# The Lords of Vendorbation

<http://www.zeldman.com/2013/09/07/the-lords-of-vendorbation/>

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- Saved: October 4, 2013 (2013-10-04T22:28:27Z)
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## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words)

noun : Unusable web-based intranet software foisted on large populations of users who have no say in the matter. For example, the dynamic website for your kids school, on which you can never find anything remotely usefullike her classroom or the names and email addresses of her teachers. Merely setting up an account can be a Borgesian ordeal minus the aesthetics.

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

## Same host

- [We Didn’t Stop The Fire.](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/28865500beec/) (zeldman.com, January 19, 2011)
- [Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Medium? | Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report: Web Design News & Insights Since 1995](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/cbe2b78f5990/) (zeldman.com, April 20, 2015)
- [My website is 20 years old today. | Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report: Web Design News & Insights Since 1995](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/a0a5f9814c84/) (zeldman.com, May 31, 2015)
- [You got this. | Zeldman on Web & Interaction Design](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/22ede2dbcf59/) (zeldman.com, May 30, 2019)

## Saved the same week

- [And Then Steve Said, Let There Be an iPhone](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/10805d4107bd/) (nytimes.com, October 4, 2013)
- [Rethinking Ray Ozzie](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/db367f9b11ba/) (winsupersite.com, October 4, 2013)
- [Amazon Redshift - What You Need To Know](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/d123b0ba1e3f/) (dailytechnology.net, October 4, 2013)

## Elsewhere

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