Round 3 Elimination - Webbie Madness Secret Identities Revealed
It’s time to celebrate the 8 contestants who won’t be advancing to Round 4 of Webbie Madness. These kids are pretty freaking awesome!
- Alex Morris (aka Starbuck)
- @aexmo
- http://www.markboultondesign.co.uk
- Helped design & pull together the fantastic 24ways annual
- Contributed & helped with design on Andy Clarke’s Hardboiled Web Design Book
- Working to help change the paradigm of content management for the better
- Designed & released Spelly Mobile
- Designed & released iPhone app for the UK’s national health service
- Brian Hoff (aka Iron Man)
- @behoff
- http://www.thedesigncubicle.com
- Created & run The Design Cubicle
- Speak at design conferences around the world & at local colleges & events
- Have written & been featured in HOW Magazine, IA Insider & Smashing Magazine
- Answer all emails about work, critiques on work, interview requests, etc.
- Started the meetup group, DesignHerds, in Philadelphia
- Christopher Schmitt (aka Dr. Doom)
- @teleject
- http://ChristopherSchmitt.com
- Wrote CSS Cookbook
- Wrote Adapting to Web Standards: CSS and Ajax for Big Sites
- Write articles for New Architect Magazine, A List Apart, Digital Web, and Web Reference
- Producer of numerous web design conferences
- Promoter of standards-based design in web browsers & in our development workflows
- David Kaneda (aka Merlin)
- @davidKaneda
- http://9-bits.com
- Created jQTouch
- Worked on Sencha Touch
- Maintained WebKitBits
- Creative director at Sencha
- Jesse James Garrett (aka James T. Kirk)
- @jjg
- http://www.jjg.net
- Wrote The Elements of User Experience
- Created Visual Vocabulary: first standard for diagramming user interaction flows
- Ajax: defined the approach & gave it a name
- Co-founded Adaptive Path
- Mike Davidson (aka Darth Vader)
- @mikeindustries
- http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog
- Invented sIFR
- Led the 2003 redesign of espn.com
- Designed & created Newsvine
- Bitchslapped John McCain for using hosted images of mine
- Created A House By The Park, Five.Sentenc.es & leaners.tumblr.com
- Nathan Smith (aka Mario)
- @nathansmith
- http://sonspring.com
- Created the 960 Grid System
- Created Formalize
- Contributed to jQuery Cookbook
- Founded Godbit
- Have presented at more than a dozen web industry events
- Wilson Miner (aka Wolverine)
- @wilsonminer
- http://www.wilsonminer.com
- Encourage the hybrid designer/developer role
- Championed larger text sizes on the web for readability
- Helped Django set the precedent for web development frameworks
- Contributed to the adaptation of tried & true typographic techniques from print
- Shared a practical technique for data visualization based on accessible HTML & CSS