Jeffrey Zeldman's Blog, page 111
February 24, 2010
Recent Tweets
The Ultimate Hipster Irony http://bigthink.com/ideas/18758Why You Can't Work at Work | Jason Fried | Big Think: http://bigthink.com/ideas/18522Seeing too many ultra-minimal/undesigned blogs labeled "beautiful" cuz they use a @typekit font or two. Uh-uh.I love what @typekit is doing for the web, how it's shaping the agenda *and* delivering the needed tools.In other news, I've come up with a title for my book of short stories. KAFKA FOR BEGINNERS. Selection pseudo-element...
February 23, 2010
Danzico on Berkun
Whether it's in front of a huge audience or a handful of executives, smooth public speaking is essential to a successful web design career. Yet most of us are more afraid of speaking in public than we are of death. In a lively give-and-take, Liz Danzico interviews Scott Berkun, author of Confessions of a Public Speaker, for tips on how to prepare for public speaking, how to perfect your timing, and what to do when bad things happen.
Via alistapart.com
Illustration: Kevin Cornell for A List...
Fold, Spindle
Another generation of technology has passed and Unicode support is almost everywhere. The next step is to write software that is not just "internationalized" but truly multilingual. In this article we will skip through a bit of history and theory, then illustrate a neat hack called accent-folding. Accent-folding has its limitations but it can help make some important yet overlooked user interactions work better.
Accent Folding for Auto-Complete by CARLOS BUENO in A List Apart
Accent Folding for Auto-Complete
Another generation of technology has passed and Unicode support is almost everywhere. The next step is to write software that is not just "internationalized" but truly multilingual. In this article we will skip through a bit of history and theory, then illustrate a neat hack called accent-folding. Accent-folding has its limitations but it can help make some important yet overlooked user interactions work better.
Via "Accent Folding for Auto-Complete" by Carlos Bueno in A List Apart Issue No...
Books Not Dead
Headed to SXSW Interactive? Concerned about the future of books, magazines, and websites? Attend "New Publishing and Web Content," a panel I'm hosting on the creative, strategic, and marketing challenges of traditional and new (internet hybrid) book publishing and online magazine publishing, and how these fields intersect with content strategy and client services.
Joining me in a thoughtful exploration of new and old business models and creative challenges will be people who've spent a decade ...
February 22, 2010
Quack
I dreamed that my friend R__ turned into a giant, invisible duck.
His only hope lay with a mystical lady doctor.
While she worked on a magical cure, he stayed hidden in a small safe house. A matched group of wooden advertising collectibles from the 1930s—flat figurines of curly haired girls and kittens with bows in their fur—decorated the front parlor. The figurines had once been bright red, but the red had faded to pink over time, and the paint was peeling in places.
The giant, invisible...
February 21, 2010
60+ Free WordPress Themes
Via instantshift.com
Pulling the trigger just got easier. Now anyone can have a beautifully designed, standards-compliant WordPress site. The 60-plus recently created free WordPress themes (AKA template collections) listed by InstantShift's Daniel Adams are categorized by function and style: "Clean and Minimal," "Artistic and Fancy," "Magazine Style," "Portfolio Style," "News and Social Media Style," "Showcase and Galleries Style," "E-Comerce and Shopping Cart Style," "Domain Parking/Coming...
February 20, 2010
Going up
Ian Corey in the hundred-year-old elevator at Nuthouse Hardware. Via flickr.com. Posted via web from Does This Zeldman Make My Posterous Look Fat?
February 18, 2010
Icon Design Problem
Quick: what's a good, one-color icon shape that says "clear"?
A circle with an X? A circle slash? No, this isn't delete — this is like clearing the list in Safari's download window. Just removing things you don't need to see anymore. A little brush, dustpan style? Without color, it reads as a paintbrush, and seems too detailed.
Read more at Panic Blog.
