The Big Web Show

Hosted by Dan Benjamin and Jeffrey Zeldman.

The Big Web Show features special guests and topics like web publishing, art direction, content strategy, typography, web technology, and more. It's everything web that matters. Recorded live every Thursday at 1:00PM ET.

The Big Web Show’s Episodes (Page 1)


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Episode 17: Web Meritocracy

Published on August 26th, 2010 (2010-08-26 17:14:00 -0400)

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.


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Episode 16: Serious Doodles

Published on August 12th, 2010 (2010-08-12 15:20:00 -0400)

Jeffrey and Dan talk with Sunni Brown, noted information designer, about visual communication and debunk the myth that doodling is a distraction.


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Episode 15: Social Media, Social Capital

Published on August 5th, 2010 (2010-08-05 18:00:00 -0400)

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.


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Episode 14: Design Apps for Fun and Profit

Published on July 29th, 2010 (2010-07-29 17:00:00 -0400)

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.


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Episode 13: Voices that Matter

Published on July 24th, 2010 (2010-07-24 09:00:00 -0400)

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, and more.


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Episode 12: Web Conferences

Published on July 15th, 2010 (2010-07-15 17:40:00 -0400)

Dan Benjamin and Jeffrey Zeldman talk with Andy McMillan, founder of Build, an annual “hand-crafted web design conference” located in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and CSS godfather Eric Meyer, co-founder of An Event Apart, the design conference for people who make websites.


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Episode 11: Nicole Sullivan on CSS

Published on July 8th, 2010 (2010-07-08 21:00:00 -0400)

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.


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Episode 10: Less Is Always an Option

Published on July 1st, 2010 (2010-07-01 16:00:00 -0400)

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.


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Episode 9: Responsive Web Design

Published on June 24th, 2010 (2010-06-24 16:15:00 -0400)

Dan and Jeffrey talk with guest Ethan Marcotte, co-author of Designing With Web Standards 3rd Edition, and Handcrafted CSS: More Bulletproof Web Design. 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.


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Episode 8: User Experience Design

Published on June 17th, 2010 (2010-06-17 15:10:00 -0400)

Dan and Jeffrey talk with Whitney Hess about social networking, client work, and user experience design.