Tim Kadlec

Web Developer

Tim Kadlec is web developer living and working in northern Wisconsin with a propensity for efficient, standards-based front-end development. His diverse background working with small companies to large publishers and industrial corporations has allowed him to see how these standards can be effectively utilized for businesses of all sizes.

His current interests include creating cross-platform sites and applications using the open web stack and improving the state of performance optimization on the web.

He sporadically writes about a variety of topics at timkadlec.com. You can also find him sharing his thoughts in a briefer format on @tkadlec. Tim also curates Breaking Development, one of the first conferences dedicated to design and development for mobile devices using web technologies.



Blog

WTFWG

Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2012

This morning, Ian Hickson emailed the WHATWG mailing list mentioning that a attribute that was currently being discussed on the list (srcset) is now added to the draft of the spec. To understand why this sucks, a little background is needed. Responsive more »

BDConf:focus on Responsive

Posted Thursday, May 3, 2012

If you’ve gone to a BDConf (more on the recent Orlando event very soon!), you know we keep the focus pretty tight: web design and development for beyond the desktop. No native discussion, just wemore »

Media Query & Asset Downloading Results

Posted Tuesday, April 10, 2012

A little while back, I mentioned I was doing some research for the book about how images are downloaded when media queries are involved. To help with that, I wrote up some automated tests where Javascript could determine whether or not the image was reqmore »
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Presentations

Developing for the Anywhere, Everywhere Web

We are just now starting to understand and embrace the web for what it truly is—an inherently flexible and responsive medium. As the number of internet-connected devices explodes, we are forced to reassess how we create our sites and applications. We don'more »

Optimizing for Mobile Performance

In 2009, 20% of people said they would leave after waiting 5 seconds for a mobile site to load. Today, that number is 74%. In spite of hardware limitations, network connectivity and latency issues, mobile users expect a fast, responsive mobile experience.more »