“Working with Kimberly was great. She's passionate and knowledgeable about what she does, but is also very open and accepting of different viewpoints. That's a rare combination of qualities in our profession. She also asks great interview questions. I hope I get a chance to work with her again!”
Kimberly Blessing
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
1K followers
500+ connections
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
1K followers
500+ connections
About
My passion since 1994 has been building great experiences on the web. In 20+ years, I've…
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Education
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Member and Co-Lead
Web Standards Project
- 8 years 11 months
Science and Technology
The Web Standards Project, formed in the late 1990s and officially closed in March 2013, was a grassroots coalition fighting for standards which ensure simple, affordable access to web technologies for all. I served as Co-Lead from January 2007 to June 2008.
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Member of the Alumnae Association Executive Board
Bryn Mawr College
- 6 years 1 month
Education
Representative for Electronic Communications. Advised the Board and Association Staff on matters related to technology, online services, and online privacy. Served as chair of the Alumnae Technology Advisory Committee, liaison to the College's IT staff, and hands-on programmer, as needed.
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Grace Hopper Celebration webmaster, committee chair
Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
- 3 years 1 month
Science and Technology
Webmaster for the 2006 and 2007 conferences, and chair of the Web 2.0 Committee for the 2007 conference. Provided additional web support for the 2008 conference.
http://gracehopper.org/2006/
http://gracehopper.org/2007/
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Class Chair
Bryn Mawr College
- 15 years 1 month
Education
Served as class president, class fund chair, class songmistress, and class webmistress.
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Co Organizer
CTO School Philadelphia
- 1 year
Publications
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HTML5 Cookbook
O'Reilly
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Adapting to Web Standards: CSS and Ajax for Big Sites
New Riders Press
After learning the language of design, how does one effectively use standards-based technologies to create visually strong Web sites? The full-color Adapting to Web Standards: CSS and Ajax for Big Sites gives developers a peek into the process of the best designers in the world through the work of high profile, real-world Web sites that made them famous. The book focuses on deconstructing these top-tier large-scale sites with particular attention given to deconstructing CSS.
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Projects
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CERN Line-Mode Browser Hack Days
A two-day race to build a line-mode browser simulator. "No images, no colours, no clicking – just content. An unimpressive medium to a modern audience, the line-mode browser is nevertheless one of the key cultural assets associated with the story of how the web began."
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Shipwrecked Industries
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Omnimedia management for musician and author Chris Connelly (www.chrisconnelly.com). Publisher of the fiction novel Ed Royal (www.ed-royal.com) and the second edition of Mr. Connelly's autobiography, Concrete, Bulletproof, Invisible and Fried (www.chrisconnelly.com/books/autobiography/).
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