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Jeffrey Zeldman
25  mars     20h38
The Valley of Hidden Sorrows
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...
24  mars     14h24
AI Roundup: The Bad, the Ugly, and the Pretty Cool
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.
22  mars     11h33
CAPTCHA excludes disabled web users
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.
16  mars     15h01
Heal an ailing web
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...
14  mars     14h35
Death of a father
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.
13  mars     12h43
Open-source moderation
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.
05  mars     13h54
New music from the beyond
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...
02  mars     14h05
Where the people are
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.
29  février     13h31
R.I.Pete
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.
    01h52
Just add water.
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...
27  février     12h53
Get it right.
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...
21  février     14h18
In search of a digital town square
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,...
07  février     11h03
Boys Ragu
L. Jeffrey Zeldman    When you were a kid, what was a meal you always looked forward to The post Boys Ragu appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design.
24  janvier     11h23
A Death at Walmart
L. Jeffrey Zeldman    At age , Janikka Perry died of a heart attack at work, on her bakery shift at Walmart in North Little Rock, Arkansas, but you will not find her ... A Death at Walmart The post A Death at Walmart appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design.
22  janvier     14h17
Knowledge Management for the win
L. Jeffrey Zeldman    Knowledge management KM is the process of organizing, creating, using, and sharing collective knowledge within an organization. Unlock and unblock For companies, institutions, and projects struggling to become more efficient and productive and who these days is not solid knowledge management...
13  janvier     13h04
satyricon
L. Jeffrey Zeldman    The cruel and evil cannot be shamed. The post satyricon appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design.
24  décembre     13h40
Operation Paperclip (and other crimes)
L. Jeffrey Zeldman    Evil is rarely a solo project. Horrors and atrocities of the past may provide context for the horrors and atrocities happening right now in Gaza and the Congo. United States war crimes: Gosh, where to begin Widespread rape by U.S. servicemen of Japanese, German, and French women; human experiments...
28  novembre     13h02
Fly, my designers, fly
L. Jeffrey Zeldman    Designers can either become drivers of business within their organizations, or they can create the businesses they want to drive. We’re entering an era of design entrepreneurship, in which some designers are realizing that they’re not just a designer employed by a business; they’re creative...
10  novembre     11h57
Algorithm & Blues
L. Jeffrey Zeldman    Examining last week’s Verge vs Sullivan Google ruined the web debate, author Elizabeth Tai writes: I don’t know any class of user more abused by SEO and Google search than the writer. Whether they’re working for their bread and butter or are just writing for fun, writers have to write the way...
25  septembre     11h18
Resistance makes side projects hard
L. Jeffrey Zeldman    Today marks full months that I’ve been working on a side project called Crafd. It’s a community for people who make things by hand: In that time ... Resistance makes side projects hard The post Resistance makes side projects hard appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design.