Jeffrey Zeldman

  1. My brother, the rhythmic conceptualist

    Remembrance of beats passed. The post My brother, the rhythmic conceptualist appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents.

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  2. What a year that was.

    Know your web design history. The post What a year that was. appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents.

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  3. Advice for job seekers

    Pitching isn’t bragging. The post Advice for job seekers appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents.

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  4. American healthcare

    Cooling my heels at the drugstore. The post American healthcare appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents.

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  5. The salad bar theory of UX professionalism

    Less, but better? Not this week. The post The salad bar theory of UX professionalism appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents.

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  6. Works in Progress

    New tunes from an old maker. The post Works in Progress appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents.

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  7. Claude Code for Designers

    FIRST, the disclaimers: Some of my favorite writers—folks who are as anti-fascist and pro-democracy as they come—publish on Substack, but I read and recommend their work less and less frequently, because Substack has a Nazi problem. To wit: Awkward: Substack’s Nazi Problem Substack call themselves a…

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  8. “A streamlined newspaper for a streamlined era”

    Posted today for no particular reason. The post “A streamlined newspaper for a streamlined era” appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents.

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  9. Mark your calendar: Local News Day is 9 April

    It’s no secret that newspapers across the country exist in a fragile ecosystem. Automattic has long supported journalism and local media with investments in publications and platforms like Longreads, The Atavist, and Newspack. We believe that local news still matters—and now more than ever. That’s why…

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  10. We named them after the humans they were replacing.

    “The word ‘computer’ only really slid over to mean ‘a machine’ in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, once we started building mechanical and then electronic devices to do that work instead [of people]. We did not name the machines after some abstract idea. We named them after the humans they were…

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  11. Cold Storage

    Good UX is what companies do when they have to. A company that has your stuff locked away doesn’t have to. The post Cold Storage appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents.

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  12. Accessibility is a human right, cruelty a human wrong.

    Once more for the folks in the back. Calibri is easier than Times New Roman for folks with certain visual disabilities to read. That’s why the Biden Administration chose Calibri for their digital communications: to include more people and make life just a wee bit easier for the disabled. And who in their…

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  13. Receipts: a brief history of the death of the web.

    They say AI will replace the web as we know it, and this time they mean it. Here follows a short list of previous times they also meant it, starting way back in 1997. Wired: March 1, 1997: “You can kiss your web browser goodbye” – Kevin Kelly and Gary Wolf, The Big Story. Inspired by […] The post Receipts…

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  14. My Glamorous Life: Entertaining Uncle George

    Fam and I are visiting my 96-year-old Uncle George tonight. We love him. His complicated and somewhat meandering stories have been music to my daughter’s ears since she fell asleep in a cab at age six listening to him lament his wife’s death. George is my late mother’s only sibling, and the only survivor…

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  15. My Glamorous Life: Bots, Books, and Betrayal

    My father was an engineer who designed robots. When I first learned what he did, I imagined the Robot from “Lost in Space,” and asked him to make me one. When I turned 13, I realized that the pick-and-place robots he designed replaced assembly-line workers, and asked how he, who’d been a socialist in…

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  16. How do you spell success?

    Working in tech means being comfortable with change and uncertainty. Successfully working in tech means not letting change and uncertainty paralyze you. Forge ahead on the best information you have, and be prepared to change direction as needed. The post How do you spell success? appeared first on Jeffrey…

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  17. Behind every successful launch, there are 100 interesting failures.

    We must stop thinking of failure as an end of something, and learn to see it as a natural part of progress. The first incarnation of a new idea may die, but the best ideas will find new lives. Behind every successful launch, there are 100 interesting failures. The post Behind every successful launch…

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  18. Everybody’s lost it, Part I

    My beloved veterinarian’s office apparently moved to a new office location without informing customers. They also changed phone systems. The new phone system doesn’t work, and they didn’t leave a forwarding message on the old phone system. You call, leave a message, never hear back, and never learn what’s…

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  19. Too many meetings?

    At Automattic, we know our time is finite and precious. Here are the questions we ask ourselves before agreeing to any meeting: The post Too many meetings? appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents.

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  20. Staying relevant

    “And in their place came acceptance.” Staying relevant in your profession as you age and technology changes. The post Staying relevant appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents.

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