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Online since May 1995, Jeffrey Zeldman Presents is the personal site of designer, author, and stunt double Jeffrey Zeldman. Jeffrey is the founder and creative director of Happy Cog Studios, the originator and publisher of A List Apart Magazine, and the author of many articles and two books, notably Designing With Web Standards. One rather long biography is available at Happy Cog, another at Wikipedia.

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