Comments on: Daily Reports from 1997 on http://www.zeldman.com/2007/06/05/daily-reports-from-1997-on/ Web design news and insights since 1995 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:11:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: SimpleBits / 12 years of zeldman.com http://www.zeldman.com/2007/06/05/daily-reports-from-1997-on/#comment-51111 SimpleBits / 12 years of zeldman.com Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:12:31 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/06/05/daily-reports-from-1997-on/#comment-51111 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Zeldman.com turned 12 last month (holy cow, congrats!) and Jeffrey posting retrospective "best of"s featuring past Daily Report gems — still in their original clothes. Visit the Link [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] Zeldman.com turned 12 last month (holy cow, congrats!) and Jeffrey posting retrospective “best of”s featuring past Daily Report gems — still in their original clothes. Visit the Link [...]

]]> By: Longboard: Internet Archives http://www.zeldman.com/2007/06/05/daily-reports-from-1997-on/#comment-48910 Longboard: Internet Archives Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:23:45 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/06/05/daily-reports-from-1997-on/#comment-48910 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Zeldman: The archive. Click around and you'll find years of hand-coded wonderfulness. And who can forget the icons. [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] Zeldman: The archive. Click around and you'll find years of hand-coded wonderfulness. And who can forget the icons. [...]

]]> By: Tom http://www.zeldman.com/2007/06/05/daily-reports-from-1997-on/#comment-37562 Tom Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:14:57 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/06/05/daily-reports-from-1997-on/#comment-37562 Looking at the designs makes me pretty sure that I’ve been a regular reader of yours since early 2002. Wow. Time flies. Looking at the designs makes me pretty sure that I’ve been a regular reader of yours since early 2002. Wow. Time flies.

]]> By: Josh Stodola http://www.zeldman.com/2007/06/05/daily-reports-from-1997-on/#comment-16370 Josh Stodola Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:10:40 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/06/05/daily-reports-from-1997-on/#comment-16370 Well, you've came quite a ways! I mean, just look at those table layouts with the markup in all caps! Ahhh, 'twas the nineties. Well, you’ve came quite a ways! I mean, just look at those table layouts with the markup in all caps! Ahhh, ’twas the nineties.

]]> By: kavak yelleri http://www.zeldman.com/2007/06/05/daily-reports-from-1997-on/#comment-16118 kavak yelleri Sat, 23 Jun 2007 17:04:44 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/06/05/daily-reports-from-1997-on/#comment-16118 "Still, congrats on your 12 years, and thanks for the memories—for some reason, the August ‘02 and April ‘03 designs are the ones that still make my mind go ‘Ah—Zeldman!’. Must be all that orangey goodness." “Still, congrats on your 12 years, and thanks for the memories—for some reason, the August ‘02 and April ‘03 designs are the ones that still make my mind go ‘Ah—Zeldman!’. Must be all that orangey goodness.”

]]> By: Blake http://www.zeldman.com/2007/06/05/daily-reports-from-1997-on/#comment-15825 Blake Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:59:23 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/06/05/daily-reports-from-1997-on/#comment-15825 Man, twelve years old. Your web site's gonna be staying out late with friends, terrorizing the neighborhood. Damn kids. Congrats Jeffrey... and to think eight years ago I visited your site every day, wanting badly to do "design stuff" the way you did. Here's to that, and here's to you. ps - love that icon. always thought that kid was pinching a loaf, but maybe it's just me. Man, twelve years old. Your web site’s gonna be staying out late with friends, terrorizing the neighborhood. Damn kids.

Congrats Jeffrey… and to think eight years ago I visited your site every day, wanting badly to do “design stuff” the way you did. Here’s to that, and here’s to you.

ps – love that icon. always thought that kid was pinching a loaf, but maybe it’s just me.

