Jeffrey Zeldman
Education
University of Virginia
Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Fiction Writing (English Dept) 1978-01-01 - 1979-01-01
University of Virginia
Master of Fine Arts - MFA, Creative Writing 1978-09-01 - 1979-06-01
Indiana University Bloomington
Bachelor's degree, English Language and Literature, General 1973-09-01 - 1977-05-01
Indiana University Bloomington
BA, English 1973-01-01 - 1977-01-01Work Experience
Automattic
Current
Automattic
A List Apart
1998-01-01 - 2024-11-01
A List Apart
A Book Apart
2009-01-01 - 2024-09-01
A Book Apart
An Event Apart
2005-12-01 - 2023-01-01
An Event Apart
School of VIsual Arts
2011-01-01 - 2020-10-01
School of VIsual Arts
studio.zeldman
2016-04-01 - 2019-02-01
studio.zeldman
The Big Web Show
2010-01-01 - 2018-01-01
The Big Web Show
Happy Cog
1999-12-01 - 2016-03-01
Happy Cog
Campbell Mithun Inc
1988-01-01 - 1992-01-01
Campbell Mithun Inc
Skills
Summary
“Godfather of Web Standards”—Bloomberg Businessweek. Blogger & OG web designer since 1995. Automattician. Founder & Publisher, A List Apart Magazine “for people who make websites” (since 1998). Co-founded the multi-city user experience design conference An Event Apart. Founder Emeritus of Happy Cog™, an award winning digital design studio. Publisher and co-founder of A Book Apart—brief books for web and interaction designers. Have written two books, notably the foundational web standards text, _Designing With Web Standards_, currently in a 3rd Edition co-authored by Ethan Marcotte. It has been translated into 15 languages, including (for the last edition) Italian, Chinese, Hungarian, Polish and Portuguese. Previously wrote _Taking Your Talent to the Web_, based on the Populi web design curriculum I helped Steve Crozier create in the late 1990s. 5 stars at Amazon. Former founding faculty member on the MFA, Interaction Design (IXD) program at School of Visual Arts, New York. Co-founder and host of the internet radio program The Big Web Show (“Everything Web That Matters”), twice named Podcast of the Year by .net Magazine. Former freelance journalist, The Washington Post & City Paper. Former copywriter & art director (DeVito Verdi, Grey Entertainment, Campbell Mithun). Played Casio and synthesizers in DC’s Insect Surfers. Composed & produced electronic scores for Upright Vertebrates Dance Co., and film scores with Robert Goldstein of the Urban Verbs for PBS documentaries. Former design columnist, MacWorld, PDN-Pix, Adobe.com. Pianist, synthesist, producer. Collagist. In 2012, was the first designer inducted in the SXSW Interactive Hall of Fame. @zeldman on socials. Mainly here and on Bluesky. Write at zeldman.com, A List Apart, Automattic.Design, and elsewhere.
