The Big Web Show

<p>Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin are joined by Mike Essl to discuss Mr. T, combining print and digital content, being Comic Book Guy in the age of eBooks, the past and future of proprietary platforms in publishing, and Mike's fully wearable shirt empire.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="http://nerduo.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Blog of the Nerduo</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://1.21jiggawatts.com/" class="link" target="_blank">1.21 Jiggawatts – My Trilogy Kicks Your Trilogy’s Ass and Jigga What? by Nerduo</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://mrtandme.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Mr. T and Me</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://someat.com/" class="link" target="_blank">ME/AT — The Studio of Mike Essl and Alexander Tochilovsky — 212.473.2001</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/081184241X/5by5-20" class="link" target="_blank">Amazon.com: Weirdo Deluxe: The Wild World of Pop Surrealism & Lowbrow Art (9780811842419): Matt Dukes Jordan: Books</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1848560419/5by5-20" class="link" target="_blank">Amazon.com: Watching the Watchmen: The Definitive Companion to the Ultimate Graphic Novel (9781848560413): Dave Gibbons, Chip Kidd, Mike Essl: Books</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0811853446/5by5-20" class="link" target="_blank">Amazon.com: The Art of Superman Returns (9780811853446): Daniel Wallace, Bryan Singer: Books</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1904151043/5by5-20" class="link" target="_blank">Amazon.com: Cascading Style Sheets: Separating Content from Presentation (0082169510439): Owen Briggs, Steve Champeon, Eric Costello, Matthew Patterson: Books</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1568303068/5by5-20" class="link" target="_blank">Amazon.com: Web Designer's Guide to Style Sheets (9781568303062): Steven Mulder: Books</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/nerduo" class="link" target="_blank">nerduo (nerduo) on Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/essl" class="link" target="_blank">Mike Essl (essl) on Twitter</a><br /></li></ul><p>Sponsored by <a href="http://felttip.com/ss/" title="Sound Studio 4">Sound Studio 4</a> and <a href="http://www.mailchimp.com/?pid=5by5&source=website" title="MailChimp">MailChimp</a>.</p>

<p>Jen Simmons joins Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin to discuss Drupal, the Drupal community, content management systems, design, and the future of publishing.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="http://drupal.org/" class="link" target="_blank">Drupal - Open Source CMS | drupal.org</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://drupal.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Drupal.com</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://drupal.org/books" class="link" target="_blank">Books about Drupal | drupal.org</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://drupal7.jensimmons.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Welcome to A Drupal 7 Demo Site | A Drupal 7 Demo Site</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/jensimmons" class="link" target="_blank">Jen Simmons (jensimmons) on Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://jensimmons.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Jen Simmons | i make websites</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://drupal.org/project/bartik" class="link" target="_blank">Bartik | drupal.org</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Bartik" class="link" target="_blank">Jean Bartik - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a><br /></li></ul><p>Sponsored by <a href="http://postmarkapp.com" title="Postmark">Postmark</a> and <a href="http://www.rackspace.com/5by5" title="Rackspace">Rackspace</a>.</p>

<p>Craig Mod joins Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin to discuss the decision to jump from freelance work to startup work, Craig’s experience traveling and writing the GF1 Fieldtest, how travel affects the work you do, and the multifaceted challenges and future of web publishing.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="http://craigmod.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Craig Mod - Considering the future of books & storytelling</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/craigmod" class="link" target="_blank">Craig Mod (craigmod) on Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://flipboard.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Flipboard for iPad</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://interactiondesign.sva.edu/events/entry/craig_mod/" class="link" target="_blank">Spring Lecture Series: Craig Mod, “Post Artifact Book Design Thinking” — School of Visual Arts — MFA in Interaction Design</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://blinknow.org/" class="link" target="_blank">Life at Kopila Valley Children's Home - Journal</a><br /></li></ul><p>Sponsored by <a href="http://sourcebits.com" title="Sourcebits">Sourcebits</a> and <a href="http://www.campaignmonitor.com/designer/?utm_source=5by5&utm_medium=b&utm_content=4-stamp&utm_campaign=designers&cid=4-stamp" title="Campaign Monitor">Campaign Monitor</a>.</p>