]]> By: Craig Grannell http://www.zeldman.com/2007/06/05/daily-reports-from-1997-on/#comment-14428 Craig Grannell Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:07:59 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/06/05/daily-reports-from-1997-on/#comment-14428 Man, I'm really jealous of this—although Snub Communications as an entity isn't as old as your site, I've had a site online since about the same time you started yours, but I didn't think to back the things up at the time. Instead, each site was torn down and replaced by the next one. *sob* Still, congrats on your 12 years, and thanks for the memories—for some reason, the August '02 and April '03 designs are the ones that still make my mind go 'Ah—Zeldman!'. Must be all that orangey goodness. Man, I’m really jealous of this—although Snub Communications as an entity isn’t as old as your site, I’ve had a site online since about the same time you started yours, but I didn’t think to back the things up at the time. Instead, each site was torn down and replaced by the next one. *sob*

Still, congrats on your 12 years, and thanks for the memories—for some reason, the August ‘02 and April ‘03 designs are the ones that still make my mind go ‘Ah—Zeldman!’. Must be all that orangey goodness.

]]> By: Michel http://www.zeldman.com/2007/06/05/daily-reports-from-1997-on/#comment-14412 Michel Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:20:31 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/06/05/daily-reports-from-1997-on/#comment-14412 12 years... Who would think... One of my favorites from your old archives is <a href="http://www.zeldman.com/glamorous/76.shtml" rel="nofollow">this one</a> (later I discovered also <a href="http://www.zeldman.com/daily/1104c.shtml#suck" rel="nofollow">this one</a>)... I am impressed:) (And the first article I mentioned, I discovered it while reading your book - there was a screenshot, and I started reading, and then got interested so much that I stood up, went to the computer, and searched he article at zeldman.com - luckily you didn't change any URLs since;-) -- -- -- @<a href="#comment-14346" rel="nofollow">Alan</a>: I agree with you! What impressed me a lot was when I discovered some time ago that Doug Bowman over at StopDesign does *keep* his old versions online! Check it out - instead of www.stopdesign.com try http://v1.stopdesign.com/ or http://v2.stopdesign.com/ etc.! Amazing! :-) Doug even wrote an article on that, I just don't remember the URL but you can easily find it:) Cheers! 12 years… Who would think…

One of my favorites from your old archives is this one (later I discovered also this one)… I am impressed:)

(And the first article I mentioned, I discovered it while reading your book – there was a screenshot, and I started reading, and then got interested so much that I stood up, went to the computer, and searched he article at zeldman.com – luckily you didn’t change any URLs since;-)

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@Alan:

I agree with you! What impressed me a lot was when I discovered some time ago that Doug Bowman over at StopDesign does *keep* his old versions online!

Check it out – instead of http://www.stopdesign.com try http://v1.stopdesign.com/ or http://v2.stopdesign.com/ etc.! Amazing! :-)

Doug even wrote an article on that, I just don’t remember the URL but you can easily find it:)

Cheers!

]]> By: Ray http://www.zeldman.com/2007/06/05/daily-reports-from-1997-on/#comment-14378 Ray Wed, 06 Jun 2007 18:26:46 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/06/05/daily-reports-from-1997-on/#comment-14378 Aaagh Dude, I hate to break this to you but we've been going through the archives and old posts for like.... e-ver. <i>“(featuring the HTML Fist)”</i> I got a t-shirt of that only mines better. Mine has an X. Aaagh Dude, I hate to break this to you but we’ve been going through the archives and old posts for like…. e-ver.

“(featuring the HTML Fist)” I got a t-shirt of that only mines better. Mine has an X.

]]> By: Tim Murtaugh http://www.zeldman.com/2007/06/05/daily-reports-from-1997-on/#comment-14370 Tim Murtaugh Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:03:37 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/06/05/daily-reports-from-1997-on/#comment-14370 Um, excuse me? Where is the astronaut? Um, excuse me? Where is the astronaut?

