The Big Web Show

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 VaynerchukVaynerMedia: Consulting for BrandsForrst ~ A place for designers and developers to share screenshots, links, code, and questions with their peers.Gary Vaynerchuk (garyvee) on TwitterWine Library TV: Gary Vaynerchuk's daily wine video blogCrush It! a Gary Vaynerchuk bookAmazon.com: The Thank You Economy (9780061914188): Gary Vaynerchuk: BooksFacebook | 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 & MultimediaBond Art + ScienceSchool of Visual Arts — MFA in Interaction DesignKaren McGrane (karenmcgrane) on TwitterKaren McGraneDrupal - Open Source CMS | drupal.orgBuild a Website - Website Design - BuzzrLullabot's New Venture | LullabotLullabot | Drupal videos, training, consulting, and guidanceRazorfish: 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 solutionTodd Dominey (tdominey) on TwitterBrad Daily (bradleyboy) on TwitterHelp 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.comPopsicle Weasel: Small web sites. Big ideas.Leslie Harpold - The Morning NewsHacker (programmer subculture) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaCommodore 64 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaDjango | The Web framework for perfectionists with deadlinesUnderstanding 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 TwitterDribbble - What are you working on?Cork'd ContentSimpleBitsHANDCRAFTED CSS by Dan Cederholm with Ethan MarcotteSimpleBits ~ Bulletproof Web DesignRich ThornettRich Thornett on Twitter

We're mixing it up for today’s episode of The Big Web Show. Instead of interviewing one or more amazing web innovators per our standard practice, Dan Benjamin and Jeffrey Zeldman interview each other. Links for this episode:HivelogicDan Benjamin (danbenjamin) on TwitterHappy CogHappy Cog Studios (happycog) on TwitterJeffrey Zeldman (zeldman) on TwitterA List ApartA List Apart (alistapart) on Twitter5 by 5 Studios (5by5studios) on TwitterA Book Apart, WelcomeA Book Apart (abookapart) on TwitterAn Event Apart: The Design Conference For People Who Make Web SitesAn Event Apart (aneventapart) on TwitterstopdesignDoug Bowman (stop) on TwitterJason Santa MariaJason Santa Maria (jasonsantamaria) on Twittermeyerweb.comEric A. Meyer (meyerweb) on TwitterAdactio: Jeremy KeithJeremy Keith (adactio) on Twitter

Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin talk with Rich Ziade about how Arc90 manages the balance between product development and client services, and how to build a reputation when your client services agreements prevent you from having a public portfolio. Links for this episode:Readability - An Arc90 Lab ExperimentArc90 LabBASEMENT.ORGHome | Kindling Idea Management

Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin talk with Aarron Walter, lead user experience designer for MailChimp, about white-hat SEO strategies, user intent and content, usability, and more. Links for this episode:InterACT With Web Standards: A Holistic Approach to Web Design | The Web Standards ProjectBuilding Findable Websites: Web Standards, SEO, and BeyondEmail Marketing and Email List Manager | MailChimpRanks Webmaster ToolsFree Personal Finance Software, Budget Software, Online Money Management and Budget Planner | Mint.comAarron Walter: Author, Speaker, Designer

Jeffrey and Dan talk with the legendary Rogert Black about web type, design templates, screen resolution, web publishing, responsive design, and more. Links for this episode:WebtypeTreesaver: A new design for the webHome | Ready-MediaJust Add Water - Grids - SPD.ORG - GridsIntroducing Nomad Editions - a series of digital weeklies designed directly for mobile devices.Danilo Black :: think digitalThe Font Bureau, Inc.Font Bureau People | David BerlowMeet Roger BlackOn Location - Five Shipping Containers Become a West Texas Retreat - NYTimes.comEpisode 18: Roger Black on web type and templates %u2013 Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report

Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benamin talk with Tracy Osborn about the ins and outs of networking when you're not well known; where ideas and inspiration come from; how to recognize and develop your best ideas and persuade others to believe in them; and more. Links for this episode:Tracy Osborn at Limedaring.comTechnical co-founder wanted for disrupting the weddingColorBlendy - Blend colors with different modes like multiply, overlay, dodge.Wedding typography and wording for invitation kits | WeddingType.comSortfolio : Find a great web designer by style, budget, and location.Hacker News

Jeffrey and Dan talk with Sunni Brown, noted information designer, about visual communication and debunk the myth that doodling is a distraction. Links for this episode:The Center for Graphic Facilitation: BooksVizThink - Viz Think AustinSunni Brown and the Doodle Revolution: a TEDx talk | VizThinkGamestorming | Sunni BrownAmazon.com: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles (9780446691437): Steven Pressfield: BooksThe Conversation #20: Visual Thinking | 5by5

