About The Big Web Show
Overview
The Big Web Show is a podcast about web publishing, art direction, content strategy, typography, web technology, and related topics. Jeffrey Zeldman hosts the show and interviews practitioners, founders, authors, and technology leaders about current and enduring issues in web work.
The episode archive includes conversations about accessibility, web standards, open source, WordPress, digital personalization, web typography, intrinsic web design, agency work, and the business of design. Listed episodes run from 2018 to 2019 and include guest appearances by Mina Markham, Tantek Çelik, Matt Mullenweg, Jason Fried, Rachel Andrew, and Jen Simmons.
Key Benefits
- Covers web publishing, content strategy, typography, and web technology in one podcast archive.
- Presents interviews with practitioners and leaders from web design, software, publishing, and business.
- Examines accessibility through discussions such as making digital maps accessible to blind users.
- Connects web standards and toolchains with topics including the decentralized web.
- Explores design and business topics, including agency work, client relationships, and digital personalization.
How It Works
Listeners choose an episode from the archive, review its topic and guest summary, and play the recorded conversation. Episodes typically run from about 46 minutes to more than one hour, and the page identifies each episode by number, title, guest, publication date, and duration.
Use Cases
- Web designers use episodes on typography, intrinsic design, and art direction to inform their practice.
- Front-end developers use discussions of web standards, toolchains, accessibility, and WordPress for technical context.
- Content strategists use publishing and content strategy conversations to evaluate editorial work.
- UX researchers and practitioners use episodes on personalization and accessibility to consider user needs.
- Design agency leaders use conversations about client relationships, business development, and agency operations.
Why Choose This Product
The show combines technical and creative web topics with interviews led by Jeffrey Zeldman. Its archive also brings together perspectives from independent web advocates, software founders, accessibility practitioners, designers, and authors.
Key Features
Expert Interviews
Jeffrey Zeldman interviews practitioners, founders, authors, and technology leaders about web-related topics.
Web Publishing
The show covers web publishing and content strategy as recurring areas of discussion.
Accessibility Topics
Episodes address accessibility questions, including making a digital map accessible to blind users.
Web Typography
The archive includes an episode about the past and future of web typography with Jason Pamental.
Intrinsic Design
An episode examines intrinsic web design with Jen Simmons, who coined the term.
Web Standards
The show covers web standards, toolchains, and the decentralized web.
Episode Archive
The page lists episodes with numbers, titles, guests, publication dates, and durations.
The Big Web Show Pricing
Pricing extracted from the product website and may change. Check the source for current details.