people

The other white meat.

The vanishing personal site

Our personal sites, once our primary points of online presence, are becoming sock drawers for displaced first-person content. We are witnessing the disappearance of the all-in-one, carefully designed personal site containing professional information, links, and brief bursts of frequently updated content to which others respond via comments. Did I say we are witnessing the traditional [...]

A show about nothing, part 11

Adjusting position of dirty glasses and plates in dishwasher. “Geometry or physics?” I asked. “Generalized anxiety disorder,” she replied.

The John Slatin Fund Accessibility Project

The John Slatin Fund Accessibility Project matches accessibility experts with companies that would like a brief review of their site for accessibility. In return, the site owner is asked to contribute a minimum of $500 to The John Slatin Fund.

SXSW Parents Cooperatives

Attending a two-day educational conference without your kids is not a huge deal, but SXSW lasts a week. The choices are not good: See the whole show but miss your kids for a week? Bring your kids and miss practically the whole show? Attend for only a couple of days, missing your kids and most of the show? On the third day I found myself in a costly hotel room across from the conference center, skipping a keynote to play with Barbie dolls, it occurred to me that groups of parents could band together to create a more optimal experience. Here’s how SXSW Parents Cooperatives could work.

Zeldman on Talk Radio Today

Live today from 3:00 to 4:00 pm Eastern Time, I’m this week’s guest on “Design Matters with Debbie Millman,” the leading internet talk radio show on the “challenging and compelling canvas of today’s design world.”

The SXSW Diet

A minute later she came back, revolving them a few inches from my lips.

Lord of the Rains

I saw the bus doors closing. I saw a strange lady taking my daughter away.

Event Apart Chicago wrap-up

The sights, sounds, and some of the sense of An Event Apart Chicago 2007.

Link ‘n Park

A lifetime’s worth of comic book covers, deep thoughts on ubiquitous digitization, Spool on lessons learned when new features tank, and much more.

Better know a speaker: Dan Cederholm

What’s up with Dan Cederholm these days?