<p>Dana Chisnell joins Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin to talk about UX, testing, leveraging your expertise, New York City voting booth user experience design, and more.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="http://www.usabilityworks.net/" class="link" target="_blank">Dana Chisnell</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0470185481/5by5-20" class="link" target="_blank">Handbook of Usability Testing - Amazon.com</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/danachis" class="link" target="_blank">Dana Chisnell (danachis) on Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/design-for-democracy" class="link" target="_blank">Design for Democracy — AIGA | the professional association for design</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://usabilitytestinghowto.blogspot.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Usability Testing</a><br /></li></ul><p>Sponsored by <a href="http://www.zendesk.com/?utm_source=5by5&utm_campaign=q111&utm_medium=cpc" title="Zendesk">Zendesk</a> and <a href="http://www.shopify.com/?utm_source=5by5&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=broad" title="Shopify">Shopify</a>.</p>

<p>Mandy Brown joins Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin to discuss the value of support, the future of type on the web, font choice on reader platforms, what print publishers can learn from web publishers, why you’ve got to write, and why the future belongs to editors.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="http://aworkinglibrary.com/" class="link" target="_blank">this is a working library</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/aworkinglibrary" class="link" target="_blank">Mandy Brown (aworkinglibrary) on Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://typekit.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Typekit</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.alistapart.com/" class="link" target="_blank">A List Apart</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://books.alistapart.com/" class="link" target="_blank">A Book Apart, Welcome</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://typedia.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Typedia: A Shared Encyclopedia of Typefaces</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://blog.typekit.com/2010/12/17/type-rendering-review-and-fonts-that-render-well/" class="link" target="_blank">Type rendering: review, and fonts that render well « The Typekit Blog</a><br /></li></ul><p>Sponsored by <a href="http://www.mailchimp.com/?pid=5by5&source=website" title="MailChimp">MailChimp</a>.</p>

<p>Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin are joined by Jim Coudal to discuss the phenomenon that is Layer Tennis, his presentation “secrets,” and firing clients to work for yourself.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="http://coudal.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Coudal Partners</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://fieldnotesbrand.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Field Notes — “I’m not writing it down to remember it later, I’m writing it down to remember it now.”</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://decknetwork.net/" class="link" target="_blank">The DECK | The premier ad network for reaching web, design & creative professionals</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/coudal" class="link" target="_blank">Jim Coudal (coudal) on Twitter</a><br /></li></ul><p>Sponsored by <a href="https://github.com/" title="GitHub">GitHub</a> and <a href="http://www.getharvest.com/5by5" title="Harvest">Harvest</a>.</p>

<p>Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin are joined by Jason Santa Maria and discuss mitigating the isolation of working in your underwear by reaching out to the community, avenues for creativity, struggling with the line between good enough and perfection, focus, why speaking and teaching are important, and why sometimes the distraction of working with other people is worth it.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="http://jasonsantamaria.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Jason Santa Maria</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/jasonsantamaria" class="link" target="_blank">Jason Santa Maria (jasonsantamaria) on Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://dribbble.com/jsm" class="link" target="_blank">Dribbble - Jason Santa Maria</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://madebymighty.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Mighty, a Design Studio</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://typekit.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Typekit</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://typedia.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Typedia: A Shared Encyclopedia of Typefaces</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.aigany.org/" class="link" target="_blank">AIGA/NY</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.alistapart.com/" class="link" target="_blank">A List Apart</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.happycog.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Happy Cog</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://teuxdeux.com/" class="link" target="_blank">What deux yeux have teux deux teuxday?</a><br /></li></ul><p>Sponsored by <a href="http://aneventapart.com" title="An Event Apart">An Event Apart</a>.</p>

