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Conference
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Jim Heid
Your host at Web Design World, Jim Heid is one of the
most experienced technology writers and instructors in the world.
His 24-year career began at the dawn of the personal computer
revolution, when he quit his job as a typographer to become
technical editor of Kilobaud, one of the first computer magazines.
He's been online since 1980, when he fired up a 300-baud modem
and logged onto The Source, an early online service.
Since 1998, Jim has served as Conference
Chair for over a dozen Thunder Lizard conferences, and has
spoken to thousands of Web professionals on subjects ranging
from typography to streaming media. As Conference Chair, he
is responsible for planning the editorial scope of each event,
recruiting speakers, and planning session content.
Jim has been a Contributing Editor
and columnist for Macworld magazine since 1984, specializing
in digital media topics ranging from Web design to DVD authoring.
He has also written for the Los Angeles Times, Newsweek,
PC World, and Internet World, and has taught
at the University of Hawaii, the Center for Creative Imaging
in Camden, Maine, and at dozens of conferences and industry
events in between.
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Keynote Speakers
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Kelly Goto
Kelly Goto is a principal at , a San Francisco-based consultancy specializing in merging the disciplines of strategy, branding, and research into compelling user experiences. Kelly has consulted with many high profile clients including Adobe Corporation, Macromedia, and the FDIC. With over 16 years of experience in the design community, Kelly bridges the gap between utility and aesthetics. She is the co-author of the highly acclaimed book Web Redesign: Workflow that Works, now in its second edition. |
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Jared M. Spool
A software developer and programmer, Jared founded in 1988. He has more than 15 years of experience conducting usability evaluations on a variety of products, and is an expert in low-fidelity prototyping techniques.
Jared is on the faculty of the Tufts University Gordon Institute and teaches seminars on product usability. He is a member of SIGCHI, the Usability Professionals Association, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the IEEE. Jared is a recognized authority on user interface design and human factors in computing. He is a regular tutorial speaker at the annual CHI conference and Society for Technical Communications conferences around the country.
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Conference
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Douglas Bowman
Douglas Bowman's highly publicized and hugely successful redesigns
of sites like Wired News and Adaptive Path have pushed him to
the forefront of standards-compliant web design. Doug's consulting
firm, Stopdesign, proves that beautiful, easily maintainable
design can exist alongside simple, standards-compliant code.
Prior to founding Stopdesign, Doug led the creation and implementation
of design process and standards for an international network
of sites under Terra Lycos and Wired Digital. He has written
articles for A List Apart, and publishes design rants and CSS
tricks at .
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DL Byron
DL Byron. DL Byron is the principal of Textura Design, Inc. He first stole Zeldman¹s code in 1997, then lived dotcoms, dotcom crashes, Clip-n-Seal, and is now evangelizing accessibility, blogging, and standards-based design. With ten years of experience, Byron is an expert in accessibility, blogging, and web design. An entrepreneur and an inventor, he launched one of the first business blogs and is a member of the Web Standards Project.
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Jason Fried
Jason Fried, President, 37signals, is a passionate leader in
the field of simple, clear, and elegant Web-based user interface
design. Jason has spoken internationally, completed projects
for every-sized client, co-authored Defensive Design for
the Web (New Riders, 2004), and lead the design of Basecamp,
a popular Web-based project management tool for creative services
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Molly E. Holzschlag
An author, instructor, and Web designer, Molly E. Holzschlag
has authored over 27 books related to Web design and development.
