Dori Smith

Location: CA | San Francisco Bay Area | USA
Speaking Topics: java | gadgets | blogging | Working From Home | Internet | women in technology | Web 2.0 | Javascript | CSS | OSX | RSS | SEO | Web standards | Dreamweaver | Spry | Women in IT | HTML | Technology | community | women in tech | Ajax | Widgets | Mac OS X | DHTML | gender | OS X | Web | weblogs

Photo: 
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Web links / Blogs: 
My site
Backup Brain Weblog
JavaScript & Ajax Book Site
Dreamweaver Book Site
Wise-Women's Web Lists
Twitter
Facebook
LinkedIn

How many hats can one woman wear?
I'm an expert in fields from the Mac (since 1992), Web development (since 1995), programming (since 1977--yes, really), online communities (since 1994), and weblogging (since 1999). I've written and taught about all of these, and more. I've authored or co-authored:
• "Ajax Essential Training" video course (Lynda.com, 2008)
• "JavaScript Essential Training" video course (Lynda.com, 2007)
• "Dreamweaver CS3 for Windows & Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide" (Peachpit Press, 2007)

Previous Presentations: 
• Macworld Expo, on topics from "Web Design and Delivery" (two-day Power Tools conference), "Webmaster 2003," "Advanced Webmaster Applications," "JavaScript Bootcamp," and "JavaScript Dynamic HTML Wizardry." Led one of the two MacBrainiac challenge teams in 2006.
• Web-related conferences including Voices that Matter, Webstock (New Zealand), SxSW (2002, 2006, 2007, 2008), Web Design World, Web Builder, CNET Builder.com Live!, Script 'Scape Geek Cruise, Perl Whirl Geek Cruise, Web Design '99, Web Design World '99, and JavaScript '98.
• Mac-related conferences including O'Reilly Mac OS X Conferences, NCMUG Mac Computer Expos, and MacMania Geek Cruises.

Jo Hubris

Location: New Zealand | Wellington
Speaking Topics: blogging | communities | Internet

Web links / Blogs: 
Hubris
The Wellingtonista

I've been online for a long time. Since 1995 if you wanted to deal with numbers. During that time I used mosaic, became addicted to IRC, was one of the first people in NZ to have an online journal, have ridden many trends and am most proud of the community that I've built up around www.wellingtonista.com.

If it's happened online in New Zealand, I've probably had an opinion on it. What makes me stand out is my lack of geekery, and my self-confidence to talk about my experiences as an end-user.

Previous Presentations: 
GirlGeek Dinners March Wellington '08