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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ian Lloyd Contributing Writer Birthplace: Southampton, UK Employer: Nationwide Building Society, UK Title/Role: Senior Internet Designer Personal Web site/Portfolio: My VW air-cooled fetish My photography ‘bit on the side’ Personal blog Accessify (web accessiblity site) Memorable Quotes: “Beefcake” @media 2006 Digital Web Articles CSS Styling for Print and Other Media Published on November 20, 2006 … Read more

Craig Saila Former CSS Developer Birthplace: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Employer: Bell Globemedia Interactive Title/Role: Web Producer, Finance Sites Personal Web site/Portfolio: saila.com Memorable Quotes: “Whatever you do, please don’t ‘click here’.” Digital Web Articles Christopher Schmitt Published on January 29, 2003 Andrew B. King Published on May 15, 2003 Mark Newhouse Published on June 17, … 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

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

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

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

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

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