<p>Matt Mullenweg joins Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin to discuss the creation and evolution of WordPress, the growth of Automattic, making money with open source, and more.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="http://ma.tt/" class="link" target="_blank">Matt Mullenweg</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://wordpress.org/" class="link" target="_blank">WordPress › Blog Tool and Publishing Platform</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/photomatt" class="link" target="_blank">Matt Mullenweg (photomatt) on Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://en.gravatar.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Gravatar - Globally Recognized Avatars</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://polldaddy.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Online survey software - conduct your customer surveys and online polls with Polldaddy.</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.plinky.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Plinky</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://afterthedeadline.com/" class="link" target="_blank">After the Deadline - Spell, Style, and Grammar Checker for WordPress, Firefox, TinyMCE, jQuery, and CKEditor</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://vaultpress.com/" class="link" target="_blank">VaultPress — Safeguard your site</a><br /></li></ul><p>Sponsored by <a href="http://www.mailchimp.com/?pid=5by5&source=website" title="MailChimp">MailChimp</a> and <a href="http://www.rackspace.com/5by5" title="Rackspace">Rackspace</a>.</p>

<p>Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin talk about what they're thankful for, awards, visibility and public speaking (and why you should do it), Pub Standards, meetups (and why you should start or join one), and how to make a change.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="http://html5reset.org/" class="link" target="_blank">HTML5 Reset</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://html5boilerplate.com/" class="link" target="_blank">HTML5 Boilerplate - A rock-solid default for HTML5 awesome.</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.modernizr.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Modernizr</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://cmdrtaco.net/" class="link" target="_blank">CmdrTaco.net</a><br /></li></ul>

<p>Andy Clarke joins Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin to talk about his new book, Hardboiled Web Design, the evolution of the web, and the right way to design with HTML5 and CSS3.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="http://stuffandnonsense.co.uk/" class="link" target="_blank">Fantastic website design in Flintshire, North Wales from Stuff and Nonsense</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/Malarkey" class="link" target="_blank">Andy Clarke (Malarkey) on Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://forabeautifulweb.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Web design and CSS training, workshops and DVDs for web designers | For A Beautiful Web</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://hardboiledwebdesign.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Hardboiled Web Design by Andy Clarke</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.stuffandnonsense.co.uk/" class="link" target="_blank">Fantastic website design in Flintshire, North Wales from Stuff and Nonsense</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.stuffandnonsense.co.uk/blog/about/my_new_book_hardboiled_web_design/" class="link" target="_blank">My new book, Hardboiled Web Design | Stuff and Nonsense</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.fivesimplesteps.com/books/hardboiled-web-design" class="link" target="_blank">Hardboiled Web Design | Five Simple Steps</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/ebookstandards" class="link" target="_blank">A List Apart: Articles: Web Standards for E-books</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://transcendingcss.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Transcending CSS | The Fine Art of Web Design by Andy Clarke</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://colly.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Simon Collison | Colly | The Celebrated Miscellany</a><br /></li></ul>

<p>Gary Vaynerchuk joins Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin to talk about humanizing business, his upcoming book The Thank You Economy, success and guilt, his new radio show, and his biggest mistake.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="http://garyvaynerchuk.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Gary Vaynerchuk</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://vaynermedia.com/" class="link" target="_blank">VaynerMedia: Consulting for Brands</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://forrst.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Forrst ~ A place for designers and developers to share screenshots, links, code, and questions with their peers.</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/garyvee" class="link" target="_blank">Gary Vaynerchuk (garyvee) on Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://tv.winelibrary.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Wine Library TV: Gary Vaynerchuk's daily wine video blog</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://crushitbook.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Crush It! a Gary Vaynerchuk book</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0061914185/5by5-20" class="link" target="_blank">Amazon.com: The Thank You Economy (9780061914188): Gary Vaynerchuk: Books</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/gary" class="link" target="_blank">Facebook | Gary Vaynerchuk</a><br /></li></ul>

