1. Jeffery Zeldman
Jeffery Zeldman is the King of Web Standards & co-founded The Web Standards Project. Zeldman was one of the first bloggers and independent publishers. He has written design books like “Designing With Web Standards”& “Taking Your Talent to the Web”.
Website: http://www.zeldman.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/zeldman
Facebook: http://facebook.com/JeffreyZeldman
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/zeldman
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Facebook: http://facebook.com/JeffreyZeldman
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/zeldman
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2. Jason Santa Maria
Jason is a creative director for Typekit & founder of Typedia. Inspired by traditional print design and typography, he has worked with WordPress, Miramax Films, The New York Stock Exchange, PBS and many others.
Website: http://jasonsantamaria.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/jasonsantamaria
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jasonsantamaria
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Dribbble: http://dribbble.com/jsm
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/jasonsantamaria
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jasonsantamaria
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Dribbble: http://dribbble.com/jsm
3. Dan Cederholm
Dan is a designer, author, and speaker and a co-founder of Dribbble. He is know as a CSS guy. He’s worked with some of the heaviest hitters in the web industry including: Google, YouTube, Blogger and many more.
Website: http://simplebits.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/simplebits
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/simplebits
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/simplebits
Dribbble: http://dribbble.com/simplebits
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/simplebits
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/simplebits
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/simplebits
Dribbble: http://dribbble.com/simplebits
4. Vitaly Friedman
Vitaly is a founder of Smashing Magazine which is one the largest online design magazines on the web. They regularly publish really high quality articles that help designers and developers across the world.
Website: http://www.smashingmagazine.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/smashingmag
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/vitaly.friedman
LinkedIn: http://de.linkedin.com/pub/vitaly-friedman/4/126/40
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Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/smashingmag
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/vitaly.friedman
LinkedIn: http://de.linkedin.com/pub/vitaly-friedman/4/126/40
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5. John O Nolan
John is a talented designer from the UK and is working as a member of the WordPress UI Team, he is also developing user interface for Virgin Atlantic Airways. Besides his personal blog, he also contributes to Smashing Magazine, Web Designer Depot and Envato Network.Website: http://john.onolan.org/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/johnonolan
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/johnonolan
LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/johnonolan
Dribbble: http://dribbble.com/JohnONolan
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/johnonolan
LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/johnonolan
Dribbble: http://dribbble.com/JohnONolan
6. Brian Hoff
Brian is a graphic designer who focuses on corporate identity & branding. His recent project includes redesigning Mojo Themes. Inspired by typography and layout, Brian focuses on usability & design.
Website: http://www.thedesigncubicle.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/behoff
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TDCBehoff
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianwhoff
Dribbble: http://dribbble.com/behoff
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/behoff
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TDCBehoff
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianwhoff
Dribbble: http://dribbble.com/behoff
7. Douglas Bowman
Douglas founded Stopdesign under which he worked with Google, Capegemini, Blogger & other big clients. Later, he worked at Google as a Visual Design Lead and after that he moved on to work with Twitter as its creative director.
Website: http://stopdesign.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/stop
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LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/stopd
Dribbble: http://dribbble.com/stop
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/stop
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LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/stopd
Dribbble: http://dribbble.com/stop
8. Aarron Walter
Aarron is a designer, author, professor and speaker. He is the lead user experience designer for MailChimp. He also leads the development of the InterACT curriculum project that helps connect the design industry & education.
Website: http://aarronwalter.com/
Twitter:http://twitter.com/#!/aarron
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/aarronwalter
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9. Ethan Marcotte
Ethan is a passionate designer, speaker and wrote ‘Handcrafted CSS’. New York Magazine, Stanford University, and the World Wide Web Consortium are some of the clients he has worked with. Ethan can be found blogging about design-related articles on his blog.
Website: http://ethanmarcotte.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/BEEP
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10. David Airey
David works from a Northern Ireland-based home studio, he is a brand identity designer who has worked with clients of all sizes. His client list include Giacom and Yellow Pages. He writes on design at Logo Design Love and davidairey.com. He also authored the book ‘Logo Design Love’.
