L. Jeffrey Zeldman    Why did leading designers in 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.

L. Jeffrey Zeldman    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.

L. Jeffrey Zeldman    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.

L. Jeffrey Zeldman    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.

L. Jeffrey Zeldman    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.

L. Jeffrey Zeldman    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.

L. Jeffrey Zeldman    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.

L. Jeffrey Zeldman    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 Design.

L. Jeffrey Zeldman    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 breathing room. Mostly...

L. Jeffrey Zeldman    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.

L. Jeffrey Zeldman    The W C 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.

L. Jeffrey Zeldman    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 on Zeldman on Web...

L. Jeffrey Zeldman    Today Gerald Levin died. The world will remember him as the architect of the Time Warner AOL merger. But I think of him as a grieving father. The post Death of a father appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design.

L. Jeffrey Zeldman    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.

L. Jeffrey Zeldman    Happy heavenly birthday to my dear, deceased, devil brother Pete Zeldman. Today, March , 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 . D, his crazy...

L. Jeffrey Zeldman    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.

L. Jeffrey Zeldman    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.

L. Jeffrey Zeldman    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 Britell’s main...

L. Jeffrey Zeldman    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 liberal arts majors...

L. Jeffrey Zeldman    Ever since an infantile fascist billionaire hereafter, the IFB decided to turn Twitter over to the racially hostile anti science set, folks who previously used that network daily to discuss and amplify topics they cared about have either given up on the very premise of a shared digital commons,...