Developing for a Mobile First world is turning into a very exciting time for architects, developers, and designers of all things digital.  We are creating experiences for devices that have surpassed almost all other forms of media (except possibly traditional television and PCs) in terms of how people consume content.

There is a dynamic ecosystem that we have been tasked to constantly push to the next level at a breakneck pace.  New design patterns and development approaches are rapidly taking hold as we adapt to the changing means in which our users access the applications and sites that we create.

One of the more web-centric approaches to ensure that web content can be consumed by mobile device users is to leverage Responsive Web Design.  In the past two years, this new pattern has taken the user experience world by storm as we look to design a single template to serve to devices of all screen dimensions and orientations.

Like most of us involved with creating “things” for the web, we always look to the next best thing even if it isn’t always the most sustainable simply for the sheer joy in what we do.  As usual, we must sit back and perform a reality check prior to scaling a pattern from our 10-page microsite to a 2000 page website or complex intranet.