the Daily Report
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Let there be web divisions
Almost no one who makes websites works in their company or organization’s web division—because almost no company or organization has a web division. That void on the org chart is one reason we have so…
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WCAG Controversy and Human Design
By introducing testability and dumping accessibility criteria that are untestable, WCAG 2.0 may hurt the very people who need it most, argues former working group invited expert Gian Sampson-Wild in an important and timely ALA…
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An Event Apart iMix
By popular demand: most of the music from between sessions at An Event Apart Seattle 2007.
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“Maybe” is one option too many
“Maybe” is one option too many. As a best practice, we should dispense with it, just as we should replace five-star rating systems with four-star ones.
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The Beatles slept here
My body insists it’s 10:30 at night, but the sun tells a different story. That orb has barely begun to set over Puget Sound, whose ripples magnify and fragment its blinding whiteness. The sun and…
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Hi, Mom!
In a Special Report, Business Week focuses on designers creating innovation by crossing disciplines and combining technologies. I’m one of ten designers they profile. I kind of had to blog this.
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bgcolor follies
If you forget to set your site’s background color, your visitors may do it for you. A mini-photo gallery. Collect your own!
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When is e-mail like a bad website?
Nokia sent a friend an HTML e-mail message. I’ve broken it into five screen shots, because it won’t fit on one. E-mail, as a medium, really doesn’t want to carry all this freight.
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ALA 239: Designer frameworks and robot designers
Take web design off the production line. Design better by offloading routine tasks.
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Eight points for better e-mail relationships
Okay, so under the right circumstances, when people have requested it, e-mail can be a platform for design. Here are eight ways to make it work better (and avoid pissing off people who hate HTML…
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E-mail is not a platform for design
ASCII means never having to say you’re sorry.
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Daily Reports from 1997 on
You don’t need the WayBack machine to go way back in zeldman.com history. Enjoy these representative Daily Report pages from 1997 on (including the famous HTML Fist).
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Since 1995
On 31 May 2007 we celebrated another anniversary. Twelve years of juicy Web 1.0 Goodness™.
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iTunes, iLike, and iWish
At long last, the latest iTunes upgrade lets you replace DRM versions of music bought at the iTunes store with higher-quality, non-DRM-protected versions. But after purchase, you may not be able to download them. In…
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ALA 238: copywriting 101, evangelizing 102
Convince large companies to openly support web standards; enhance site effectiveness by improving copy.