Jeffrey Zeldman

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“King of Web Standards”—Bloomberg Businessweek.

Principal Designer, Automattic…

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Volunteer Experience

  • Suicide Prevention Hotline Graphic

    Volunteer, suicide prevention hotline, while a senior in high school

    Suicide Prevention Hotline

    - 9 months

    It was intense and meaningful.

Publications

  • Responsive Web Design

    A Book Apart

    [Publisher] Since its groundbreaking release in 2011, Responsive Web Design remains a fundamental resource for anyone working on the web.

    Other authors
    • Ethan Marcotte
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  • Designing With Web Standards, 3rd Edition

    New Riders

    AMAZON REVIEW:

    By B. G. Palin "Avid reader" (Victoria, Canada)

    This review is from: Designing with Web Standards (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

    Jeffrey Zeldman did it again. He made a huge impact with his Designing with Web Standards book (1st ed) close to a decade ago. Well, he's published his third edition, and it is as insightful as the first. This book is up to date, and covers modern technologies, from HTML5 to CSS3 to IE8.

    Readers of this book will gain a…

    AMAZON REVIEW:

    By B. G. Palin "Avid reader" (Victoria, Canada)

    This review is from: Designing with Web Standards (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

    Jeffrey Zeldman did it again. He made a huge impact with his Designing with Web Standards book (1st ed) close to a decade ago. Well, he's published his third edition, and it is as insightful as the first. This book is up to date, and covers modern technologies, from HTML5 to CSS3 to IE8.

    Readers of this book will gain a valuable insight into the recent history of web standards, be shown where things are now, and get a glimpse at where they may be going.

    Anyone connected to the web development process should read this book: developers (obviously), designers, supervisors. The book uses simple language, is not code-heavy, and is readable by programmers and non-programmers.

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    • Ethan Marcotte
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  • Designing With Web Standards, 2nd Edition

    New Riders

    Best-selling author, designer, and web standards evangelist Jeffrey Zeldman has updated his classic, industry-shaking guidebook. This new edition--now in full color--covers improvements in best practices and advances in the world of browsers since the first edition introduced the world to standards-based design. Written in the same engaging and witty style, making even the most complex information easy to digest, it remains an essential guide to creating sites that load faster, reach more…

    Best-selling author, designer, and web standards evangelist Jeffrey Zeldman has updated his classic, industry-shaking guidebook. This new edition--now in full color--covers improvements in best practices and advances in the world of browsers since the first edition introduced the world to standards-based design. Written in the same engaging and witty style, making even the most complex information easy to digest, it remains an essential guide to creating sites that load faster, reach more users, and cost less to design and maintain. Readers will learn from Jeffrey's insights as he demonstrates how web standards are driving search engine friendliness (findability) and the Web 2.0 applications that have reinvigorated the medium and the online marketplace. Readers will discover new techniques to make CSS layouts work better across multiple browsers and ways to make web content more accessible. Designing with Web Standards is an AIGA Design Press book, published under Peachpit's New Riders imprint in partnership with AIGA.

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  • Designing With Web Standards

    New Riders

    From WIKIPEDIA:

    Designing with Web Standards[1] is a web development book by Jeffrey Zeldman (3rd edition with Ethan Marcotte). Zeldman co-founded the Web Standards Project in 1998 and served as its director during the formative years when the project was petitioning browser makers to support standards. Zeldman left the project in 2003.

    The book’s audience is primarily web development professionals who are focused on web standards design work. DWS is used as a textbook in over 85…

    From WIKIPEDIA:

    Designing with Web Standards[1] is a web development book by Jeffrey Zeldman (3rd edition with Ethan Marcotte). Zeldman co-founded the Web Standards Project in 1998 and served as its director during the formative years when the project was petitioning browser makers to support standards. Zeldman left the project in 2003.

    The book’s audience is primarily web development professionals who are focused on web standards design work. DWS is used as a textbook in over 85 colleges, including New York University, UCLA, Dartmouth and Brigham Young University.


    Written by Jeffrey Zeldman, a staunch proponent of web standards and founder of the award-winning web design studio Happy Cog, Designing with Web Standards guides the reader on how to better utilize web standards pragmatically to create accessible, user-friendly web sites.

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  • Taking Your Talent to the Web: A Guide for the Transitioning Designer

    ISBN-13: 075-2064710738 ISBN-10: 0735710732

    RATED FIVE STARS at Amazon.com since the day it was published, Taking Your Talent to the Web (PDF) is now a free downloadable book from zeldman.com

    I wrote this book in 2001 for print designers whose clients want websites, print art directors who’d like to move into full–time web and interaction design, homepage creators who are ready to turn pro, and professionals who seek to deepen their web skills and understanding.

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Projects

  • Publications

    - Present

    For People Who Make Websites

    A List Apart (ISSN: 1534-0295) explores the design, development, and meaning of web content, with a special focus on web standards and best practices.

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Honors & Awards

  • SXSW Interactive Hall of Fame

    SXSW Interactive

    In 2012, Jeffrey Zeldman was the first designer inducted in the SXSW Interactive Hall of Fame.

  • Design Agency of the Year

    .net Magazine

    Happy Cog took home the award for Design Agency of the Year, edging out Centersource and Clearleft (who took the prize in 2009).

  • Video Podcast of the Year

    .net Magazine

    Dan Benjamin and Jeffrey Zeldman won “Video Podcast of the Year” for The Big Web Show.

  • Web Standards Champion

    .net Magazine

  • Web Standards Champion

    .net Magazine

  • Web Standards Champion

    .net Magazine

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  • French (a bit)

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