the Daily Report
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Web typography: a refresher and history
A refreshing dip into what we’ve learned about web typography over the past 20+ years.
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My father, Maurice Zeldman, and his ZGANNT software
I asked Claude to write about the career of my father, the inventor Maurice Zeldman, as if I’d written it myself. Here, with no edits by me, is what Claude said.
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Forever
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…
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Who turned off the juice?
The whole 90 minutes, my brain’s shrieking, “You’re having a panic attack!”
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This Years Model
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…
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Your opt-innie wants to talk to your opt-outtie.
Scrapers gonna scrape.
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My Glamorous Life: The Unexpected Samples
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.
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A Jewish Joke
I wrote a joke for you.
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Far from the bullying crowd
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.…
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My weekend project
By controlling what I listen to, and the order in which I listen, I’m slowly designing an infinite collage of my evolving musical tastes.
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Valediction.
What a ride that was.
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Domain harvesting and the Twitter long game in retrospect
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.
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Of Books and Conferences Past
Of books and conferences past: A maker looks back on things well-made but no longer with us.
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How to Join Blue Beanie Day: Wear and Share!
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…
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Lessons from Cats: Jasper’s Clever Cleanup Routine
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,…