As a steering committee member for the Web Standards Project
(WaSP), Molly works along with a group of other dedicated Web
developers and designers to promote W3C recommendations. She
also teaches Webmaster courses for the University of Arizona,
University of Phoenix, and Pima Community College. She wrote
the very popular "Integrated Design" column for Web
Techniques Magazine and spent a year as Executive Editor of
WebReview.com. |
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Phillip Kerman
Phillip Kerman is a teacher, writer, and programmer with a decade
of professional experience using Macromedia tools. He's written
for Macromedia's DevNet site, their Developer Resource Kits,
and the Central documentation. He has three Flash books in print
including Flash MX 2004 for Rich Internet Applications
plus a fourth one out before the end of the year. For proof
that he can also program, check out the real-time cattle auction
for
that consistently sells millions of dollars of cattle during
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Lance Loveday
Lance Loveday is the CEO and Founder of . Lance has
been helping companies make the most of their online marketing efforts for
the past 9 years. His areas of specialty include online marketing strategy,
increasing online conversion, search engine marketing, usability consulting,
online lead/sales generation campaigns, information architecture, and ROI
analysis (closed loop marketing). His clients value his ability to integrate
various disciplines — user psychology, economics, usability, design, etc. —
to craft end-to-end marketing campaigns and systems that result in
measurable ROI. He is a regular speaker at industry conferences and has
delivered numerous custom seminars to his clients on a wide range of topics.
His current clients include Hewlett-Packard, InsWeb and Quicken Loans.
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Matt May
Spanning ten years, Matt May's resume includes design work for USA Hockey, development on the Expedia and HomeGrocer.com sites, and mobile application development for Webvan. Over the last three years, he has been developing and evangelizing next-generation Web accessibility techniques as a W3C team member. Podcasting and promoting open music licenses are among his latest projects. Matt lives in Seattle, so he gets no frequent-flyer miles for speaking. |
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Joe Marini
Joe Marini has been active in the Web and graphics industry
for more than 15 years. He was an original member of the Dreamweaver
engineering team at Macromedia, and has also held prominent
roles in creating products such as QuarkXPress, mFactory's mTropolis,
and Extensis QX-Tools. He is a regularly featured speaker at
industry conferences and has authored or co-authored several
books on Web development. His book The Document Object Model
is widely regarded as the definitive resource for working with
the DOM. |
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Steve Mulder
Steve Mulder is a Senior Consultant in the User Experience group
at Molecular, an Internet consulting firm in Boston. He has
delivered successful user experiences for clients such as Morgan
Stanley, PC Connection, Estee Lauder, 3M, and Lycos. Through
his expertise in information architecture, he translates knowledge
about customers into effective features, site structure, navigation,
and search systems. Through his expertise in usability, he applies
testing techniques and best practices to ensure that the end
product actually works. |
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Michael Ninness
Michael Ninness grew up in the redwoods of Arcata in Northern
California. In 1989 he moved to Seattle to study for a Graphic
Design BFA at the University of Washington and fell in love
with the Pacific Northwest. He paid his way through design school
by teaching his fellow design students, his professors, and
the professional design and photography community in Seattle
how to use the Adobe and Macromedia design applications. His
design career took a permanent turn when he accepted a job at
Extensis Corp. in 1997 as the group product manager for digital
imaging solutions. After initially resisting the job offer,
he was challenged by the hiring manager to “come design
the products you’d want to use as a designer”. He’s
been hooked on creating design software ever since. After Extensis,
he spent three years at Adobe as the LiveMotion group product
manager, then nearly two years as a program manager and UI designer
at Microsoft, designing new tools for professional UI designers.
He is the author of Photoshop 7 Power Shortcuts and is
a contributor to Photoshop User and Design Graphics
magazines, and he dreams in keyboard shortcuts. Send your Adobe
UI gripes and likes to him at . |
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Bob Slote
Bob Slote is the Creative Director for Extractable, an online
agency. As a Creative Director, Bob has provided vision and
direction to such companies as Organic Online, Interactive Bureau,
and Maus Haus. A seasoned creative-guy, he imparts his team
with his wealth of knowledge, experience, and passion for all
online media. Bob founded the award winning design studio Maus
Haus, where he created a significant portfolio of online, print,
and integrated branding projects. Bob works to ensure client
solutions are people-centric and relevant. |
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