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Building a big business requires you to take small steps. A common micro-tactic is to engage in targeting local traffic. By catering to a niche within a given location, you separate yourself from the massive amounts of macro-competition in your industry.

Jeffrey Zeldman Contributing Writer, Interviewee, and Former Contributing Editor Birthplace: United States Employer: Happy Cog Productions Title/Role: Principal Personal Web site/Portfolio: zeldman.com Memorable Quotes: “While some of us were sitting around with curly fries hanging out of our mouths, the Revolution happened. And it wasn’t even televised.” Digital Web Articles 99.9% of Websites Are Obsolete … Read more

Adobe Photoshop 5.5 Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Reviews > Product Reviews By Jesse Nieminen Published on August 28, 2001 For several years now, I’ve been working with Photoshop, and am happy to report that the folks at Adobe continue to keep this relationship vibrant … Read more

Jeff Lash Former Columnist Birthplace: Springfield, MA, USA Employer: Elsevier Title/Role: Product Director, MD Consult Personal Web site/Portfolio: jefflash.com Memorable Quotes: “No one wants a website. A website is just a way to help someone get whatever it is that they really want.” Digital Web Articles Three Ways to Improve External Search Engine Usability Published … Read more

Adobe Photoshop 7 Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Reviews > Product Reviews By Jesse Nieminen Published on July 30, 2002 I was wowed by Photoshop 6’s numerous improvements, and had figured that it might be quite some time before we saw another version packed with … Read more

We Speak People Sure, design for Web and mobile is what we do, but we recognize that the experience of actual people is central to success. We’re passionate and hard working experts who help our clients make their technology easier for people to use. We get technology, but we speak people. Learn more about us … Read more

Animosity for Animus Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Columns > DigiSect By Stephen Van Doren Published on March 5, 2001 What? A strong dislike or hatred of animal fat. What? Animal fat. The stuff you cut off of a steak to enjoy the meal–the stuff … Read more

Readership Question: Post Survey Q&A Nick Finck February 3, 2006 at 2:07 PM Ok, now that we have wrapped up this year’s annual readership survey (results to come). I would like to pose a question to the readership. Traditionally the comments that are posted in the survey are not released in any fashion to the … Read more

Matthew Pennell Former Editor in Chief Birthplace: Hertford, UK Employer: Booking.com Title/Role: Senior Web Designer Personal Web site/Portfolio: The Watchmaker Project Memorable Quotes: “Sure, I’d like to learn Ruby on Rails, but my head is full.” Digital Web Articles Pro JavaScript Techniques Published on December 26, 2006 Book Review: Bulletproof Ajax Published on April /files/includes/10.css, … Read more

Meryl K. Evans Contributing Editor Birthplace: Fort Worth, TX Employer: meryl.net Title/Role: Content Maven: writer * editor * researcher Personal Web site/Portfolio: meryl.net Memorable Quotes: “Content is a great way to build relationships, personal and professional.” Digital Web Articles Hugh Forrest Published on February 3, 2002 Geoffrey Hiller Published on March 19, 2002 Adam Greenfield … Read more

Molly E. Holzschlag Former Associate Editor Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States Employer: Molly.Com, Inc Title/Role: President Personal Web site/Portfolio: http://www.molly.com/ Memorable Quotes: “Working as a Web designer demands a sense of compromise. I call it ‘Control Freak Zen Master.’ You learn to control whatever you can about your designs–and the moment you can no … Read more

Nathan Smith Former Columnist Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Employer: Fellowship Tech Title/Role: UX Developer Personal Web site/Portfolio: SonSpring Memorable Quotes: “When using a menu system on the web, you are making an unwritten statement to the user: ‘The links in this section are for navigating to different parts of this website,’ period. When you have … Read more

Nick Finck Former Publisher Birthplace: Portland, Oregon, United States Employer: Blue Flavor Title/Role: Director of User Experience Personal Web site/Portfolio: NickFinck.com Memorable Quotes: “The ‘right’ design is the design that is you. Design speaks, it breaths and more importantly it communicates emotion. Good design says a lot without saying a single word or even displaying … Read more

Peter-Paul Koch Former Columnist Birthplace: Amsterdam, the Netherlands Employer: self Title/Role: freelance web developer Personal Web site/Portfolio: http://www.quirksmode.org/ Memorable Quotes: “Keep it Simple” Digital Web Articles Forms, usability, and the W3C DOM Published on May 30, 2003 Keep it Simple Published on August 26, 2002 Fluid Thinking Published on October 2, 2002 Client Centered Design … Read more

Nick Finck Former Publisher Birthplace: Portland, Oregon, United States Employer: Blue Flavor Title/Role: Director of User Experience Personal Web site/Portfolio: NickFinck.com Memorable Quotes: “The ‘right’ design is the design that is you. Design speaks, it breaths and more importantly it communicates emotion. Good design says a lot without saying a single word or even displaying … Read more

Shirley E. Kaiser Contributing Writer, Interviewee Birthplace: San Rafael, CA, USA Employer: SKDesigns Title/Role: Owner, designer, developer, cook and dishwasher Personal Web site/Portfolio: Brainstorms and Raves Memorable Quotes: “A thwing* hit me.” * my 3-year-old’s way of pronouncing ‘swing’ Digital Web Articles Designing for Search Engines and Stars Published on April 9, 2001 Subscribe to … Read more