Those who know me know that Jeff Zeldman is sort of my idol. His most recent project is a radio show interview for the brand-new Pipeline series at 5×5. He’s one of those guys that got his 10,000 hours in while working as the head of the Web Standards Project back in its early days, which coincidentally changed the way we build Web sites completely. I only bring this up because he brought up a few things in this interview that really got me excited:
- A Book Apart! If you, like me, have been staring at that little “coming soon” graphic on A List Apart for years waiting for this project to get off the ground, this is exciting news! The first book will be HTML5 For Web Designers by Jeremy Keith and should be out this Spring.
- History of Everything. Zeldman was one of the first. I love understanding the history of the technology I work with and, in this interview, Zeldman spends a great deal of time answering Dan’s only-slightly-sarcastic question of “So what was your original goal when you invented the Internet?”
If you’re looking for something to listen to today, I highly recommend this. Keep an eye out for a post later today regarding PHP Coding Standards.
