The Big Web Show

Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin are joined by Mike Essl to discuss Mr. T, combining print and digital content, being Comic Book Guy in the age of eBooks, the past and future of proprietary platforms in publishing, and Mike's fully wearable shirt empire. Links for this episode: Blog of the Nerduo 1.21 Jiggawatts – My Trilogy Kicks Your Trilogy’s Ass and Jigga What? by Nerduo Mr. T and Me ME/AT — The Studio of Mike Essl and Alexander Tochilovsky — 212.473.2001 Amazon.com: Weirdo Deluxe: The Wild World of Pop Surrealism & Lowbrow Art (9780811842419): Matt Dukes Jordan: Books Amazon.com: Watching the Watchmen: The Definitive Companion to the Ultimate Graphic Novel (9781848560413): Dave Gibbons, Chip Kidd, Mike Essl: Books Amazon.com: The Art of Superman Returns (9780811853446): Daniel Wallace, Bryan Singer: Books Amazon.com: Cascading Style Sheets: Separating Content from Presentation (0082169510439): Owen Briggs, Steve Champeon, Eric Costello, Matthew Patterson: Books Amazon.com: Web Designer's Guide to Style Sheets (9781568303062): Steven Mulder: Books nerduo (nerduo) on Twitter Mike Essl (essl) on Twitter Sponsored by Sound Studio 4 and MailChimp.

Jen Simmons joins Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin to discuss Drupal, the Drupal community, content management systems, design, and the future of publishing. Links for this episode: Drupal - Open Source CMS | drupal.org Drupal.com Books about Drupal | drupal.org Welcome to A Drupal 7 Demo Site | A Drupal 7 Demo Site Jen Simmons (jensimmons) on Twitter Jen Simmons | i make websites Bartik | drupal.org Jean Bartik - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sponsored by Postmark and Rackspace.

Craig Mod joins Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin to discuss the decision to jump from freelance work to startup work, Craig’s experience traveling and writing the GF1 Fieldtest, how travel affects the work you do, and the multifaceted challenges and future of web publishing. Links for this episode: Craig Mod - Considering the future of books & storytelling Craig Mod (craigmod) on Twitter Flipboard for iPad Spring Lecture Series: Craig Mod, “Post Artifact Book Design Thinking” — School of Visual Arts — MFA in Interaction Design Life at Kopila Valley Children's Home - Journal Sponsored by Sourcebits and Campaign Monitor.

Dana Chisnell joins Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin to talk about UX, testing, leveraging your expertise, New York City voting booth user experience design, and more. Links for this episode: Dana Chisnell Handbook of Usability Testing - Amazon.com Dana Chisnell (danachis) on Twitter Design for Democracy — AIGA | the professional association for design Usability Testing Sponsored by Zendesk and Shopify.

Mandy Brown joins Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin to discuss the value of support, the future of type on the web, font choice on reader platforms, what print publishers can learn from web publishers, why you’ve got to write, and why the future belongs to editors. Links for this episode: this is a working library Mandy Brown (aworkinglibrary) on Twitter Typekit A List Apart A Book Apart, Welcome Typedia: A Shared Encyclopedia of Typefaces Type rendering: review, and fonts that render well « The Typekit Blog Sponsored by MailChimp.

Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin are joined by Jim Coudal to discuss the phenomenon that is Layer Tennis, his presentation “secrets,” and firing clients to work for yourself. Links for this episode: Coudal Partners Field Notes — “I’m not writing it down to remember it later, I’m writing it down to remember it now.” The DECK | The premier ad network for reaching web, design & creative professionals Jim Coudal (coudal) on Twitter Sponsored by GitHub and Harvest.

Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin are joined by Jason Santa Maria and discuss mitigating the isolation of working in your underwear by reaching out to the community, avenues for creativity, struggling with the line between good enough and perfection, focus, why speaking and teaching are important, and why sometimes the distraction of working with other people is worth it. Links for this episode: Jason Santa Maria Jason Santa Maria (jasonsantamaria) on Twitter Dribbble - Jason Santa Maria Mighty, a Design Studio Typekit Typedia: A Shared Encyclopedia of Typefaces AIGA/NY A List Apart Happy Cog What deux yeux have teux deux teuxday? Sponsored by An Event Apart.

