Jeffrey Zeldman
Executive Creative Director at Automattic
Jeffrey Zeldman is an American entrepreneur, web lesigner, author, podcaster and speaker on web design. He is the executive creative director at Automattic. Zeldman is the co-founder of A List Apart Magazine and the Web Standards Project. He also founded the design studios Happy Cog and studio-zeldman.
Zeldman was one of the first designers, bloggers, and independent publishers on the web, and one of the first web design teachers. In 1998, he co-founded - and from 1999 to 2002 he directed-The Web Standards Project, a grassroots coalition that helped bring standards to our browsers.
He publishes A List Apart "for people who make websites;" has written two books (notably the foundational web standards text, Designing With Web Standards, 2nd Edition); co-founded the web design conference An Event Apart; and founded and is executive creative director of Happy Cog™ agency of web design and user experience specialists. He also co-hosts The Big Web Show, a podcast about the web and online publishing.
Zeldman was one of the first designers, bloggers, and independent publishers on the web, and one of the first web design teachers. In 1998, he co-founded - and from 1999 to 2002 he directed-The Web Standards Project, a grassroots coalition that helped bring standards to our browsers.
He publishes A List Apart "for people who make websites;" has written two books (notably the foundational web standards text, Designing With Web Standards, 2nd Edition); co-founded the web design conference An Event Apart; and founded and is executive creative director of Happy Cog™ agency of web design and user experience specialists. He also co-hosts The Big Web Show, a podcast about the web and online publishing.
