When I was a sophomore in college, mired in pencils, paintbrushes, darkroom chemicals, and exacto-knives, there was ONE book that ultimately served to jump start my career in web design. I carried that book in my big red car for an entire semester, highlighting and sticky-noting and referencing it like a sacred text. That was the year 2001.
Now that book is available as a free pdf.
Jeffrey Zeldman on Taking Your Talent to the Web:
“I wrote this book for four people:
For Jim, a print designer who’s tired of sending his clients to someone else when they need a website.
For Sandi, a gifted art director, who’s hit a wall in her advertising career, and is eager to move into full-time interactive design.
For Billy, whose spare-time personal site has gotten so good, he’d like to become a professional web designer—but is unsure about what is expected or how to proceed.
And for Caroline, a professional web designer who wants to better understand how the medium works and where it is going.
I did not make up these names or descriptions: These are real people. I knew the book was finished when it had covered everything they needed to know.”
