Web design pioneer Jeffrey Zeldman will be the first ever inductee to the SXSW Interactive Festival Hall of Fame on the evening of Tuesday, March 13. Dubbed the King of Web Standards by Business Week, Zeldman publishes A List Apart “for people who make websites,” a leading journal of web design thought since 1998. He is also the founder and executive creative director of Happy Cog™, a design agency with studios in New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. He has written two books, notably the foundational web standards text, "Designing With Web Standards 3rd Edition", with Ethan Marcotte.

Zeldman's Hall of Fame induction will be part of the 2012 SXSW Interactive Awards Ceremony. You too can be part of this March 13 ceremony if you enter your amazing new digital creation in the Interactive Awards. Hurry, the entry deadline is end of the day on Friday, November 18.

Jeffrey Zeldman (L) speaks on his 2011 design panel while Roger Black looks on by Bobby Arispe, large photo at top © Tony Quartarolo