<p>Karen McGrane joins Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin to discuss putting publications online, the state of content management, careers in web design, running a design business, teaching UX and design, and more.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" class="link" target="_blank">The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://bondartscience.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Bond Art + Science</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://interactiondesign.sva.edu/" class="link" target="_blank">School of Visual Arts — MFA in Interaction Design</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/karenmcgrane" class="link" target="_blank">Karen McGrane (karenmcgrane) on Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://karenmcgrane.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Karen McGrane</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://drupal.org/" class="link" target="_blank">Drupal - Open Source CMS | drupal.org</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.buzzr.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Build a Website - Website Design - Buzzr</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.lullabot.com/news/20081011/lullabots-new-venture" class="link" target="_blank">Lullabot's New Venture | Lullabot</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.lullabot.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Lullabot | Drupal videos, training, consulting, and guidance</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.razorfish.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Razorfish: The Agency for Marketing, Experience & Enterprise Design for the Digital World</a><br /></li></ul>

<p>Todd Dominey, creator of "SlideShowPro":http://slideshowpro.net, joins Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin to discuss making the transition from indy designer to employee to to business owner, his pioneering blog "What Do I Know":http://whatdoiknow.org, Flash, HTML5, and more.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="http://todddominey.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Dominey - An ongoing collection of creative inspiration and random bits of interest.</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://slideshowpro.net/" class="link" target="_blank">SlideShowPro: The complete photo and video slideshow publishing solution</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/tdominey" class="link" target="_blank">Todd Dominey (tdominey) on Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/bradleyboy" class="link" target="_blank">Brad Daily (bradleyboy) on Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.helpspot.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Help Desk Software for Email/Web Customer Service</a><br /></li></ul>

<p>Paul Ford joins Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin to discuss the web, the future of publishing, microsites, branding , community, and more.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="http://www.ftrain.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Ftrain.com</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.popsicleweasel.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Popsicle Weasel: Small web sites. Big ideas.</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/leslie_harpold/" class="link" target="_blank">Leslie Harpold - The Morning News</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_(programmer_subculture)" class="link" target="_blank">Hacker (programmer subculture) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64" class="link" target="_blank">Commodore 64 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.djangoproject.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Django | The Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:4mTISdb8z6kJ:stephesblog.blogs.com/papers/stdsprimer.pdf+technology+standardization+purpose+of+individual+players&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" class="link" target="_blank">Understanding Technology Standardization Efforts</a><br /></li></ul>

<p>Dan Cederholm joins Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin to discuss Dribbble, a vibrant design community for sharing screenshots of your work, Cork’d, the first social network for wine aficionados, his design style, inspiration, and more. A world-renowned web designer, author, speaker, and a giant in the field of CSS-based design, Dan is the founding principal of SimpleBits, a tiny creative studio (“We make websites and products”) based in Salem, Massachusetts.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/simplebits" class="link" target="_blank">Dan Cederholm (simplebits) on Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://dribbble.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Dribbble - What are you working on?</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://content.corkd.com/?from=corkd" class="link" target="_blank">Cork'd Content</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://simplebits.com/" class="link" target="_blank">SimpleBits</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://handcraftedcss.com/" class="link" target="_blank">HANDCRAFTED CSS by Dan Cederholm with Ethan Marcotte</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://simplebits.com/publications/bulletproof/" class="link" target="_blank">SimpleBits ~ Bulletproof Web Design</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://thornett.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Rich Thornett</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/frogandcode" class="link" target="_blank">Rich Thornett on Twitter</a><br /></li></ul>

