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Front-end architect and speaker Mina Markham is Jeffrey Zeldman’s guest. Mina discusses her career path, her work at as a senior engineer at Slack, how she came to create the Hillary Clinton UI pattern library “Pantsuit,” her time at IBM, helping others and inviting women of color into STEM fields, becoming a public speaker in spite of deep introversion, a recent South African safari, air travel, conferences, the joys of visiting Italy, and more. Enjoy a relaxed and illuminating glimpse into the life of a private and highly creative person. Links for this episode:Mina Markham, DeveloperMina Markham on Twitter (@minamarkham)Mina Markham on GitHubMina Markham on LinkedinSassy StarterFront Porch ConferenceSlackSlack on TwitterMina’s storyBuilding Pantsuit – the Hanselminutes Podcast by Scott HanselmanBlack Girls Who CodeGirl Develop ItBrought to you by: Blockstack (The Blockstack ecosystem is hard at work and we’d love to have you, learn more and get started at blockstack.org/bigwebshow).

Legendary computer scientist, web standards pioneer, and indie-web proponent Tantek Çelik is Jeffrey Zeldman’s guest. The secret history of standards in our web browsers. How web standards moved from academic ideas that sometimes couldn’t even be implemented to the foundation of our modern web. The rift between standards-oriented, CSS-and-accessibility-loving web developers and those who rely on powerful and sophisticated toolchains: can it be bridged? The Flash years and today. Indieweb tools and the independent web community: what it’s about and how to get started. Readers versus social readers. Taking back privacy and the ownership of our content. Links for this episode:Tantek Çelik (@t) | TwitterTantek ÇelikTantek Çelik - Wikiwand5by5 | The Big Web ShowIndieWebMicro.blogMicrosub - IndieWebreader - IndieWebBrought to you by: Blockstack (The Blockstack ecosystem is hard at work and we’d love to have you, learn more and get started at blockstack.org/bigwebshow). Robinhood (Robinhood is giving you FREE sto

Founder and business development consultant Joe Rinaldi (That Was Clutch, Philamade, Bureau of Digital) is Jeffrey Zeldman’s guest. Agency and freelance networking, mining contacts for work, honesty in client services, what they don’t teach in design school, the value of having worked in service. Links for this episode:@joerinaldi on TwitterJoe Rinaldi on LinkedInThat Was ClutchBrought to you by: Honeybook (Visit Honeybook.com and enter promo code BIGWEBSHOW to get 50% off your first year). Green Chef (For $50 off your first box of Green Chef, go to GreenChef.us/bigwebshow).

Why do companies de-prioritize accessibility? Making a digital map accessible to the blind. Pros and cons of the straw test. Why simulating a disability is not the same as working with disabled people. Using Twitter threads to prototype book chapters. How diversity (including neurodiversity and diversity of ability) makes for a better product. Changing small habits in your life leads to changing big ones. Links for this episode:Derek Featherstone (@feather) | TwitterLevel Access - Digital Accessibility Software, Services, Training - Level AccessExtreme Design by Derek Featherstone—An Event Apart VideoAccessibility for Web DesignUX Foundations: AccessibilityGucci blackface sweater: Gucci removes $890 "blackface" sweater, apologizes after receiving backlash - CBS NewsTranscript for Big Web Show Episode #184 with Derek Featherstone (MS Word)Transcript for Big Web Show Episode #184 with Derek Featherstone (Accessible PDF)Brought to you by: Honeybook (Visit Honeybook.com and enter promo code BIGWEBSHOW

Coder, writer, composer, and founding developer of WordPress Matt Mullenweg is Jeffrey Zeldman’s guest. Open Source will save us. The WordPress 5.0 rollout. When Matthew met Jeffrey. Browsers in the age of Blink. AMP & HTML. Gutenberg: blocks and key commands. IE5. Box models. Google: still doing no evil? Links for this episode:Matt Mullenweg (@photomatt) | TwitterMatt Mullenweg – Unlucky in CardsBlog Tool, Publishing Platform, and CMS — WordPressAutomatticBlog — WordPressBringing UX to an open source platform: Redesigning WordPress - studio.zeldmanProgressive Web Apps  |  Web  |  Google DevelopersAMP on Google  |  Google DevelopersThe State of Web Browsers – Ferdy Christant (late 2018)The State of Web Browsers – Ferdy Christant (2019)The Tail End - Wait But WhyBrowser diversity starts with us. | Zeldman on Web & Interaction DesignBrought to you by: Honeybook (Visit Honeybook.com and enter promo code BIGWEBSHOW to get 50% off your first year).

