Eric Meyer
Creator archive / 14 posts
This doesn’t seem to address privacy concerns, which are a big use case for ad blockers, but I think it’s the beginning of a great idea. twitter.com/meyerweb/statu…
An Event Apart Chicago 2018
Design Doesn’t Care What You Think Information Looks Like
Sometimes convention is sufficient. Sometimes it’s not.
Hello! My name is Rob Weychert. I’m an editorial experience designer at ProPublica, which means I work on the overall user experience of the ProPublica site as well as working on custom art direction and layout for some of our big feature stories.
ProPublica is my first newsroom, but I’ve been designing websites for a long time, long enough to have had a good number of perspective-rattling epiphanies about what web design can be. The one… See more →
After he’s written and spoken extensively on how design/tech can be more humane, FB gifts @meyerweb a photo of his dead daughter AGAIN. twitter.com/meyerweb/statu…
Thinking of my friend @meyerweb and his family on this very difficult day. #663399Becca meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/…
Lots of sadness for @meyerweb’s family, who lost its little girl yesterday, but also gladness that she was so loved. flic.kr/s/aHsjYHQiLv
An Event Apart Chicago 2008
Had a lovely evening of beverages and conversation with @meyerweb, @stefsull, @notasausage, and @danielmall.
An Event Apart Chicago 2007
An Event Apart Boston 2007
An Event Apart New York 2006
Generation Z
A recent conversation with Eric Meyer about his history degree got me thinking about the web standards community’s seemingly anomalous lack of formal education in web technology and design. Indeed, some of the most influential people in the web standards world spent their school days and/or early careers scrutinizing subjects that have little or nothing to do with divs, hex values, kerning, or color theory. Jeffrey Zeldman has an MA in Writing, and worked in… See more →