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 p … | Continue reading
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. | Continue reading
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 … | Continue reading
Scrapers gonna scrape. The post Your opt-innie wants to talk to your opt-outtie. appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents. | Continue reading
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. The post My Glamorous Life: The Unexpected Samples appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents. | Continue reading
I wrote a joke for you. The post A Jewish Joke appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents. | Continue reading
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 coun … | Continue reading
By controlling what I listen to, and the order in which I listen, I’m slowly building a huge collage of my evolving musical tastes. The post My weekend project appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents. | Continue reading
What a ride that was. The post Valediction. appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design. | Continue reading
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 De … | Continue reading
Of books and conferences past: A maker looks back on things well-made but no longer with us. The post Of Books and Conferences Past appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design. | Continue reading
Saturday, 30 November 2024, marks the 17th annual Blue Beanie Day celebration. It’s hard to believe, but web standards fan Douglas Vos conceived of this holiday way back in ’07: The origin of the name of the holiday is the image of Jeffrey Zeldman on the cover of his book wearing … | Continue reading
My daughter and I have three cats—all rescues: There’s Snow White, our 16-year-old queen and my daughter’s consigliere, who, despite requiring thrice-a-week medication injections to keep her kidneys functioning, rules this place absolutely. There’s subtle Mango, whose first year … | Continue reading
I’ve started a Bluesky list featuring some of the brilliant writers, designers, coders, editors, and others who’ve contributed to A List Apart “for people who make websites.” The post A List Apart contributors list on Bluesky appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Desig … | Continue reading
At its core, MARTI is a bridge. It harmonizes with existing metadata standards like the Content Authenticity Initiative, Anthropic’s Responsible Scaling Policy, and the W3C’s PROV. It anticipates the needs of future standards, laws and practices, such as those proposed by the Coa … | Continue reading
This Veteran’s Day, let’s honor all of the people who have served their country in times of need. The post Veterans Day Remembrance appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design. | Continue reading
If you’re finding today a bit stressful for some reason, grab a respite by sinking into any of these web design inspiration websites. The post Web Design Inspiration appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design. | Continue reading
Her voice, when she spoke to us from the doorway, was strange. I was in 3rd Grade. Our teacher went away for a few minutes, then came back, crying. She was a tough public school teacher of the old school, the kind men my father’s age would have called “an old bat” when their wive … | Continue reading
My insight into corporate legal disputes is as meaningful as my opinion on Quantum Mechanics. What I do know is that, when given the chance this week to leave my job with half a year’s salary paid in advance, I chose to stay at Automattic. Listen, I’m struggling with medical debt … | Continue reading
“I’m reassuring myself that New York City is still here.” The post 9/13/01 appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design. | Continue reading
“Raising loved children is the only consistent and lasting healing some will know.” The post Broken Blossoms appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design. | Continue reading
My Glamorous Life: late to the pubescence party. The post Strange Beliefs of Childhood № 99 appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design. | Continue reading
Until now, Zoom has always included a clickable button/badge at the top left of the primary meeting interface window. Click the badge to copy the URL of that meeting. You can then, with another click, use Slack or another messaging system to send that URL to the other participant … | Continue reading
Help to help, because we’re built to help. The post One weird trick appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design. | Continue reading
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It was late winter when my sabbatical began, and it’s late spring as it comes to an end. Next week I return to my post after three months’ paid leave, courtesy of Automattic’s sabbatical benefit. Three months. A season. With full pay, and zero work responsibilities. In a job full … | Continue reading
Poachers, when caught stealing content from our website, always blamed the theft on an “intern” or “freelancer.” We always pretended to believe them. The post Ah yes, the famous “intern did it” syndrome appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design. | Continue reading
Palestinians and Israelis are two Indigenous peoples occupying the land that is being fought over. The post Indigenous appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design. | Continue reading
In the dying stages of innovation, companies at the top of the heap use their market power to maintain their high profits. The post Suckage begins here: why search engines now prioritize advertising over good UX appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design. | Continue reading
Why did leading designers in 2000 look down their nose at the web? And are things any better today? The post This Web of Ours, Revisited appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design. | Continue reading
Why you can’t build another Apple with VC bucks. The post Don’t bring venture capital to a knife fight appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design. | Continue reading
Even when it’s ugly—especially when it’s ugly—journalists owe readers the truth. The post Both Sides, No appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design. | Continue reading
Stroll with us down memory lane as we celebrate the pearl anniversary of pixel art creation’s primary progenitor, and some of the many artists and design languages it inspired. The post For love of pixels appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design. | Continue reading
The bots who shit in your sandbox are bigger, brassier, and better than ever! The post Akismet means never having to say you’re sorry appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design. | Continue reading
The ancient amphitheatre was our destination; we had been walking toward it excitedly, with greater and greater speed. The post My Glamorous Life: Roman Holiday appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design. | Continue reading
I’m designing for the web. The infinitely flexible web. The post The More Things Change… (or: What’s in a Job Title?) appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design. | Continue reading
A business world with deeply misguided priorities—exemplified by horror stories from the worlds of tech, gaming, and entertainment—accounts for much worker unhappiness and customer frustration. The post Our Lady of Perpetual Profit appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction … | Continue reading
I have this friend. A mountain of unexpected medical debt buried his family at the start of last year. At the same time, the closing of his business stuck him with six figures of personal debt. Liquidating a retirement account and maxing out credit cards bought him short-term bre … | Continue reading
Pieces of the web that make differing and complementary sense of the threat and promise of AI. The post AI Roundup: The Bad, the Ugly, and the Pretty Cool appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design. | Continue reading
The W3C explains how CAPTCHA excludes disabled users, and suggests alternatives that may be kinder and more reliable. The post CAPTCHA excludes disabled web users appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design. | Continue reading
Leadership, hindered by a lack of diversity, has steered away from a tool for public good and one that is instead subject to capitalist forces resulting in monopolisation. Governance, which should correct for this, has failed to do so. The post Heal an ailing web appeared first o … | Continue reading
How a tragic real-life event scuttled the reception of a 1997 Samuel L. Jackson thriller. The post Death of a father appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design. | Continue reading
“Our online experience doesn’t have to depend on billionaires unilaterally making decisions over what we see.” The post Open-source moderation appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design. | Continue reading
Happy heavenly birthday to my dear, deceased, devil brother Pete Zeldman. Today, 5 March 2024, to celebrate Pete’s life… Lost in Sound Records is releasing an album of solo drums, Enigma, which will keep rhythmic enthusiasts and scholars busy for…well, forever. And ALSO 2.5D, his … | Continue reading
Fortunately, on that day, I allowed a strong, simple idea to penetrate my big, beautiful wall of assumptions. The post “Where the people are” appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design. | Continue reading
It’s a year and one day since you died. At times, I feel your presence. I listen to your music every day. I miss you. The post R.I.Pete appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design. | Continue reading
Quick, before everyone else thinks of it. Set the word “SUCCESSION” in Engravers Gothic and export it to a transparent PNG. Download photos of confederate general Mitch McConnell and Republican Johns Thune (R-S.D.), Cornyn (R-Texas), and Barrasso (R-Wyo.). Grab and burn Nicholas … | Continue reading
“Led” is the past tense of “lead.” L.E.D. Not L.E.A.D. Example: “Fran, who leads the group, led the meeting.” When professional publications get the small stuff wrong, it makes us less trusting about the big stuff. Trust in media is already at an all-time low. Don’t alienate libe … | Continue reading