Working Archives

Redesign in progress

22 April 2009

The body and bottom of the next zeldman.com design are now finished. Tomorrow I start working on the top.

ALA 282: Life After Georgia

21 April 2009

Can we finally get real type on the web? Zeldman interviews The Font Bureau’s David Berlow. Plus Stephen P. Anderson shows how the value of beauty in design transcends aesthetic pleasure.

“Taking Your Talent to the Web” is now a free downloadable book

16 April 2009

“Taking Your Talent to the Web” is now a free downloadable book from zeldman.com.

ALA Survey Findings Up!

7 April 2009

Now online for your reading pleasure.

Improved “Freelance to Agency” podcast

31 March 2009

Now with significantly enhanced audio quality.

Presenting the full audio recording of “From Freelance to Agency: Start Small, Stay Small”, a panel at SXSW Interactive featuring Roger Black, Kristina Halvorson, and Whitney Hess, and moderated by yours truly.

On Spec

25 March 2009

Spec = asking the world to have sex with you and promising dinner date to one lucky winner.

Jason Has Left the Building

6 January 2009

Beginnings and endings.

Recession tips for web designers

23 December 2008

“For web designers, there are four keys to surviving bad economic times: do good work, charge a fair price, lower your overhead, and be sure you are communicating with your client. As a reader of…

ALA 274: The emerging content strategist

16 December 2008

A website without a content strategy is like a speeding vehicle without a driver. Learn why content matters and how to do it right.

20 signs you don’t want that web design project

4 December 2008

Most clients are good clients, and some clients are great clients. But some jobs are just never going to work out well. Herewith, a few indicators that a project may be headed to the toilet.