People Archives
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The pig makes noise
April 14, 2008
SmartyPig has been all over the place lately. Since the site launched in early March, the Happy Cog-designed social banking website has been profiled in an article on Businessrecord.com, on American Public Media’s Future Tense (available as a podcast in RealMedia, MP3 or via iTunes), Dow Jones Market Watch, Webware, Download Squad, Mashable, and on Net Banker. When not making noise in the media, SmartyPig has been listening to its users. Righteous.
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Pixel8 Podcast
March 19, 2008
More about version targeting: Craig Shoemaker interviews Jeffrey Zeldman for Pixel8. The interview was conducted in February 2008, after Microsoft had announced version targeting in its IE8 browser, but before the company, bowing to public opinion, changed version targeting so that advanced standards would be supported by default.
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Meet Matt
March 18, 2008
One of the best things about An Event Apart is the attendees, who travel from far and wide not only for the great content and speakers, but also to spend time in the company of their fellow craftspeople of the web. We’d like to introduce you to one of them: Matt Rossi.
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More SXSWi Videos
March 18, 2008
SXSW Interactive video podcasts featuring Happy Cog personnel include:
- Respect! Panel Excerpt featuring Douglas Bowman of Stopdesign and Google, and Happy Cogs Erin Kissane, Liz Danzico, and Jason Santa Maria. Moderated by Jeffrey Zeldman.
- Michael Lopp and Jeffrey Zeldman on user interface design and managing design and development teams.
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Live on Design Matters
March 14, 2008
Happy Cog founder and executive creative director Jeffrey Zeldman is 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.” Listen live today, 14 March 2008, from 3:00 to 4:00 pm ET. Previous guests on “Design Matters with Debbie Millman” have included Milton Glaser, Stefan Sagmeister, and Ellen Lupton.
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Download Happy Cog
March 13, 2008
Crisply produced Voices That Matter Podcast video interviews with Happy Cog founder Jeffrey Zeldman and a host of design and web luminaries are now available for your listening and viewing pleasure in the iTunes Music Store and at Peachpit. Additional SXSW video, coming soon, includes:
- A discussion on user interface design between Michael Lopp and Zeldman
- Video of the Everyone’s a Design Critic presentation featuring Happy Cog creative director Jason Santa Maria and Rob Weychert
- Video of the Respect! panel featuring Google’s Douglas Bowman and Happy Cog’s Erin Kissane, Liz Danzico, and Jason Santa Maria (and moderated by Zeldman)
Watch this space for announcements!
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Cog at SXSW
March 3, 2008
Happy Cog at SXSW Interactive:
Respect!
Friday, March 7th, from 5:00-6:00 pm, in Room 18ABCD, moderated by Jeffrey Zeldman and featuring Happy Cogs Jason Santa Maria, Erin Kissane, and Liz Danzico plus Google visual design lead (and web design legend) Douglas Bowman.
“We create the web. Yet twelve years and two bubbles into its history, we get no respect as a profession. … How can architects, designers, writers and coders work with clients, journalists and the public to foster understanding and get their best work produced?”
Everyone’s a Design Critic
Sunday, March 9th, from 10:00-11:00 am, in Room A, featuring Jason Santa Maria and Rob Weychert.
“A picture may be worth a thousand words, but not if they’re all hot air. A valid critique is fundamental to any design process, and we’ll demonstrate some do’s and don’ts, including the anatomy of a well-formed opinion and a handy guide to getting useful feedback from clients.”
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Zeldman on Design Matters
February 20, 2008
Season Five of Design Matters with Debbie Millman features Chip Kidd, Kurt Andersen, Laurie Rosenwald, Abbott Miller, and Happy Cog’s Jeffrey Zeldman, among others. Guests include graphic designers, writers, illustrators, and even a Nobel-winning scientist. Tune in every Friday at 3:00 pm to hear the live podcast.
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“King”’s Canadian Keynote
February 1, 2008
Happy Cog’s Jeffrey Zeldman delivered the opening keynote, “Return of the King of Web Standards,” at Web Directions North 2008 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. In his address, Zeldman told tales of the history and achievements of the web standards movement, from its beginnings in 1998 through today’s confusing challenges.
Web Directions focuses on practical and inspiring concepts, technologies and techniques for people whose day-to-day job is building websites, applications and services. Dubbed “the King of Web Standards” by Business Week, Jeffrey Zeldman co-founded and led the group and movement that brought standards to our browsers and changed the way designers and developers create and produce web content.
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Diamond Dave at Your Service
January 9, 2008
Okay, not David Lee Roth, but equally as handsome and far more talented. Happy Cog is proud to officially announce the addition of Dave DeRuchie, a Project Manager and Business Analyst for Happy Cog’s Philadelphia office. A formal welcome, Mr. DeRuchie.