Personal site of author, designer, Automattician, and A List Apart founder & publisher Jeffrey Zeldman. Teaching and writing about web design and web standards since 1995. Also featuring “My Glamorous Life,” “Fifteen Minutes,” and other entertainments.| Jeffrey Zeldman Presents
Personal site of author, designer, Automattician, and A List Apart founder & publisher Jeffrey Zeldman. Teaching and writing about web design and web standards since 1995. Also featuring “My Glamorous Life,” “Fifteen Minutes,” and other entertainments.| Jeffrey Zeldman Presents
Starting today, file suits to prevent biased gerrymandering. Fight harder for the right to vote than the GOP has fought to suppress the votes of Americans MAGA dislikes. Craft a Democratic party platform focused on equal rights, equal justice, fair wages, and affordable housing. Win the Midterms, shifting the balance of power in congress. Upon […]| Jeffrey Zeldman Presents
My doctor sends me to Brooklyn for an abdominal aortic aneurysm screening. As instructed, I fast for six hours beforehand. I don’t even brush my teeth, for fear of swallowing toothpaste and screwing up the test. I wear a Covid-era face mask to avoid breathing on anyone.| Jeffrey Zeldman Presents
My doctor sends me to Brooklyn for an abdominal aortic aneurysm screening. As instructed, I fast for six hours beforehand. I don’t even brush my teeth, for fear of swallowing toothpaste and screwing up the test. I wear a Covid-era face mask to avoid breathing on anyone. The journey takes me to Boro Park, a […]| Jeffrey Zeldman Presents
Nat Tarnoff covers accessibility basics. #a11y #accessibility #inclusion #usability| Jeffrey Zeldman Presents
I encounter broken systems like this almost every week. And probably, so do you.| Jeffrey Zeldman Presents
Another fabulous installment in “My Glamorous Life,” the long-running web series I write just for you.| Jeffrey Zeldman Presents
This is a test. This is only a test. I’m using WordLand to write this post to my WordPress website. It’s a new, stripped-down writer’s tool for bloggers. Think of it as a frill-free writer’s frontend to the majesty of WordPress. The essential features (and some advanced ones, even) in a distraction-free, scribbler-friendly environment. ## […] The post Writing in WordLand appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents.| Jeffrey Zeldman Presents
A refreshing dip into what we’ve learned about web typography over the past 20+ years. The post Web typography: a refresher and history appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents.| Jeffrey Zeldman Presents
My father, Maurice Zeldman, was a giant in the field of project management, though I suspect few in my world of web standards and design would recognize his name. He consulted for over 180 organizations and led seminars around the world. Project managers everywhere used his techniques to create realistic estimates and timelines that actually worked—a rare skill in any technical field, then and now.| Jeffrey Zeldman Presents
The first website my colleagues and I created was for “Batman Forever” (1995, d. Joel Schumacher), starring Val Kilmer. That website changed my life and career. I never saw “Top Gun,” but Val Kilmer made a brilliant Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone’s “The Doors.” Rest in peace. The post Forever appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents.| Jeffrey Zeldman Presents
The whole 90 minutes, my brain’s shrieking, “You’re having a panic attack!” The post Who turned off the juice? appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents.| Jeffrey Zeldman Presents
There’s a new AI model that can render photorealistic people and products, including text and logos. Geisha With Walkman is something I tried to draw 40 years ago, but my rendering skills were simply too poor. The Reve Image 1.0 preview allowed me to do it instantly this morning with a single, basic prompt. P.S. […]| Jeffrey Zeldman Presents
Scrapers gonna scrape. The post Your opt-innie wants to talk to your opt-outtie. appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents.| Jeffrey Zeldman Presents
If you’ve never fallen gently asleep to jazz ballads, only to sit bolt upright because a horse is shrilly whinnying in your ears, you should try it some time.| Jeffrey Zeldman Presents
The bullies who beat and mocked me in eighth grade were cruel and stupid. They despised intelligence and worshipped violence, although they would settle for athletic ability. The school blessed their thuggery by scheduling dodgeball. It was good preparation for Viet Nam, the country where I expected to be blown apart if I managed to […] The post Far from the bullying crowd appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents.| Jeffrey Zeldman Presents
By controlling what I listen to, and the order in which I listen, I’m slowly designing an infinite collage of my evolving musical tastes. The post My weekend project appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents.| Jeffrey Zeldman Presents
Tricking people into seeing unexpected content and converting some of them into customers is a tale as old as the web. It was the perfect model for the takeover. The post Domain harvesting and the Twitter long game in retrospect appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design.| Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design
In my Adobe column of March, 2000, “Where Have All the Designers Gone?”, I discussed the rift between aesthetically focused web designers and those chiefly concerned with creating good experiences online. 24 years later, how have things changed?| Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design
Even when it’s ugly—especially when it’s ugly—journalists owe readers the truth.| Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design
