Jeffrey Zeldman Presents : Wednesday Links

3 December 2008 1 pm eastern

Wednesday Links

The State of the Web 2008 | Web Directions Surveys

Web Directions and Westciv are surveying web designers to find out such things as what browsers and operating systems developers use and test for; and which design and development practices and technologies they favor, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript and back end languages. Take the survey!

Cultivating Conversations | Jason Santa Maria

A proposal for improving comments.

The Grid System

The Grid System is a resource for all designers to learn about the benefits of using grid systems, golden ratios and baseline grids. Fabulous. Via Coudal.

This Is The Vanderbilt Republic.

Short (2.5 minute) video of photographer George Del Barrio’s shoot of urban folk musician Rahsaan Salandy, for his upcoming album.

Why Twitter Turned Down Facebook

Mr. Williams emphasized many times that, despite its buzz, Twitter is still a tiny, two-year-old company with just 25 employees. “It’s good that the expectations are high, but give us a minute,” he joked.

Headset Hotties

Imagine loneliness so intense that you begin to notice the attractiveness of headset wearers in stock photos. Imagine time so heavy on your hands that you create a website dedicated to your sad little obsession. Imagine no more. Discover Headset Hotties. (From those wonderful people who brought us Instant Rimshot.)

Tags: links, twitter, grids, gridsystem, comments, conversations, stateoftheweb, survey, westciv, headset, hotties, coudal, filmmaking, photography, George Del Barrio, Rahsaan Salandy, Jason Santa Maria, WebDirections, Twitter, NYTimes, Facebook

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3 Responses to “Wednesday Links”

John Lascurettes said on December 3rd, 2008 at 7:27 pm:
Wow. Been a while since you simply posted a list of interesting and fun links. I love these posts. Kudos.
Steve KIllen said on December 4th, 2008 at 6:30 am:
Wow, you guys are really pushing the Grid Systems site, I bookmarked it after my second visit through links on my RSS feeds.
Headset Hotties is it’s Own Standalone Site Now | scottcarver.info said on December 4th, 2008 at 9:36 pm:
[...] favorite comment thus far from Jeffrey Zeldman, someone I respect very much, in his Wednesday Link roundup yesterday. Zeldman says: “Imagine loneliness so intense that you begin to notice the attractiveness of [...]

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