]]> By: Ben Ryan http://www.zeldman.com/2007/06/05/daily-reports-from-1997-on/#comment-14347 Ben Ryan Wed, 06 Jun 2007 05:22:26 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/06/05/daily-reports-from-1997-on/#comment-14347 <blockquote>"What an odd activity for so much human energy to have been channeled into."</blockquote> ...I think Anne Frank would disagree. A journal is never a waste of energy, regardless of the form it takes, unless it is done for insincere reasons. I've never had that impression about your blog, Jeffrey.

“What an odd activity for so much human energy to have been channeled into.”

…I think Anne Frank would disagree. A journal is never a waste of energy, regardless of the form it takes, unless it is done for insincere reasons. I’ve never had that impression about your blog, Jeffrey.

]]> By: alan http://www.zeldman.com/2007/06/05/daily-reports-from-1997-on/#comment-14346 alan Wed, 06 Jun 2007 05:12:39 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/06/05/daily-reports-from-1997-on/#comment-14346 Something that has always irritated/annoyed/saddened me about bloggers/magazines/websites and their resurrected archives is the loss of original visual context. Cramming old "content" into a new design means mentions of a new sidebar that's long gone, or apologizing for the teal that's morphed into a blazing deep green. I get why A List Apart did this for their archives, but loosing the visual history and evolution of that site through the years is, while not quite up there with the sack of Alexandria, an incredible loss for web designers and developers interested in where the medium came from and how it got here. All of which is a bloated prelude to this. Thanks for presenting your past self as it was; Warts, beauty marks, chickens and all. Something that has always irritated/annoyed/saddened me about bloggers/magazines/websites and their resurrected archives is the loss of original visual context. Cramming old “content” into a new design means mentions of a new sidebar that’s long gone, or apologizing for the teal that’s morphed into a blazing deep green.

I get why A List Apart did this for their archives, but loosing the visual history and evolution of that site through the years is, while not quite up there with the sack of Alexandria, an incredible loss for web designers and developers interested in where the medium came from and how it got here.

All of which is a bloated prelude to this. Thanks for presenting your past self as it was; Warts, beauty marks, chickens and all.

]]> By: Jonathan Dobres http://www.zeldman.com/2007/06/05/daily-reports-from-1997-on/#comment-14336 Jonathan Dobres Wed, 06 Jun 2007 01:39:58 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/06/05/daily-reports-from-1997-on/#comment-14336 D'oh. Clearly I need more sleep. That teal design I liked so much was obviously around roughly twice as long as I originally thought (or typed). Makes sense. I seem to recall you doing a weird take on the Happycog logo, followed by an entertaining commentary on Bush's run-up to the Best War Ever. D’oh. Clearly I need more sleep. That teal design I liked so much was obviously around roughly twice as long as I originally thought (or typed). Makes sense. I seem to recall you doing a weird take on the Happycog logo, followed by an entertaining commentary on Bush’s run-up to the Best War Ever.

]]> By: Jonathan Dobres http://www.zeldman.com/2007/06/05/daily-reports-from-1997-on/#comment-14334 Jonathan Dobres Wed, 06 Jun 2007 01:31:26 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/06/05/daily-reports-from-1997-on/#comment-14334 It's hard for me to believe that the old teal design was only on the site for the last couple of months of 2002. I liked it a lot, remember it very clearly, and it feels like it was around much longer. Looking at the designs makes me pretty sure that I've been a regular reader of yours since early 2002. Wow. Time flies. It’s hard for me to believe that the old teal design was only on the site for the last couple of months of 2002. I liked it a lot, remember it very clearly, and it feels like it was around much longer.

Looking at the designs makes me pretty sure that I’ve been a regular reader of yours since early 2002. Wow. Time flies.

]]> By: Dante http://www.zeldman.com/2007/06/05/daily-reports-from-1997-on/#comment-14332 Dante Wed, 06 Jun 2007 01:05:38 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/06/05/daily-reports-from-1997-on/#comment-14332 Man, you're like the Franz Haydn of web writing. Man, you’re like the Franz Haydn of web writing.

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