Tara Hunt, social media entrepreneur, author of The Whuffie Factor, cofounder of Citizen Agency, and one of Fast Company’s “women in tech — nine thought leaders who are changing our ideas about technology” talks with Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin about social media and much more. Links for this episode:HPC | marketing uncommon -- social spelunking by Tara HuntKaraoke Across America | Whuff-aoke or BustTara Hunt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaSo open it hurts | San Francisco onlineAmazon.com: The Whuffie Factor: Using the Power of Social Networks to Build Your Business (9780307409508): Tara Hunt: BooksAmazon.com: The Power of Social Networking: Using the Whuffie Factor to Build Your Business (9780307449405): Tara Hunt: BooksBarCamp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaAbout Citizen Agency | Citizen Agency

Jeffrey and Dan talk with Gowalla CEO Josh Williams about social media, being an entrepreneur, developer applications for the web and mobile, marketing a new business, and more.

Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin talk with Michael Nolan, a senior editor for Pearson’s New Riders and Peachpit imprints, focusing on web design and development. In this special hour of insights, we discuss how publishing really works, where it’s going, and how it will survive, plus plenty of stories about your favorite authors and designers, and tips on how to identify talent for those who are hiring, and how present yourself as a talented and desirable catch for those who are trying to boost their visibility and career prospects. Links for this episode:Peachpit: Michael NolanPeachpit: Write for UsPeachpit: imprints > New RidersPeachpit: Marty NeumeierPeachpit: Designful Company, The: How to build a culture of nonstop innovation, Adobe ReaderAmazon.com: Design for Community (9780735710757): Derek Powazek: BooksAmazon.com: Content Strategy for the Web (9780321620064): Kristina Halvorson:%u2026

Dan Benjamin and Jeffrey Zeldman talk with "Andy McMillan":http://goodonpaper.com/, founder of "Build":http://buildconf.com/, an annual “hand-crafted web design conference” located in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and CSS godfather "Eric Meyer":http://meyerweb.com/, co-founder of "An Event Apart":http://aneventapart.com, the design conference for people who make websites. Links for this episode:meyerweb.comBuildAn Event Apart: The Design Conference For People Who Make Web SitesAn Event Apart | Facebook

How do you scale CSS for millions of visitors or thousands of pages? Nicole Sullivan knows, and shares her insight, experience, and expertise in this in-depth discussion with Dan and Jeffrey. Links for this episode:StubbornellaHome - oocss - GitHub

Dan Benjamin and Jeffrey Zeldman talk with Jason Fried, CEO and co-founder of 37 Signals about changing an industry, collaborating, reducing distractions and interruptions, design, logos, usability, real and virtual offices, co-working, designing in the open, and more. Links for this episode:37signals Draft for iPad: Simple sketching and sharing37signals >> 11 > Copy RightingThe 37signals Manifesto (our original site from 1999)Overcommitted... to apps we love.37signals change historyAmazon.com: Defensive Design for the Web: How to improve error messages, help, forms, and other crisis points (9780735714106): Matthew Linderman, Jason Fried: BooksThe New Office: The Idea and the Floor Plan - (37signals)Video: Construction on the new office continues. - (37signals)Wufoo: Online Form Builder - Create Web Forms & Surveys

Dan and Jeffrey talk with guest Ethan Marcotte. Topics include designing and coding for the likes of the Sundance Film Festival and New York Magazine, and the joys of responsive web design, working remotely, and more. Links for this episode:A List Apart: Articles: Responsive Web DesignSimon Collison | Colly | The Celebrated MiscellanyThe Hickensian | HicksdesignHandcrafted CSS: More Bulletproof Web DesignDesigning with Web Standards (3rd Edition)

Dan and Jeffrey talk with Whitney Hess about social networking, getting clients, and user experience design--from research to wireframes to testing and beyond. Links for this episode:DIY UX: Give Your Users an Upgrade (Without Calling In a Pro)Amazon.com: Handbook of Usability Testing: Howto Plan, Design, and Conduct%u2026Amazon.com: Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems (9780321657299): Steve Krug: Books

Dan and Jeffrey talk with special guest Jared Spool about usability testing in the real world, with practical advice for designers, UI engineers, and developers alike. Links for this episode:User Interface Engineering - Usability Research, Training, and Events - UIE