We have been working on a number of mobile-focused projects lately and have come across some issues we don’t normally deal with when producing sites for desktop browsers.
Considerations To Make For Your Mobile Website
6 Apr 2012
Development Posts
Pairing Devices and Debugging With Adobe Shadow
7 Mar 2012
I just saw a video introducing a new Adobe Labs product- Adobe Shadow. Eric claims to have found the video this morning, but I ask- where’s the proof? Anyway, Adobe Shadow seems like a handy little app capable of wirelessly pairing a desktop/laptop to multiple devices- and sharing browser screens among those devices. I am particularly curious about the built-in Web Inspector that could be used to alter the HTML/CSS being served to the different devices on the fly. Web devs/designers out there- thoughts?
Observations of an Android to iPhone convert
23 Jan 2012
I bought a Motorola Droid in the summer of 2010. I wanted a smartphone so I could check my email on the go, replace my aging GPS, and browse the internet occasionally. I bought a Droid because Amazon had a great deal (it was basically free), and I wanted to be able to do whatever I wanted with it. I rooted it within a week of getting it since that was the easiest way to get the updated version of the Android OS at the time.
I was really happy with the extremely easy and tight integration with all of the Google services I used (email and calendar mostly). But my wife really wanted a smartphone as well, specifically an iPhone. I was against the idea because I knew she’d have questions about how to use it, and without one of my own I’d be in the position of supporting two kinds of devices. When I started working for Planet Argon where everyone has an iPhone, I encountered my first small disadvantage…
Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse - a mobile workshop
17 Jan 2012
Last night, I was fortunate enough to participate in a dry run of Jason Grigsby and Lyza Danger Gardner’s WebVisions New York mobile workshop- the somewhat awkwardly titled “Zombie Apocalypse of Devices Preparedness 101.”
Migrating from our projects from LESS to Sass
2 Nov 2011
When I joined the team here at Planet Argon, LESS was being used to code and compile the current CSS files. When a new client project came along, we started the transition to using Sass. The decision was made to use Sass when it was included in Rails 3.1. Being a Rails shop, we wanted follow the conventions that were being advocated by leaders of the Rails community. The differences between the syntax of Sass and LESS are minor, but the process of transitioning our largest project to SASS has had its issues.
Mad Men intro using CSS
5 May 2011
Really impressive! Looks best in Chrome or Safari.
Google Apps transition Help Center
22 Apr 2011
We recently received notification that our google apps account was transitioning to be more like a regular google email address. It contained this wonderful line:
“The Help Center also has answers to many common questions (note that you won’t be able to view the full Help Center until you’ve been transitioned).”
Rails Hosting 2009 Survey results are in!
11 Mar 2009
We pleased to announce that we just published the results for the Ruby on Rails Hosting 2009 Survey for the community. We’ve provided downloads in CSV, PDF, and HTML formats.
Take the Ruby on Rails Hosting in 2009 Survey
13 Jan 2009
The team at Planet Argon introduces the survey for people who deploy Ruby on Rails applications! That’s right, we’ve decided to collect, organize, and share valuable information about how people are managing their deployment process.
We invite anyone who is involved in the deployment management of Ruby on Rails applications to participate in the Rails Hosting in 2009
survey, which will be close on February 1st. Sometime thereafter we will publish the results, along with the anonymous raw data, for use by everyone in the community—including our competitors. Here at Planet Argon, it is our mission to strengthen and improve our hosting-related products and deployment
services based on real feedback from the trenches. So please, if you have a few minutes to spare, take our survey and help us take a giant step into future of Ruby on Rails hosting.
RailsBoxcar.com gets a refresh
28 Dec 2008
The design and development team at Planet Argon recently launched a site refresh for Boxcar, a streamlined deployment environment for Ruby on Rails applications. We invite you to take a tour to learn more about how Boxcar can get your web application up and running.