WEB STANDARDS CREATIVITY

Mark Boulton
I’d like to thank Khoi Vinh for the grid background technique,
and Phil Wright for his constructive feedback and
for being just about the best design writer I know. Of
course, the Britpack members deserve a mention, talented
bunch that they are. Last, but certainly not least, to
thank is my wife, Emma, for her unwavering patience as I
prattle on about design. Every. Single. Day.
Andy Clarke
I wish that I had invented all of the techniques that I used
to create the WorrySome.net site design and that you will
be re-creating throughout the pages of my chapter.
Instead I invented a machine that reads brainwaves and
projects them onto a large screen in my secret laboratory.
With this machine, I stole the thoughts of the many people
who came up with these remarkable solutions.
I would like to thank all of the hundreds of designers and
developers who dreamed up and then shared their ideas,
albeit unwittingly and in their sleep. I am sorry that in
some cases my early experiments in thought extraction
have led to your madness. Don’t worry—working in this
industry, who is going to notice?
Special thanks go to editor Chris Mills and to my scooterriding,
parka-wearing colleagues in the Britpack for their
friendship and inspiration. Thanks also to those jolly
Johnny foreigners who ask me to design, code, and speak
to them at conferences and workshops from San Francisco
to Southend to Sydney.
My love goes to my family. My chapter is for my son Alex,
14 years old and already twice the man that I will ever be.
Acknowledgments
Simon Collision
I must thank Agenzia for allowing me to feature the Dirty
Pretty Things website, and also Creation Management and
Vertigo Records for allowing me to go on and on and on
about what I’ve done for the band. Images of the band
are by Roger Sargeant and Max Vadukul, and the source
artwork for the website is by Hannah Bays. The website is
built with the incomparable ExpressionEngine content
management system, handling 35,000 Dirty Pretty fans
admirably, and is managed by the lovely administrators
Kirsty and Kirsty.
Jeff Croft
Thanks to everyone who helped make this book possible,
and there are a lot of you.
To Chris Mills for giving me this wonderful opportunity,
and to all of my coauthors, who are a constant source of
inspiration. It has been an honor to work with each and
every one of you, and I hope it’s not the last time.
To everyone else at Apress and friends of ED, you’ve all
been a joy to work with.
To Jeffrey Zeldman, for being the guy who got me—and a
heckuva lot of other people—on board with this whole
Web Standards thing. And to all the great minds in the
Web Standards community who share their discoveries
and wonderful personalities with us through blogs, books,
and other resources. I can’t name you all here, but you
know who you are. I never cease to be amazed at the
inspiration you guys and gals provide.