Matt Mullenweg joins Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin to discuss the creation and evolution of WordPress, the growth of Automattic, making money with open source, and more. Links for this episode: Matt Mullenweg WordPress › Blog Tool and Publishing Platform Matt Mullenweg (photomatt) on Twitter Gravatar - Globally Recognized Avatars Online survey software - conduct your customer surveys and online polls with Polldaddy. Plinky After the Deadline - Spell, Style, and Grammar Checker for WordPress, Firefox, TinyMCE, jQuery, and CKEditor VaultPress — Safeguard your site Sponsored by MailChimp and Rackspace.

Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin talk about what they're thankful for, awards, visibility and public speaking (and why you should do it), Pub Standards, meetups (and why you should start or join one), and how to make a change. Links for this episode: HTML5 Reset HTML5 Boilerplate - A rock-solid default for HTML5 awesome. Modernizr CmdrTaco.net

Andy Clarke joins Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin to talk about his new book, Hardboiled Web Design, the evolution of the web, and the right way to design with HTML5 and CSS3. Links for this episode: Fantastic website design in Flintshire, North Wales from Stuff and Nonsense Andy Clarke (Malarkey) on Twitter Web design and CSS training, workshops and DVDs for web designers | For A Beautiful Web Hardboiled Web Design by Andy Clarke Fantastic website design in Flintshire, North Wales from Stuff and Nonsense My new book, Hardboiled Web Design | Stuff and Nonsense Hardboiled Web Design | Five Simple Steps A List Apart: Articles: Web Standards for E-books Transcending CSS | The Fine Art of Web Design by Andy Clarke Simon Collison | Colly | The Celebrated Miscellany

Gary Vaynerchuk joins Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin to talk about humanizing business, his upcoming book The Thank You Economy, success and guilt, his new radio show, and his biggest mistake. Links for this episode: Gary Vaynerchuk VaynerMedia: Consulting for Brands Forrst ~ A place for designers and developers to share screenshots, links, code, and questions with their peers. Gary Vaynerchuk (garyvee) on Twitter Wine Library TV: Gary Vaynerchuk's daily wine video blog Crush It! a Gary Vaynerchuk book Amazon.com: The Thank You Economy (9780061914188): Gary Vaynerchuk: Books Facebook | Gary Vaynerchuk

Karen McGrane joins Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin to discuss putting publications online, the state of content management, careers in web design, running a design business, teaching UX and design, and more. Links for this episode: The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia Bond Art + Science School of Visual Arts — MFA in Interaction Design Karen McGrane (karenmcgrane) on Twitter Karen McGrane Drupal - Open Source CMS | drupal.org Build a Website - Website Design - Buzzr Lullabot's New Venture | Lullabot Lullabot | Drupal videos, training, consulting, and guidance Razorfish: The Agency for Marketing, Experience & Enterprise Design for the Digital World

Todd Dominey, creator of "SlideShowPro":http://slideshowpro.net, joins Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin to discuss making the transition from indy designer to employee to to business owner, his pioneering blog "What Do I Know":http://whatdoiknow.org, Flash, HTML5, and more. Links for this episode: Dominey - An ongoing collection of creative inspiration and random bits of interest. SlideShowPro: The complete photo and video slideshow publishing solution Todd Dominey (tdominey) on Twitter Brad Daily (bradleyboy) on Twitter Help Desk Software for Email/Web Customer Service

Paul Ford joins Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin to discuss the web, the future of publishing, microsites, branding , community, and more. Links for this episode: Ftrain.com Popsicle Weasel: Small web sites. Big ideas. Leslie Harpold - The Morning News Hacker (programmer subculture) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Commodore 64 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Django | The Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines Understanding Technology Standardization Efforts

Dan Cederholm joins Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin to discuss Dribbble, a vibrant design community for sharing screenshots of your work, Cork’d, the first social network for wine aficionados, his design style, inspiration, and more. A world-renowned web designer, author, speaker, and a giant in the field of CSS-based design, Dan is the founding principal of SimpleBits, a tiny creative studio (“We make websites and products”) based in Salem, Massachusetts. Links for this episode: Dan Cederholm (simplebits) on Twitter Dribbble - What are you working on? Cork'd Content SimpleBits HANDCRAFTED CSS by Dan Cederholm with Ethan Marcotte SimpleBits ~ Bulletproof Web Design Rich Thornett Rich Thornett on Twitter