Jeff has been working on the web for over 12 years. He began his career as a web designer in 1995, using SimpleText on Macintosh System 7 and Netscape 1.1N as his development environment. Since then, he has worked in several industries, bringing modern web design and development to places where you don’t always find it, including education and journalism. Beyond his work for Blue Flavor, Jeff is a blogger, author, speaker, critic, and industry thought leader.
Prior to joining Blue Flavor, Jeff was a Senior Designer at World Online, an online journalism outfit responsible for a host of award-winning websites and the place of origin for Django, the Python-based open-source web application framework.
Jeff has recently co-authored two books, Pro CSS Techniques, published by Apress, and Web Standards Creativity, published by Friends of ED.
Articles, Presentations, etc.
- Web Standards Creativity Book, published by Friends of ED
- Pro CSS Techniques Book, published by Apress
- Creative Use of PNG Transparency in Web Design Article, Digital Web Magazine
- Frameworks for Designers Article, A List Apart
- Typography: Beyond the Font (MP3) Presentation, Webmaster Jam Session 2007
- Typography: Beyond the Font (Slides PDF) Presentation, Webmaster Jam Session 2007
Last Five Blog Posts
- Why we don’t skip Photoshop
- BarCamp Seattle right around the corner
- But who owns Javascript?
- Blue Flavor, Austin-bound
- Solutioneering, or putting solutions before problems