<p>We're mixing it up for today’s episode of The Big Web Show. Instead of interviewing one or more amazing web innovators per our standard practice, Dan Benjamin and Jeffrey Zeldman interview each other.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="http://hivelogic.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Hivelogic</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/danbenjamin" class="link" target="_blank">Dan Benjamin (danbenjamin) on Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://happycog.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Happy Cog</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/happycog" class="link" target="_blank">Happy Cog Studios (happycog) on Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/zeldman" class="link" target="_blank">Jeffrey Zeldman (zeldman) on Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.alistapart.com/" class="link" target="_blank">A List Apart</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/alistapart" class="link" target="_blank">A List Apart (alistapart) on Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/5by5studios" class="link" target="_blank">5 by 5 Studios (5by5studios) on Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://books.alistapart.com/" class="link" target="_blank">A Book Apart, Welcome</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/abookapart" class="link" target="_blank">A Book Apart (abookapart) on Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://aneventapart.com/" class="link" target="_blank">An Event Apart: The Design Conference For People Who Make Web Sites</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/aneventapart" class="link" target="_blank">An Event Apart (aneventapart) on Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://stopdesign.com/" class="link" target="_blank">stopdesign</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/stop" class="link" target="_blank">Doug Bowman (stop) on Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://jasonsantamaria.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Jason Santa Maria</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/jasonsantamaria" class="link" target="_blank">Jason Santa Maria (jasonsantamaria) on Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://meyerweb.com/" class="link" target="_blank">meyerweb.com</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/meyerweb" class="link" target="_blank">Eric A. Meyer (meyerweb) on Twitter</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://adactio.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Adactio: Jeremy Keith</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/adactio" class="link" target="_blank">Jeremy Keith (adactio) on Twitter</a><br /></li></ul>

<p>Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin talk with Rich Ziade about how Arc90 manages the balance between product development and client services, and how to build a reputation when your client services agreements prevent you from having a public portfolio.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/" class="link" target="_blank">Readability - An Arc90 Lab Experiment</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://lab.arc90.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Arc90 Lab</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://basement.org/" class="link" target="_blank">BASEMENT.ORG</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.kindlingapp.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Home | Kindling Idea Management</a><br /></li></ul>

<p>Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin talk with Aarron Walter, lead user experience designer for MailChimp, about white-hat SEO strategies, user intent and content, usability, and more.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="http://interactwithwebstandards.com/" class="link" target="_blank">InterACT With Web Standards: A Holistic Approach to Web Design | The Web Standards Project</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://buildingfindablewebsites.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Building Findable Websites: Web Standards, SEO, and Beyond</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.mailchimp.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Email Marketing and Email List Manager | MailChimp</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://ranks.nl/" class="link" target="_blank">Ranks Webmaster Tools</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.mint.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Free Personal Finance Software, Budget Software, Online Money Management and Budget Planner | Mint.com</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://aarronwalter.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Aarron Walter: Author, Speaker, Designer</a><br /></li></ul>

<p>Jeffrey and Dan talk with the legendary Rogert Black about web type, design templates, screen resolution, web publishing, responsive design, and more.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="http://www.Webtype.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Webtype</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://treesaver.net/" class="link" target="_blank">Treesaver: A new design for the web</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.ready-media.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Home | Ready-Media</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.spd.org/2010/07/just-add-water.php" class="link" target="_blank">Just Add Water - Grids - SPD.ORG - Grids</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://readnomad.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Introducing Nomad Editions - a series of digital weeklies designed directly for mobile devices.</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.daniloblack.com/thinkdigital/" class="link" target="_blank">Danilo Black :: think digital</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.fontbureau.com/" class="link" target="_blank">The Font Bureau, Inc.</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.fontbureau.com/people/DavidBerlow/" class="link" target="_blank">Font Bureau People | David Berlow</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/media/columns/medialife/1588/" class="link" target="_blank">Meet Roger Black</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/16/garden/16location.html?_r=2&ref=garden" class="link" target="_blank">On Location - Five Shipping Containers Become a West Texas Retreat - NYTimes.com</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.zeldman.com/2010/09/01/episode-18-roger-black-on-web-type-and-templates/" class="link" target="_blank">Episode 18: Roger Black on web type and templates %u2013 Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report</a><br /></li></ul>

<p>Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benamin talk with Tracy Osborn about the ins and outs of networking when you're not well known; where ideas and inspiration come from; how to recognize and develop your best ideas and persuade others to believe in them; and more.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="http://www.limedaring.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Tracy Osborn at Limedaring.com</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.limedaring.com/technical-co-founder-wanted-for-disrupting-the-wedding-industry/" class="link" target="_blank">Technical co-founder wanted for disrupting the wedding</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://colorblendy.com/" class="link" target="_blank">ColorBlendy - Blend colors with different modes like multiply, overlay, dodge.</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://weddingtype.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Wedding typography and wording for invitation kits | WeddingType.com</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://sortfolio.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Sortfolio : Find a great web designer by style, budget, and location.</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Hacker News</a><br /></li></ul>

