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Dave Shea is the creator and cultivator of the highly influential website csszengarden.com, and co-author of The Zen of CSS Design (New Riders, 2005) with Molly Holzschlag.

His current role is VP of User Experience at Mobify Inc. Previously he ran Bright Creative, a one-man studio in Vancouver, working on projects for New York University, Google, CNet, Joyent and others. He speaks internationally at conferences and workshops and was an organizer of the North American arm of a popular international conference series, Web Directions.

His recent extracurricular interests have included icon design, the Processing visual language, GPS tracking his road cycling trips, and improving his home craft brewing techniques.

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A Ruby developer with sound fundamentals, firm grasp on the industry, and innovative development approaches are all phrases inapplicable to Zach Holman. He works at GitHub, and hacks on sparkline generators, robot music DJs, and ethically frightening FaceTime + Chatroulette mashups. He blogs, he tweets, he evades his taxes.

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Jenn Lukas is the Interactive Development Director at the mighty Happy Cog in Philadelphia. She writes for The Nerdary and has a regular column in .net magazine. When she's not crafting sites with the finest of web standards, Jenn teaches HTML and CSS for GirlDevelopIt. She is also a world authority on the bloody mary.

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David Kadavy is the author of "Design for Hackers: Reverse-Engineering Beauty," which debuted in the top 20 on Amazon's best-seller list. David is dedicated to breaking down the fundamentals of good design and making design literacy accessible to developers and entrepreneurs.

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Jason is a designer, husband, and father. He leads the design team at Envy Labs, a web shop creating things like Code School. He's an ex-swimmer, amateur cyclist, craft beer snob, and a borderline crazy UNC Tarheel fan. Jason lives in Orlando, FL with his wife and two children.

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Willo's online home since '99, WilloToons.com, has served as a platform for selling her 'geek meets rock 'n roll' product line, for showcasing her illustrations and designs, and as an outlet for her thoughts on business, technology, and work/life integration. Last summer she premiered WilloToons Connect, a video series dedicated to the importance of Creative Sustainability.

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David has over a decade of experience bringing top-notch products to life on the Web, including a deep knowledge of user experience and the technical standards that make it tick. Before launching Stuntbox, he helped build web-based textbooks at Pearson Education, and then went on to lead the Interactive Design department at BusinessWeek during one of its largest audience growth periods. He is currently the product lead at Readability.

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Creator of Twitter Bootstrap and designer for Twitter.com. Designed the first iterations of the Twitter Promoted Products, advertiser tools, Twitter Help Center, and now works primarily on the mainstream products. Helps awesome people do awesome stuff on the Web with the power of HTML and CSS. Follow him on Twitter or visit his blog.

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Patrick Filler is a front-end developer at Harvest where he's built things like Chosen and Sidetap. He's currently working from the road as he searches for the best pizza, coffee and beer all across the country.