BlogHer - My Web Design Authors Dream Team - Comments

Hey, thanks

KathyF — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:02:33 -0500

That site looks interesting. Bookmarked for future reference!

Dreamweaver

Virginia DeBolt — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 08:44:52 -0500

http://www.communitymx.com has good Dreamweaver resources. Also, one of the writers I mentioned, Dori Smith, is co-author (with her husband Tom Negrino) of the last two versions of the Visual Quickstart Guide for Dreamweaver: the Dreamweaver 8 and Dreamweaver CS 3 versions of that series.

http://www.webteacher.ws/
http://first50.wordpress.com/

I posted about the male-centered blog world before

KathyF — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 23:53:08 -0500

A few months ago I blogged about a blog post I came across where 17 prominent (techie) bloggers were asked to name their favorite post (from their own blog)--all of them were men.

The reply?

"Projecting whatever evil you see in the world (racism, sexism, homophobia, wars) on me/ this post is certainly an easier option than facing real issues. I'm only afraid it won't help anyone."

Shelley Powers took a look at that issue too, I remember. (Guess she doesn't face real issues either!)

I love your response. Since I'm struggling to maintain a Dreamweaver site, I'll definitely take a look at some of those books you referenced. Thanks!

Further proof

Virginia DeBolt — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:26:53 -0500

Further proof that Liz Castro's books are, indeed, best sellers.

http://www.webteacher.ws/
http://first50.wordpress.com/

Great list you've put

kperfetto — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:16:45 -0500

Great list you've put together.

I've got one of Liz Castro's books on my desk as I type this.

Five Dollar Camera & Five Dollar Radio

Thanks for noticing

Virginia DeBolt — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:32:51 -0500

that my little fantasy excursion was really meant to be a resource. :)

http://www.webteacher.ws/
http://first50.wordpress.com/

Thanks

Virginia DeBolt — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:30:29 -0500

"Next time someone says, "where are the women in tech?" you just hand them this link for part of the answer"

Right, we're all home writing a book!

http://www.webteacher.ws/
http://first50.wordpress.com/

Very cool

ExpectingExecutive — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:17:11 -0500

This post is a fabulous resource. Thank you, thank you!

Have a great weekend!

Erin
ExpectingExecutive
In order to change your life, you must first change your life.

You know, I don't know a

Seafarer — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:11:14 -0500

You know, I don't know a thing about web design or programming, other than having an OK eye for what looks good graphically, but I was really impressed with this list and the effort that went into highlighting all of these accomplished women.

Next time someone says, "where are the women in tech?" you just hand them this link for part of the answer. Thanks, Virginia!

Sheila Scarborough
Family Travel blog
Perceptive Travel blog

Gotcha

Virginia DeBolt — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 11:53:29 -0500

Gotcha down for a copy, Bob. Maybe I'll even autograph my chapter!

http://www.webteacher.ws/
http://first50.wordpress.com/

Re: My Web Design Authors Dream Team

bobafifi — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 10:29:37 -0500

Sounds great Virginia! I've got books by Dori, Molly, and Liz - all excellent. Sign me up for a copy! :-)

-Bob
http://www.bobafifi.com
http://www.blogher.com/user/bobafifi/track

Impressive List

Virginia DeBolt — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 08:43:09 -0500

Zoe's just as generous with her talent on the CSS Discuss list, where she's helped countless people learn more about CSS.

http://www.webteacher.ws/
http://first50.wordpress.com/

Impressive List

Kalyn Denny — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 08:36:31 -0500

What an impressive list of brilliant women. The only one I know is Zoe, who reads my food blog and gave me advice and help to make a modification so my readers could print recipes without having photos, sidebars, and the header print. She was so generous with her help. So it was fun to see her name on this great list!

Kalyn Denny
Kalyn's Kitchen

My Web Design Authors Dream Team

Virginia DeBolt — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 08:23:34 -0500

The other day I was looking at a web design book with ten authors, one for each chapter. All the authors were men.

I write books about web design. I know some other women who do, too. I thought, it would be fun to put together a team of women to write a book about web design. And, of course, as soon as I had that thought, I started ticking off names of women who ought to participate and write a chapter.

Well, okay, it's my idea, so I get to be one of the authors, don't I? I could do a chapter on what to include in a web design curriculum or best practices in educating web designers. Or something.

I've been looking at the built-in CSS layouts packed with Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 for a classroom seminar I have to give. And I know who did all those layouts. It's Stephanie Sullivan. She writes for Adobe about Dreamweaver. She co-authored a book about Dreamweaver, she's a contributor at Community MX. Her personal business site is W3conversions.com. How about a chapter on Dreamweaver from Steph?

Another writer for Community MX is Zoe Gillenwater. Zoe is an absolute genius about CSS. I know this is true because I've watched her work on the CSS Discuss list. I also know first hand how brilliant she is because she was the technical editor of my latest book. Her personal site is Pixel Surge. Her chapter? Something about CSS, or maybe Dreamweaver.

Then I thought of Liz Castro. I own every edition of Elizabeth Castro's best selling book HTML book. The latest is the 6th edition. The book? HTML, XHTML, and CSS, Sixth Edition (Visual Quickstart Guide). She's written about 10 other books about everything from XML to Blogger. Her personal site is Cookwood Press. She should definitely write a chapter.

The book needs a chapter about blogs, right? How about the co-author of WordPress 2 (Visual Quickstart Guide), Miraz Jordan? She writes the Mactips blog. She's also published articles in a whole lot of places.

A web design does not live by HTML and CSS alone. No, it needs JavaScript. It needs PHP. It needs AJAX. It needs Dori Smith. Poor Amazon can't seem to distinguish Dori from Doris, but look for a title about JavaScript, Java, Mac OS, or AJAX, and you'll know you found Dori. She can add a chapter about programming to my dream team book.

We need something about design strategy in there. Usability, maybe. How about Adaptive Path's Sarah B. Nelson? Her blog is called Cartographies of Imagination, and since it's about collaboration, she ought to be a natural contributor to the book.

The book has to have something about design, right? Who else but Robin Williams knows the secrets of design for non-designers? And we can't forget the graphics side of things. Veerle would be perfect for that chapter. Oh, oh, oh! A chapter on accessibility. By Knowbility's Sharron Rush, naturally. Sharron blogs at NetSquared now.

But wait. There's more!

The book still needs chapters from Rachel Andrew, Shelley Powers (we really need more than one chapter on programming), Kelly Goto, and Molly Holzschlag. I couldn't possibly leave out Molly, she's written 25 or 30 web design books all by herself. And she worked on the Web Standards Project. Oh, that's right, there are other female web design writers from the Web Standards Project, like Shirley Kaiser. Oh, my. Help me, I can't stop. This is waaaayyyyy more than the ten chapters the men needed. Could we add additional quality information about topics the men overlooked? Or a prolog, an introduction, an epilog? Guest footnotes?

I know I'm missing someone really important, too. Who is it?