Basecamp founder, New York Times best-selling author, and web software pioneer Jason Fried is Jeffrey Zeldman’s guest. The two discuss Jason’s latest book (co-authored with David Heinemeier Hannson), It Doesn’t Have to be Crazy at Work, which The Economist called “by far the best thing on management published this year.” Also: the secrets of Basecamp, the magic of sleep, the sameness of agencies’ portfolio sites, why Basecamp doesn’t user test, and more. Note: We apologize for Jeffrey's audio quality in this episode, but Jason Fried says so many smart things we decided we had to share this conversation anyway. It's worth it! Links for this episode:Jason Fried (@jasonfried) | TwitterBasecamp: Project Management & Team Communication SoftwareIt Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work: Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson: 9780062874788: Amazon.com: BooksThe 37signals Manifesto (our original site from 1999)Jason Fried – MediumSignal v. NoiseJason Fried (Author of Rework)Jason Fried | Speaker | TEDAmazon.com:

Web design pioneer, Clearleft chief executive, and UX thought leader Andy Budd chats with Big Web Show host Jeffrey Zeldman about the failings and triumphs of our design community over the past 20 years, why the success of design thinking killed the market for design studios, and how to reinvent your studio or agency for today’s market. Links for this episode:Andy Budd | ClearleftAndy Budd::BlogographyAndy Budd (@andybudd) | TwitterStrategic Design & Innovation Consultancy | ClearleftHomepage | UX London 2019UX London (@UXLondon) | TwitterHome New York | Leading Design Conference 2019LeadingDesignConf (@LDconf) | TwitterDigitalBrighton (@DigitalBrighton) | TwitterBrought to you by: ZipRecrutier (Visit the link to post jobs on ZipRecruiter for FREE). CacheFly (Learn more at http://5by5.CacheFly.com)

Jeffrey MacIntyre, a long-time independent UX consultant and researcher specializing in thoughtful digital personalization, is Jeffrey Zeldman’s guest. The two Jeffreys discuss personalization and its intersection with AI, the business opportunity of responsible personalization, aligning personalization with business operations, the secret history of berry picking, the value of a good taxonomy, personalization versus customization, avoiding the “creep” factor, and much more. A worthwhile episode for business executives and marketers as well as the designers and coders who serve them. Links for this episode:Bucket | Personalize with poise.Product Strategy for Content Initiatives | PredicateThe Design of Browsing and Berrypicking TechniquesTwitter - Jeff MacIntyreBucket (@ThisIsBucket) | TwitterBucket StudioBrought to you by: ZipRecrutier (Visit the link to post jobs on ZipRecruiter for FREE). .TECH Domains (Visit the link and use the code TBWS to get 90% off on 1 & 5 year registrations). Linode (Visit the

Long-time (since 1994) web design practitioner Jason Pamental, author of Responsive Typography from O’Reilly, is Jeffrey Zeldman’s guest. For more than an hour, the two designers geek out over responsive typography, the history of type on the web, and the explosive creative potential of the new variable fonts. Multiple Masters. FF Meta. Storing the offsets of the curve points. The three second timeout. Why FOUT is a feature, not a bug. Compensating for the differences between the web font and the backup font. The tragedy of Typecast, the new hope of Figma. Adidas. Nick Sherman. Paula Scher. Mandy Michael. And more. Links for this episode:Hi, I’m Jason | Responsive Web TypographyResponsive Typography: Using Type Well on the Web: Jason Pamental: 9781491907092: Amazon.com: BooksVariable Fonts | Responsive Web TypographyThe evolution of typography with variable fonts: an introduction | Responsive Web TypographyAbout Jason | Responsive Web TypographyJason Pamental (@jpamental) | TwitterVariable Fonts Experiments

Katel LeDu, Co-founder of the No, You Go podcast and CEO of A Book Apart, is Jeffrey Zeldman’s guest. Topics include: Getting comfortable putting yourself out there when you’re really more of a behind-the-scenes person. Starting a podcast. The life of a photo director at National Geographic. Asking for help. Community outreach—diversity and inclusion. What it’s like to have your therapist as a guest on your podcast. Leading by example. Walking the walk. Finding new authors and new voices. Imposter anxiety and narcissism. Links for this episode:No, You Go – A weekly podcast about ambition, friendship, and feminism.Posts – No, You GoA Book Apart, Brief books for people who design, write, and code.Katel LeDû (@theledu) | TwitterNo, You Go (@noyougoshow) | TwitterBrought to you by: .TECH Domains (Visit the link and use the code TBWS to get 90% off on 1 & 5 year registrations). Linode (Visit the link and get $20 credit when you use promo code 'bigweb2018').