Website: http://www.davidairey.com/
Twitter:http://twitter.com/#!/DavidAirey
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidaireydesign
LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/davidairey
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Twitter:http://twitter.com/#!/DavidAirey
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidaireydesign
LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/davidairey
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11. Patrick McNeil
Patrick is more of a developer than a designer but he has contributed equally to the design community. He has been featured in .NET Magazine and authored the book series “The Web Designer’s Idea Book”.
Website: http://pmcneil.com/
Twitter:http://twitter.com/#!/DesignMeltdown
Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/people/Patrick-McNeil/764310713
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmcneilstl
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Twitter:http://twitter.com/#!/DesignMeltdown
Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/people/Patrick-McNeil/764310713
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmcneilstl
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12. Jason Beaird
Jason is a user experience designer and front-end developer with a degree in Graphic Design. He is currently working as a user experience designer at MailChimp and also authored the book ‘The Principles of Beautiful Web Design’. He has also spoken at many SXSW events.
Website: http://jasongraphix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/jasongraphix
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jbeaird
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jasongraphix
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Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/jasongraphix
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jbeaird
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jasongraphix
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13. Chris Coyier
Chris is currently working at Wufoo, he is the founder of CSS-Tricks which shares tons of useful tutorials and tips. He has also co-authored the famous book Digging into WordPress.
Website: http://chriscoyier.net/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/chriscoyier
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chriscoyier
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/chriscoyier
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Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/chriscoyier
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chriscoyier
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/chriscoyier
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14. Eric A. Meyer
Eric is the author of ‘CSS: The Definitive Guide’. He has been working with the web since 1993 and is an expert of HTML & CSS. He is also a co-founder of An Event Apart & GMPG.
Website: http://meyerweb.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/meyerweb/
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LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/meyerweb
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15. Luke Wroblewski
Luke worked as the Chief Design Architect at Yahoo and was the Lead User Interface Designer of eBay. He has authored two design books and is currently the Chief Product Officer and co-founder of Bagcheck Inc.
Website: http://www.lukew.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/lukew
Facebook: http://www.linkedin.com/in/lukew
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Claim to fame:
Gary
McKinnon, 40, accused of mounting the largest ever hack of United
States government computer networks -- including Army, Air Force, Navy
and NASA systems The court has recommended that McKinnon be extradited
to the United States to face charges of illegally accessing 97
computers, causing US$700,000 (400,000 pounds; euro 588,000) in damage.
The
youth, known as "cOmrade" on the Internet, pleaded guilty to
intercepting 3,300 email messages at one of the Defense Department's
most sensitive operations and stealing data from 13 NASA computers,
including some devoted to the new International Space Station. James
gained notoriety when he became the first juvenile to be sent to prison
for hacking. He was sentenced at 16 years old. He installed a backdoor
into a Defense Threat Reduction Agency server. The DTRA is an agency of
the Department of Defense charged with reducing the threat to the U.S.
and its allies from nuclear, biological, chemical, conventional and
special weapons. The backdoor he created enabled him to view sensitive
e-mails and capture employee usernames and passwords.James also cracked
into NASA computers, stealing software worth approximately $1.7 million.
According to the Department of Justice, “The software supported the
International Space Station’s physical environment, including control of
the temperature and humidity within the living space.” NASA was forced
to shut down its computer systems, ultimately racking up a $41,000 cost.
Dubbed
the “homeless hacker,” he used Internet connections at Kinko’s, coffee
shops and libraries to do his intrusions. In a profile article, “He
Hacks by Day, Squats by Night,” Lamo reflects, “I have a laptop in
Pittsburgh, a change of clothes in D.C. It kind of redefines the term
multi-jurisdictional.”Dubbed the “homeless hacker,” he used Internet
connections at Kinko’s, coffee shops and libraries to do his intrusions.
For his intrusion at The New York Times, Lamo was ordered to pay
approximately $65,000 in restitution. He was also sentenced to six
months of home confinement and two years of probation, which expired
January 16, 2007. Lamo is currently working as an award-winning
journalist and public speaker.