<p>Jeffrey and Dan talk with Sunni Brown, noted information designer, about visual communication and debunk the myth that doodling is a distraction.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="http://graphicfacilitation.blogs.com/pages/books.html" class="link" target="_blank">The Center for Graphic Facilitation: Books</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://wiki.vizthink.com/VizThinkAustin" class="link" target="_blank">VizThink - Viz Think Austin</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://vizthink.com/blog/2010/05/14/sunni-brown-and-the-doodle-revolution-a-tedx-talk/" class="link" target="_blank">Sunni Brown and the Doodle Revolution: a TEDx talk | VizThink</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://sunnibrown.com/the-book/" class="link" target="_blank">Gamestorming | Sunni Brown</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0446691437/5by5-20" class="link" target="_blank">Amazon.com: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles (9780446691437): Steven Pressfield: Books</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://5by5.tv/conversation/20" class="link" target="_blank">The Conversation #20: Visual Thinking | 5by5</a><br /></li></ul>

<p>Tara Hunt, social media entrepreneur, author of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyFaWoiL6Cc">The Whuffie Factor</a>, cofounder of <a href="http://citizenagency.com/about-citizen-agency/">Citizen Agency</a>, and one of <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/132/the-most-influential-women-in-technology-the-evangelists.html">Fast Company’s “women in tech</a> — nine thought leaders who are changing our ideas about technology” talks with Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin about social media and much more.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="http://www.horsepigcow.com/" class="link" target="_blank">HPC | marketing uncommon -- social spelunking by Tara Hunt</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.whuffaoke.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Karaoke Across America | Whuff-aoke or Bust</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_Hunt" class="link" target="_blank">Tara Hunt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.sanfranmag.com/story/so-open-it-hurts" class="link" target="_blank">So open it hurts | San Francisco online</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0307409503/5by5-20" class="link" target="_blank">Amazon.com: The Whuffie Factor: Using the Power of Social Networks to Build Your Business (9780307409508): Tara Hunt: Books</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0307449408/5by5-20" class="link" target="_blank">Amazon.com: The Power of Social Networking: Using the Whuffie Factor to Build Your Business (9780307449405): Tara Hunt: Books</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp" class="link" target="_blank">BarCamp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://citizenagency.com/about-citizen-agency/" class="link" target="_blank">About Citizen Agency | Citizen Agency</a><br /></li></ul>

<p>Jeffrey and Dan talk with Gowalla CEO Josh Williams about social media, being an entrepreneur, developer applications for the web and mobile, marketing a new business, and more.</p>

<p>Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin talk with Michael Nolan, a senior editor for Pearson’s New Riders and Peachpit imprints, focusing on web design and development. In this special hour of insights, we discuss how publishing really works, where it’s going, and how it will survive, plus plenty of stories about your favorite authors and designers, and tips on how to identify talent for those who are hiring, and how present yourself as a talented and desirable catch for those who are trying to boost their visibility and career prospects.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="http://www.peachpit.com/authors/bio.aspx?a=2817d8e5-1588-4a69-b8e0-c17d8e2e55c2" class="link" target="_blank">Peachpit: Michael Nolan</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.peachpit.com/about/write_for_us.aspx" class="link" target="_blank">Peachpit: Write for Us</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.peachpit.com/imprint/index.aspx?st=61074" class="link" target="_blank">Peachpit: imprints > New Riders</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.peachpit.com/authors/bio.aspx?a=25CCF780-7FB4-48C7-92B8-A3C776023282" class="link" target="_blank">Peachpit: Marty Neumeier</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.peachpit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0321620690" class="link" target="_blank">Peachpit: Designful Company, The: How to build a culture of nonstop innovation, Adobe Reader</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735710759/5by5-20" class="link" target="_blank">Amazon.com: Design for Community (9780735710757): Derek Powazek: Books</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321620062/5by5-20" class="link" target="_blank">Amazon.com: Content Strategy for the Web (9780321620064): Kristina Halvorson:%u2026</a><br /></li></ul>