The new season of The Big Web Show gets a running start with the brilliant and delightful Rachel Andrew, editor-in-chief of Smashing Magazine, co-founder of Perch and Notist, author of over 30 books including The New CSS Layout, and more. Rachel and host Jeffrey Zeldman discuss learning to say no, productivity hacks, finding the inspiration to write and the courage to begin public speaking, the latest news with CSS Grid Layout, leaving Apple hardware behind, and the pleasures of Pixel. Brought to you by: ZipRecrutier (Visit the link to post jobs on ZipRecruiter for FREE).

Jen Simmons—Designer Advocate at Mozilla, creator of Firefox Grid Inspector, host of Layout Land and The Web Ahead, member of the CSS Working Group, coiner of Intrinsic Web Design, and general force of nature—is Jeffrey Zeldman’s guest. Everything we thought we knew about web design just changed. Making sites that sing. Designing with the viewport in mind. A time-based storytelling journey. Real whitespace on the web. Real designer/developer tools: the Shapes Editor, Grid Inspector, and next-generation fonts panel in Firefox. Links for this episode:Jen Simmons (@jensimmons) | TwitterLayout Land - YouTube - YouTubeJen SimmonsTry New Browser Features in Pre-Release Versions | FirefoxJen Simmons | LabsLayout LandTranscriptBrought to you by: Simple Contacts (Get $30 off your contacts at Simplecontacts.com/bws or enter code BWS at checkout).

Kevin M. Hoffman, VP Design at Capital One, and author of Meeting Design, is Jeffrey Zeldman’s guest. “Design is not the end result.” How to assert control when you feel powerless. This one weird trick that can resolve conflict in difficult meetings. The relationship between meetings and change. Hacking your meetings, hacking your company culture. Five kinds of bad meetings. Escaping our biases, assumptions, and patterns. How illustration changes writing. A Jeff Veen joint. Designing an environment that lets people succeed. How design is like music and why you are not Prince. A new way of writing a book. Links for this episode:Kevin M. Hoffman (@kevinmhoffman) | TwitterMeeting Design - Rosenfeld MediaMeeting Design · An A List Apart ArticleKevin M. Hoffman - Rosenfeld MediaCapital One (@CapitalOne) | TwitterFacilitating Great Design · An A List Apart ArticleKick Ass Kickoff Meetings · An A List Apart ArticleMatt Sutter Books - List of books by Matt SutterBirthday StreetMatt Sutter (@mSutters) | TwitterBrough

UX and IA pioneer Peter Morville, founder of Semantic Studios and author of four major design books discusses his latest, Planning For Everything, with host Jeffrey Zeldman. When Peter Met Lou, “Peak chaos,” belief bubbles, why the dichotomy between planning and doing is false, how to plan a family vacation swimming with sharks, striking a balance between planning and improvisation, and more. Links for this episode:About Peter MorvillePeter Morville (@morville) | TwitterSemanticsAmazon.com: Planning for Everything: The Design of Paths and GoalsBrought to you by: An Event Apart

Creative director, advisor, designer, developer, author (Pricing Design), speaker, mentor, musician, and entrepreneur (SuperFriendly, SuperBooked) Dan Mall is Jeffrey Zeldman’s guest. Running a studio, pitching, value pricing, the apprentice program, “Make Grunt do it,” how to start a startup, “the most exciting design systems are boring,” walking away from big pitches, launching a service to help you find work. Links for this episode:A Book Apart, Pricing Design“How to Scope Work,” an article by Dan MallSuperBookedDan Mall (@danmall) | TwitterBrought to you by: Squarespace (Visit Squarespace.com to get a free trial and use the offer code BIGWEBSHOW for 10% off your first purchase).

