Jeffrey Zeldman's Blog, page 41
October 10, 2013
Where Ideas Come From: Foursquare’s @Naveen on The Big Web Show
IN EPISODE № 99 of The Big Web Show (“Everything Web That Matters”), Foursquare co-founder Naveen Selvadurai and I discuss mobile apps and the quantified self; the genesis of bookmarking places; creating mobile UIs in the bad old days before smartphones; how Delicious’s bookmarking helped inspire Foursquare; what was really innovative about the iPhone from a mobile developer’s perspective (it’s not what you think!); when to quit your job and start a product or service; where ideas come from; and what’s after Foursquare for him. Enjoy Naveen on The Big Web Show.
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October 4, 2013
Big Web Show № 98: Designer Debbie Millman
I CHAT with internet radio pioneer, design author, and brand maven Debbie Millman about broadcasting, writing, teaching, publishing, learning to be happy in your own skin, and the importance of early failure to long-term success and happiness. Enjoy Debbie Millman on The Big Web Show.
(Want more Debbie? Check Observer Media (Design Observer)–Debbie’s legendary audio interviews with the likes of Jessica Walsh, Milton Glaser, Massimo Vignelli, Maria Popova, Stefan Sagmeister, Dave Eggers, Jen Bekman, Gary Hustwit, Tina Roth Eisenberg, Erik Spierkermann, Jessica Hische, and many more.)
October 2, 2013
Not a Thing in Texas
6:00 AM, AUSTIN. My nine-year-old vegetarian daughter just phoned from New York to inform me that matzo ball soup is made with chicken broth. She has just learned this fact, and wanted me to know so I wouldn’t accidentally eat food made from animals while I’m away. I thanked her and assured her that matzo ball soup is not a thing in Texas.
September 27, 2013
Shoulda used semi-colons
EVERYBODY needs an editor. Twelve hours after posting Big Web Show № 97 (“Research For Tomorrow—With Erika Hall”), I reread my deck and see an absurd alternate meaning created by the use of serial commas instead of semi-colons.
Enjoy the episode—and laugh at my grammatical folly—at muleradio.net/thebigwebshow/97/.
September 26, 2013
Big Web Show № 97: Research For Tomorrow with Erika Hall
IN EPISODE № 97 of The Big Web Show, Erika Hall (Just Enough Research, Mule Design Studio) and I chat about why funding startups nobody needs is killing innovation; how designers can use research to stop bad ideas and find great ones; Russell Brand; and the secret history of Unsuck It.
September 24, 2013
A List Apart № 383: It Ain’t Easy Being Green
A LIST APART № 383 tackles our impact on the biosphere:
Sustainable Web Design
by JAMES CHRISTIE
Do you know your website’s carbon footprint? Or how to lower it? Emissions standards have been set for the automotive, construction, and telecommunications industries, yet the internet’s carbon footprint is growing out of control: a whopping 830 million tons of CO2 annually—larger than that of the entire aviation industry. At least 40 percent of that falls partially under the responsibility of people who make websites. It’s time for web designers to do our part. James Christie explains how to slim our obese websites and simultaneously attack our industry’s carbon footprint, using methods that conveniently dovetail with good business practice and future-friendly design.
The Web Runs on Electricity and We’re Running Out
by DORIAN PETERS
It’s a humbling thought, but as web professionals, nothing we create actually exists when the power goes out. As we increase the number of devices in our world, planning for a connected web of things in hopes that the poor will be liberated, education will be free, and our fridges will tell us we’re out of lettuce, we fail to acknowledge that we scarcely have enough fossil fuels to maintain the current state for long. Web designers need to be part of the solution—and the situation is more hopeful than you may think. Dorian Peters shows how we can exercise the surprising power that lies in seemingly small designerly decisions to help our industry not only survive, but create positive impact worldwide.
September 20, 2013
Dispossessed
@kirilnyc @naveen Soho Apple store circa 11:30pm pic.twitter.com/Q0PAKflG9A
— Jordan Elpern-Waxman (@jelpernw) September 20, 2013
“HOMELESS FOLK sleeping in front of the SoHo Apple Store. What a perfect commentary on our society,” I thought. Then I realized these aren’t the homeless. They’re upwardly mobile consumers vying to be the first to buy a new model iPhone when the store opens in the morning.
September 19, 2013
That’s Me All Over
BY SOME FLUKE I appear in two internet radio broadcasts this week:
The Gently Mad Podcast: Jeffrey Zeldman
“Jeffrey Zeldman is an author, designer and founder of Happy Cog. He talked with Adam about the state of the web industry, how it has changed over the years and how raising a daughter has impacted his outlook on who he is and what he does.” I loved this conversation with Adam.
Why Designers need to Craft Words Not Pixels
“Design is a point of view.” In this 53-minute internet audio conversation, William Channer and I discuss how words and stories frame web experience; how I approach writing for the web; how good copy teases interest; and why making your content the focus, and removing distractions, engages readers and improves web experience.
Click It
HERE’S A WEBSITE one of my students designed when she was in Seventh Grade. (She’s 27 now.) Notice that Angelfire still sells ads on it. Wonder how well they perform.
September 16, 2013
Just The Two Of Us: Monteiro & Me on Big Web Show No. 96
IN EPISODE No. 96 of The Big Web Show (“everything web that matters”), I chat with my friend Mike Monteiro, author of Design Is A Job, and co-founder of Mule Radio, about the joy of client services; how to sell great work; the relaunch of the show on the Mule Radio Network; and the one weird secret that all the best-loved applications, services, and content sites have in common. Enjoy the show.
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Photo of Mike and Jeffrey at Marciland, Seattle, 2013 © Daniel Mall.
