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Episode 26

Episode 24: Ethan Marcotte

Ethan Marcotte Ethan Marcotte Started that whole “responsive web design” thing. Designer. Worker.

This is a very special episode of Overtime. It was recorded live during our Hang Time Boston after-party. Hang Time was our first full-day event planned by the Dribbble team. We had amazing speakers like Kelli Anderson, Dan Mall, Jon Contino, Debbie Millman, and more. You can read more about Hang Time Boston in our recap.

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Launched

by Ethan Marcotte

Karen McGrane and I published a little thing for our workshops and (gasp) our new podcast about responsive design. The site’s not 100% finished—are they ever?—but we’re damned excited. http://responsivewebdesign.com/

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In this episode, you’ll hear a conversation with Dan Cederholm and Ethan Marcotte. It was recorded at the after-party at Coppersmith. You may hear a bit of bar noise, but you’ll also hear some great insights on responsive web design, GIFs, and more.

Ethan shares the story of how responsive web design came to be, the complexity of the design process, the best way to get started with responsive web design, advice for teams building pattern libraries and style guides, why he started a GIF repository, and more.