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

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Web links / Blogs: 
My site
Backup Brain Weblog
JavaScript & Ajax Book Site
Dreamweaver Book Site
Wise-Women's Web Lists
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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)
• "JavaScript & Ajax for the Web: Visual QuickStart Guide, 6e" (Peachpit Press, 2007)
• "Macromedia Dreamweaver 8: Visual QuickStart Guide" (Peachpit Press, 2005)
• "Mac OS X Unwired" (O'Reilly Media, 2003)
• "Java 2 for the WWW: Visual QuickStart Guide" (Peachpit Press, 2002)
• "Java for the WWW: Visual QuickStart Guide" (Peachpit Press, 1998)
• "JavaScript for the WWW: Visual QuickStart Guide," 2e (Peachpit Press, 1997), 3e (1999), 4e (2001), 5e (2003), and Student ed (2003)

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.