matthewgifford

My first thought was that this was a guy who hasn't paid up and wants to give the data and files to his teenage nephew because he's cheap/free.

I think that's due to the app making a local backup on the device.

"WhatsApp automatically makes backups every day at 4 AM and stores them in the WhatsApp folder of your Android phone."

http://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/android/20887921

I'm wondering if you're aware that WhatsApp's data store is on the phone, not on their servers. If so, how would you do away with the requirement that the phone stay online while using the web client?

CDA was probably invented in Vancouver, FWIW. http://www.newschoolbeer.com/2012/11/who-owns-cascadian-dark...

I don't think it's mentioned in the blog post, but we used csswatch jQuery plugin to watch for changes. https://github.com/leifcr/jquery-csswatch/

The one problem I've found with this approach is making sure that the CSS and JS breakpoints stay in sync as a site is maintained. At my previous job, we came up with a way of changing JS behavior based on CSS changes to DOM objects. http://blog.cloudfour.com/behavioral-breakpoints/

When you have a few hours, Google "responsive images".

I'm not arguing that providing options (done the right way) is a bad way to do it. I'm just disagreeing with someone who says the Paul Rand way of doing things is arrogant. Some people are extremely good at what they do. They have have tons of experience. They do extensive research. And in the end they're able to produce a single solution that endures for decades.

This should be celebrated.

Some of it is here: http://www.maedastudio.com/

People sometimes look at his work and think it's very simplistic and/or retro. Part of the art is the process it took to get there.

"It's arrogant to assume the best way you know how is the best way for the client."

That's not what he's saying. He's saying that he's going to try as hard as he can to come up with what he thinks is the best solution to the problem. It may not be the best, but it's the best he can come up with. It's better than someone who comes up with five options, then leaves it up to the client to make the wrong decision.

I just don't understand the aversion to expertise that's so common these days. Have some fucking pride in what you do well. And trust that other people know their shit, too.

I agree. If anything, it's poorly worded. I think he's just observing what others think about him. And maybe his intention to make himself be seen as gifted.

You're seriously going to stop reading what someone has to say simply because he mentioned that he worked on building his reputation? Your loss.

It's easy to get this to happen. Just stay motionless until you have the attention of 3 or 4 ships. Then book it in a straight line. Suddenly, it zooms out and the ships start behaving like schools of fish.

I don't have a problem with the menu being responsive. It's just poorly designed and doesn't contribute very much.

It is a stuck dropdown. If you make your browser smaller, it will turn into an actual dropdown. It looks like someone heard about responsive design, but didn't really understand why or how.

Developers complaining that a company with a history of treating people poorly betrays them? Cry me a river.