Episode 50: Jen Robbins

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Episode 50: Jen Robbins

FromThe Big Web Show

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50 minutes

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Jun 2, 2011

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O’Reilly author, interviewer of rock stars, and longtime web and UX designer Jen Robbins joins Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin to discuss the web of present and past, book writing, print design, method, style, process, and more.

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Jun 2, 2011

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The award winning 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. Hosted by Jeffrey Zeldman.

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1: Web Fonts: Dan Benjamin and Jeffrey Zeldman talk with Ethan Dunham and Jeffrey Veen about web fonts. by The Big Web Show
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22: Dan Cederholm: Dan Cederholm joins Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin to discuss Dribbble, a vibrant design community, Cork’d, the first social network for wine aficionados, his design style, inspiration, and more. by The Big Web Show
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42: Treesaver: Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin are joined by Filipe Fortes and Scott Kellum, the creators of Treesaver to talk a little about working on closed platforms at Microsoft, how working on a dynamic open publishing platform based on web technologies is a litt by The Big Web Show
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32: Mandy Brown: Mandy Brown joins Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin to discuss the value of support, the future of type on the web, font choice on reader platforms, what print publishers can learn from web publishers, why you’ve got to write, and why the future belongs to by The Big Web Show
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