To my way of thinking, passive management of file assets is okay for screwing around with iPads, where we're mainly watching TV on Netflix or obsessive-compulsively checking the popularity of our Instagram uploads. Jeffrey Zeldman assetcheckcompulsively share on social
I was a journalist, but I was starving. And I've written fiction, but I couldn't get a publisher. So, I was basically a very frustrated creative person working in advertising, and even there, I have a great idea that client won't buy it. Jeffrey Zeldman advertisebasicallybuy share on social
Thanks to budget shortfalls and format wars, our traditional media, literature, and arts are perishing faster than ever before. Nothing conceived by the human mind, except Heaven and nuclear winter, is eternal. Jeffrey Zeldman artbudgetconceive share on social
I was a frustrated musician, frustrated designer, frustrated art director, frustrated novelist, right. I'd fail at all these different professions. Jeffrey Zeldman artdesignerdirector Change image and share on social
I could open a thousand Excel documents and still never think to scroll past a wall of empty rows to see if, hidden beneath them, there is a tab I need to click. Just doesn't occur to me. Because, design. Jeffrey Zeldman beneathclickdesign share on social
We at The Web Standards Project turned everything on its head. We said browsers should support the same standards instead of competing to invent new tags and scripting languages. We said designers, developers, and content folks should create one site that was accessible to everyone. Jeffrey Zeldman accessiblebrowsercompete share on social
Amazon doesn't want to give Apple a cut of its media sales, so Apple won't let Amazon sell products in its apps. Jeffrey Zeldman amazonappapple Change image and share on social
I spent all day in front of a digital screen, but I'm about to curl up with a book. Jeffrey Zeldman bookcurlday Change image and share on social
I know and have worked alongside some of the designers, developers, and editors at Vox Media; you'd be proud to work with any of them. Jeffrey Zeldman alongsidedesignerdeveloper Change image and share on social
Every industry has standards. For example, the motion picture camera, there are 2 or 3 film formats with a number of brackets and number of speed, a shooting speed that is standard. If we didn't have that, then some motion pictures will play back too slowly, and people would talk very slowly, and it will be bizarre. Jeffrey Zeldman backbizarrebracket share on social