<p>Dan Benjamin and Jeffrey Zeldman talk with "Andy McMillan":http://goodonpaper.com/, founder of "Build":http://buildconf.com/, an annual “hand-crafted web design conference” located in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and CSS godfather "Eric Meyer":http://meyerweb.com/, co-founder of "An Event Apart":http://aneventapart.com, the design conference for people who make websites.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="http://meyerweb.com/" class="link" target="_blank">meyerweb.com</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://buildconf.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Build</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://aneventapart.com/" class="link" target="_blank">An Event Apart: The Design Conference For People Who Make Web Sites</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/An.Event.Apart" class="link" target="_blank">An Event Apart | Facebook</a><br /></li></ul>

<p>How do you scale CSS for millions of visitors or thousands of pages? Nicole Sullivan knows, and shares her insight, experience, and expertise in this in-depth discussion with Dan and Jeffrey.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="http://www.stubbornella.org/content/" class="link" target="_blank">Stubbornella</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://wiki.github.com/stubbornella/oocss/" class="link" target="_blank">Home - oocss - GitHub</a><br /></li></ul>

<p>Dan Benjamin and Jeffrey Zeldman talk with Jason Fried, CEO and co-founder of 37 Signals about changing an industry, collaborating, reducing distractions and interruptions, design, logos, usability, real and virtual offices, co-working, designing in the open, and more.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="http://37signals.com/draft" class="link" target="_blank">37signals Draft for iPad: Simple sketching and sharing</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://37signals.com/11" class="link" target="_blank">37signals >> 11 > Copy Righting</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://37signals.com/manifesto" class="link" target="_blank">The 37signals Manifesto (our original site from 1999)</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://overcommittedapps.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Overcommitted... to apps we love.</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://37signals.com/changes" class="link" target="_blank">37signals change history</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/073571410X/5by5-20" class="link" target="_blank">Amazon.com: Defensive Design for the Web: How to improve error messages, help, forms, and other crisis points (9780735714106): Matthew Linderman, Jason Fried: Books</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2339-the-new-office-the-idea-and-the-floor-plan" class="link" target="_blank">The New Office: The Idea and the Floor Plan - (37signals)</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2344-construction-on-the-new-office-continues" class="link" target="_blank">Video: Construction on the new office continues. - (37signals)</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://wufoo.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Wufoo: Online Form Builder - Create Web Forms & Surveys</a><br /></li></ul>

<p>Dan and Jeffrey talk with guest Ethan Marcotte. Topics include designing and coding for the likes of the Sundance Film Festival and New York Magazine, and the joys of responsive web design, working remotely, and more.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/responsive-web-design/" class="link" target="_blank">A List Apart: Articles: Responsive Web Design</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://colly.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Simon Collison | Colly | The Celebrated Miscellany</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://hicksdesign.co.uk/journal" class="link" target="_blank">The Hickensian | Hicksdesign</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321643380/5by5-20" class="link" target="_blank">Handcrafted CSS: More Bulletproof Web Design</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321616952/5by5-20" class="link" target="_blank">Designing with Web Standards (3rd Edition)</a><br /></li></ul>

<p>Dan and Jeffrey talk with Whitney Hess about social networking, getting clients, and user experience design--from research to wireframes to testing and beyond.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/whitneyhess/diy-ux-give-your-users-an-upgrade-without-calling-in-a-pro-2202195" class="link" target="_blank">DIY UX: Give Your Users an Upgrade (Without Calling In a Pro)</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0470185481/5by5-20" class="link" target="_blank">Amazon.com: Handbook of Usability Testing: Howto Plan, Design, and Conduct%u2026</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321657292/5by5-20" class="link" target="_blank">Amazon.com: Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems (9780321657299): Steve Krug: Books</a><br /></li></ul>

