 22 at 6PM to speak to the Artbox Mobile App project team, and the Design for Mobile Devices students. Attendance is required.
They will be presenting their upcoming site redesign, talk about mobile microsites and a mobile app. They will also [...]

Kionic Awards Spring 2011

Congratulations to all the students whose work has been shortlisted for this semester Kionic Awards. The candidates for the Kionic Award for Most Promising New Designer are:

Ivana Pulchan: http://ivanapulchan.com/
Enrique Guzman: http://egdesignlab.com/
Jose Dones-Mustafa: http://www.rhythmic-souls.com/
Rudra Melaram: http://rudramelaram.com/
Jose Deolio: http://theartofjosedeolio.com/
Gracie Xavier: http://www.gxartstudio.com/
Michael Lockwood: http://www.lockdout.com/
Opal Lynch: http://www.204days.com/webdesign1/
Maggy Riera: http://maggyriera.com/
Ed Yeung: http://edyeung.com/
Amy Zeng: http://amyzeng.com/
Eman Sayed: http://www.emansayed.com/

The award goes to Michael [...]

Geeky By Nature

http://www.geekybynature.com/
Geeky By Nature is 2 days of Design, Art, and Code for Digital Designers and Developers. One of the organizers at SVA, Richard Shupe, generously invited CityTech design students and faculty to attend this event free of charge! It is an incredible opportunity for us, and an example of how wonderful it is to be [...]

Mobile Viewport Attributes

Attribute
Possible values
Description

width
Integer value (in pixels) or constant device-width
Defines the viewport width

Height
Integer value (in pixels) or constant device-height
Defines the viewport height

initial-scale
Floating value (0.1 to n); 1.0 is no scale
Defines the initial zoom scale of the viewport

user-scalable
no or yes
Defines whether we will allow the user to zoom in and out in the viewport

minimum-scale
Floating [...]

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