I was in love with HTML and certain that the whole world was about to learn it, ushering in a new era of DIY media, free expression, peace and democracy and human rights worldwide. That part didn't work out so well, although the kids prefer YouTube to TV, so that's something. Jeffrey Zeldman democracydiyera share on social
I'm not against Flash, and I love the work that people such as Joshua Davis do. Jeffrey Zeldman davisflashjoshua Change image and share on social
In 1995, I made a website, and half the web came to see it, and I thought, 'Man, that's it, that's what I want to do.' Jeffrey Zeldman halfmakeman Change image and 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
A good designer has technical knowledge - don't treat her like someone who's there to decide whether something should be pink or orange. Jeffrey Zeldman decidedesignergood Change image and share on social
Historians and scholars have access to every issue of every newspaper and journal written during the civil rights struggle of the 1960s but can access only a comparative handful of papers covering the election of Barack Obama. Jeffrey Zeldman 1960saccessbarack 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 wanted to be a writer and an artist. Learning to type as quickly as I could think was a needed skill and part of my long self-directed apprenticeship. Jeffrey Zeldman apprenticeshipartistdirect Change image and share on social
I'd like to be able to design as easily as if I was using Photoshop. I'd like to be able to create a multicolumn layout and control source order without having to do advanced mathematics or hire Eric Meyer or Dan Cederholm to figure out the CSS, because I can't. Jeffrey Zeldman advancecederholmcontrol share on social
Put simply, if an interface is poorly designed, I will not see the data I looked for, even if it is right there on the page. Jeffrey Zeldman datumdesigninterface Change image and share on social