<p>Dan and Jeffrey talk with special guest Jared Spool about usability testing in the real world, with practical advice for designers, UI engineers, and developers alike.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="http://www.uie.com/" class="link" target="_blank">User Interface Engineering - Usability Research, Training, and Events - UIE</a><br /></li></ul>

<p>Dan and Jeffrey chat with leading interaction designer "Luke Wroblewski":http://lukew.com about designing for the mobile space, and learn why the mobile experience for a web application or site should be designed before the PC version.</p> <p>Luke Wroblewski is an internationally recognized digital product design leader who has designed or contributed to software used by more than 700 million people worldwide. He is the author of "Web Form Design":http://www.rosenfeldmedia.com/books/webforms/ and "Functioning Form":http://www.lukew.com/ff/, and an extremely popular "speaker":http://www.lukew.com/presos/ at leading web design conferences. After long stints as Chief Design Architect at Yahoo! and Lead User Interface Designer of eBay Inc.'s platform team, he is currently Chief Design Officer and co-founder of a stealth start-up.</p> <p>Links for this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1071" class="link" target="_blank">LukeW | Touch Gesture Reference Guide</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.lukew.com/" class="link" target="_blank">LukeW Ideation Design | Digital Product Strategy & Design</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.precentral.net/hp-ceo-we-didnt-buy-pal-mto-be-smartphone-business" class="link" target="_blank">HP CEO: 'We didn't buy Palm to be in the smartphone business' | PreCentral.net</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2009/11/11/joe-hewitt-developer-of-facebooks-massively-popular-iphone-app-quits-the-project/" class="link" target="_blank"> Facebook iPhone Dev Quits Project Over Apple Tyranny </a><br /></li><li><a href="http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/" class="link" target="_blank">Readability - An Arc90 Lab Experiment</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.instapaper.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Instapaper</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.godaddymobile.com/Domains/DomainSearch.aspx?cookiecheck=1" class="link" target="_blank"> GoDaddy Mobile - Domain Search, Go Daddy Commercials </a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1117" class="link" target="_blank">Mobile First Helps with Big Issues</a><br /></li></ul>

<p>Dan and Jeffrey talk with special guest Liz Danzico ("@bobulate":http://twitter.com/bobulate), author of "Bobulate":http://bobulate.com, columnist for <em>Interactions Magazine</em>, former editor of <em>Boxes and Arrows</em>, former director of experience strategy for AIGA, former IA director at Barnes & Noble, and chairperson of the "MFA in Interaction Design program":http://interactiondesign.sva.edu/ at New York’s School of Visual Arts. They discuss web and interaction design education, user experience design, how to structure a program and teach a class, acquiring and editing content, and much more.</p>

<p>Dan and Jeffrey talk in-depth about content strategy on the web with Kristina Halvorson, CEO, Brain Traffic and author, Content Strategy for the Web (New Riders, 2010), and Erin Kissane, content strategist with Happy Cog, and author of Incisive.nu.</p>

<p>Melissa Pierce’s film, "Life in Perpetual Beta":http://lifeinperpetualbeta.com/ asks the question, "is the planned life worth living?" and sketches an answer via interviews with the likes of Baratunde Thuston, Irina Slutsky, and Biz Stone. Watch us turn the tables on the interviewer (now our interviewee) to find out how a homemaker with no filmmaking experience became the darling of the Chicago Independent Film Festival.</p>

<p>Dan and Jeffrey talk with "Jeremy Keith":http://adactio.com, designer, writer, speaker, and author of "HTML5 for Web Designers":http://books.alistapart.com, a new book coming out in June of 2010. They discuss the goals and inspiration behind the book, as well as what HTML5 means for both web creators and those who consume the web, covering topics that range from structure to accessibility and implementation.</p>

<p>Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin grill Ethan Dunham of "Fontspring":http://www.fontspring.com/ and "Font Squirrel":http://fontsquirrel.com and "Jeffrey Veen":http://veen.com of "Typekit":http://typekit.com (and other sites, too numerous to name) about one of your favorite subjects, "real fonts on your website" in this, our inaugural episode.</p>