Mike Essl, Dean at Cooper Union School of Art in New York, is Jeffrey Zeldman’s guest. Topics: The designer as hobbyist. “I was an expert witness for the Associated Press.” Design is a machine. Working in a comic book store. The Cooper Union coincidences. Web design in 1995 versus today. New York design versus San Francisco design. Systems making versus picture making. Kind of Bloop. Links for this episode:Mike EsslMike Essl (@essl) | TwitterWelcome | The Cooper UnionBorn in the Bronx: A Visual Record of the Early Days of Hip Hop: Johan Kugelberg, Joe Conzo, Afrika Bambaataa, Buddy Esquire, Jeff Chang: 9780789315403: Amazon.com: BooksAmazon.com: Watching the Watchmen (9781848560413): Dave Gibbons: BooksThe Chopping Block, Inc :: World Domination Through Graphic Design

David Sleight, Design Director at ProPublica, is Jeffrey Zeldman’s guest. ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces “investigative journalism with moral force.” David is a web designer, creative director, and leader at the intersection of publishing and digital technology. Topics include: Stop blaming the algorithm. Design ethics. Stories as products. How the role of the story affects art direction. Our medium needs design that is faster and design that is slower. The renaissance of The Washington Post. How reporting creates products. Can reporters be part of the Resistance? Links for this episode:Home — ProPublicaProPublica Data StoreDavid Sleight (@stuntbox) | TwitterStuntbox – Design and strategy of the finest cut.ProPublica (@ProPublica) | TwitterInside Atomwaffen As It Celebrates a Member for Allegedly — ProPublicaBombs in Our Backyard — ProPublica5by5 | The Big Web Show #66: David SleightBrought to you by: ZipRecrutier (Visit the link to post jobs on ZipRecruiter for FREE).

Designer Josh Clark (@bigmediumjosh) is Jeffrey Zeldman’s guest. Josh founded the consultancy BIG MEDIUM, whose slogan is “Design for what’s next.” He designs mobile and IoT experiences, AIs, and bots; is the author of Designing For Touch and Tapworthy; and got his start as the creator of Couch to 5K. Links for this episode:Josh on TwitterBig MediumBrought to you by: Squarespace (Visit Squarespace.com to get a free trial and use the offer code BIGWEBSHOW for 10% off your first purchase).

Jen Simmons (@JenSimmons), Designer Advocate at Mozilla, creators Layout Land, host of The Web Ahead, and driving force with Rachel Andrew behind CSS Grid in our browsers, is Jeffrey Zeldman’s guest. Free speech, Libertarianism, and doxxing. The CSS Grid Inspector and other tools coming our way—including Flexbox Inspector and Shape Path editor, Variable Fonts tooling, and tools for font features. #metoo and #blacklivesmatter. Video blogging’s unheralded heroes. Rough consensus and running code. Layout Land and modern layouts. Team teaching with Rachel Andrew. What goes into a great instructional video. Links for this episode:Layout LandThe Web AheadJenSimmons.comLearn CSS Grid | Jen SimmonsThe Web Behind: Videoblogging with Jay Dedman, Ryanne Hodson and Michael Verdi | The Web AheadAn Event Apart News: Revolutionize Your Page: Real Art Direction on the Web by Jen Simmons—An Event Apart videoAn Event Apart News: Modern Layouts: Getting Out of Our Ruts by Jen Simmons – An Event Apart VideoJen Simmons (@jensimmo

Designer, entrepreneur, and social media consultant Sarah Parmenter is Jeffrey Zeldman’s guest. Working with celebrities, the wrong way to save a troubled brand, using social media is not the same as consulting on social media, design ten years ago and now, can one web designer do it all? Links for this episode:AboutSarah Parmenter (@sazzy) | TwitterSarah Parmenter – MediumSarah Parmenter (@sazzy) • Instagram photos and videosAn Event Apart: Denver 2017 Special Edition Web Design & UX ConferenceThe New Macbook Pro with TouchbarOath's advisory board has Serena Williams as chair and Russell Wilson, Chuck D and Karlie Kloss as members | FierceCableSuperDuper!Brought to you by: HelloFresh (For $30 off your first week of HelloFresh, visit HelloFresh.com and enter BWS30). Videoblocks (Go to Videoblocks.com/bigwebshow to get all the stock footage, audio, and images you can imagine for just $149). Squarespace (Visit Squarespace.com to get a free trial and use the offer code BIGWEBSHOW for 10% off your first