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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

This week Time To Change In: Articles It’s the end of the year; a time for nostalgia and looking back on the past year. Nick Finck, Digital Web Magazine’s founder and publisher, recalls where we’ve been, what we’ve achieved, and discusses the potential for dramatic change in where we are going as a publication. This … Read more

Alan K’necht Former Columnist Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Employer: K’nechtology Inc. Title/Role: President and Senior Internetologist Personal Web site/Portfolio: About Alan K’necht Memorable Quotes: “Remember the first two Ws in WWW stand for World Wide.” Digital Web Articles Making Cents from Information Architecture Published on January 22, 2003 The ROI of ROI Published on March … Read more

Web Design & Development Tipped Blue Flavor was approached by Tipped’s founder Joel Brazil to not only design, but build (from the ground up) this fabulous social application. A challenging social design, custom Ruby on Rails development and a very interesting and compelling mobile component made Tipped one of our largest and most challenging projects … Read more

Ben Henick Former Copy Chief Birthplace: New York, New York, United States Employer: Ben Henick Title/Role: Web Author At-Large Personal Web site/Portfolio: http://www.io.com/persist1/ Memorable Quotes: “…good, effective design is really the only way to transcend the Standard Operating Procedure of the Web and turn it into a unique experience… on the order of a novel … Read more

3D PopArt 2.0 for Adobe Illustrator Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Reviews > Product Reviews By Jesse Nieminen Published on January 29, 2003 Here’s a useful little plugin for Illustrator 10 users who need to apply 3D extrusions to their objects. Prior to Illustrator 10, … Read more

Christina Wodtke Former Information Architecture Advisor Birthplace: Evanston, IL Employer: Yahoo! Title/Role: “Information Architect” Personal Web site/Portfolio: eleganthack.com boxesandarrows.com Memorable Quotes: “Fluffy tail! Fluffy tail!” Digital Web Articles Mind your phraseology! Published on August 13, 2002 Eat Me, Drink Me, Push Me: In which the subtle arts of the interface are examined. Published on December … Read more

Adam Greenfield Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Interviews By Meryl K. Evans Published on April 17, 2002 Editor’s Note: This interview of Adam Greenfield is four years out of date. We are planning a follow-up interview with him on what he has been up to … Read more

Danny Sullivan and Avi Rappoport Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Interviews By Meryl K. Evans Published on July 16, 2002 Search engine listings and submissions Web design in searching Search from the Business Perspective Search engine listings and submissions Digital Web: What are the basic … Read more

Dear Marketer: Have you ever looked into the wrong end of a telescope? Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Bryan Eisenberg Published on April 2, 2003 Everything’s little. Often, that’s the way interactive marketers view their world. The web has been called the most … Read more

Design for the Sofa Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Daniel Jenett Published on April 13, 2000 On my flight from Los Angeles to Hamburg I read in the Zeit, a well established German newspaper, that a major TV channel now from time to … Read more

Digital Fashion Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Daniel Jenett Published on November 23, 1999 Design is the visual expression of thoughts and feelings, and combines rational and emotional conditions. In digital media the focus is shifted to functionality, primarily because the development is … Read more

Efficient Video Delivery Over The Internet Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Lei Zhu Published on May 13, 2008 They say a picture is worth a thousand words. In this day and age of digital media, video on your web site can be priceless. … Read more

Christopher Schmitt Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Interviews By Craig Saila Published on January 29, 2003 Digital Web: What should come first: the chicken—information and graphic design—or the egg—functionality? Or should there even be a “first” on the Web? Christopher Schmitt: Yes, there is a … Read more