About the Authors
Eric Meyer
Eric has been working with the web since late 1993 and is an internationally recognized expert on the subjects of HTML, CSS, and web standards. He acts as List Chaperone of the css-discuss mailing list in his personal timings. He is an author,technical lead at Rebecca's Gift, a non-profit organization and was along with Jeffrey Zeldman, co-founder of the web conference series An Event Apart (2005-2021). Beginning of 1994, he was the visual designer,campus web coordinator for the Case Western Reserve University website and was the project coordinator for the online version of the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History.
>Writing
He wrote many books namely For Real Life (A Book Apart), Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide (O'Reilly & Associates), Smashing CSS (Wiley), Eric Meyer on CSS and More Eric Meyer on CSS (New Riders), CSS2.0 Programmer's Reference (Osborne/McGraw-Hill), and CSS Web Site Design (Peachpit), as well as numerous articles for A List Apart, Net Magazine, Netscape DevEdge, UX Booth, UX Matters, the O'Reilly Network, Web Techniques, and Web Review. He also created the classic CSS Browser Compatibility Charts (“The Mastergrid”) and coordinated with the authoring and creation of the W3C's first official CSS Test Suite. He has conducted customized training for variety of organizations and has delivered keynotes, technical talks at numerous conferences around the world. Later in 2006, he was inducted into the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences for “international recognition on the topics of HTML and CSS” and helping to “inform excellence and efficiency on the Web.”
>>Career
He have been worked as a member in different sectors such as pharmaceuticals company, a law publishing firm , a university , a consulting firm and lastly in information technology departments of a browser developer and also in among other things. He have also been a radio announcer for WRUW-FM 91.1, an amateur actor,theater crewperson, a drummer, and a burger-flipper. As a person he have a deep interest in science history and ethics. His character can be understood from website as he describes him as a person who loves to cook, read,and to listen to a wide range of music. He is a graduate in B.A.History, as well as minors in astronomy, English, and artificial intelligence. He describes his appearence as his hair is a very faded red, eyes are blue, and a person over six feet tall.
>>>Life-Today
Eric lives with his family in Cleveland, Ohio, and he tells that which is a nicer city that we have heard. He is a staunch defender of the Oxford comma, the hard G in “GIF”, and the right of everyone everywhere to follow a sentence with however many spaces they deem proper. He is a music lover and enjoyer of a good meal and he considers almost every form of music to be worthwhile.
Sara Wachter-Boettcher
>Career
Sara is a leadership coach, speaker, author, and the CEO of Active Voice , a company dedicated to creating bold leaders and better workplaces in design and tech.
>>Writing
She has authored 3 books named “Technically Wrong”, “Design for Real Life”, “Content Everywhere”. She is the cohost of Per My Last Email, a podcast about what to do when work gets weird, with her colleague Jen Dionisio. Her most recent book, Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech (W.W. Norton, 2017), was named one of the best tech books of the year by Wired, and one of the top business books of the year by Fast Company. Sara has co-authored with Eric Meyer of Design for Real Life (A Book Apart, 2016).It was a book discusses about creating digital products featuring inclusive and sustainable designs.>>>Life-Today
Now Sara lives in Philly and speaks about design, tech, gender, and leadership at conferences around the world. Her work has been published in The Washington Post, Slate, The Guardian, Salon, McSweeney's, and more.