Christopher Schmitt
Encyclopedia
Christopher Schmitt is a web design
er, author, trainer, and speaker living in Austin, TX.
in the mid-90s while he was an undergraduate at Florida State University (FSU) working on a fine arts degree with an emphasis on graphic design.
Afterward, he earned a master’s in communication for Interactive and New Communication Technologies while obtaining a graduate certificate in project management from FSU’s College of Communication.
A member of the Web Standards Project
, Schmitt co-leads the Adobe Task Force and is a member of the Educational Task Force.
He's the founder of Heat Vision, a web design and new media publishing studio. Schmitt is the author of several books on standards-based web design
and CSS
. He gives frequent talks and trainings on standards-based web design
.
In Spring 2009 he co-founded Environments for Humans, through which he chairs both physical (AIGA In Control Web Design Workshop Conference) and online conferences (CSS Summit, jQuery Summit, etc.) geared to Web design professional.
Web design
Web design is the process of planning and creating a website. Text, images, digital media and interactive elements are used by web designers to produce the page seen on the web browser...
er, author, trainer, and speaker living in Austin, TX.
Life and career
Developing Web sites since 1993, Christopher interned for both David Siegel and Lynda WeinmanLynda Weinman
Lynda Weinman is an American business owner, computer instructor, and author, best known for the company she started with her husband, Bruce Heavin, the multi-award winning online software training web site, lynda.com....
in the mid-90s while he was an undergraduate at Florida State University (FSU) working on a fine arts degree with an emphasis on graphic design.
Afterward, he earned a master’s in communication for Interactive and New Communication Technologies while obtaining a graduate certificate in project management from FSU’s College of Communication.
A member of the Web Standards Project
Web Standards Project
The Web Standards Project is a group of professional web developers dedicated to disseminating and encouraging the use of the web standards recommended by the World Wide Web Consortium, along with other groups and standards bodies....
, Schmitt co-leads the Adobe Task Force and is a member of the Educational Task Force.
He's the founder of Heat Vision, a web design and new media publishing studio. Schmitt is the author of several books on standards-based web design
Web standards
Web standards is a general term for the formal standards and other technical specifications that define and describe aspects of the World Wide Web. In recent years, the term has been more frequently associated with the trend of endorsing a set of standardized best practices for building web sites,...
and CSS
Cascading Style Sheets
Cascading Style Sheets is a style sheet language used to describe the presentation semantics of a document written in a markup language...
. He gives frequent talks and trainings on standards-based web design
Web standards
Web standards is a general term for the formal standards and other technical specifications that define and describe aspects of the World Wide Web. In recent years, the term has been more frequently associated with the trend of endorsing a set of standardized best practices for building web sites,...
.
In Spring 2009 he co-founded Environments for Humans, through which he chairs both physical (AIGA In Control Web Design Workshop Conference) and online conferences (CSS Summit, jQuery Summit, etc.) geared to Web design professional.
Publications
- Co-author, Designing CSS Web Pages, New Riders (2002) ISBN 0-735-71263-8
- Co-author, Dreamweaver MX Design Projects, Friends of ED (2003) 1-590-59153-4
- Co-author, Dreamweaver MX 2004 Design Projects, Friends of ED (2004) 1-590-59409-6
- Co-author, Adobe Photoshop CS in 10 Simple Steps or Less, Wiley (2004) ISBN 0-764-54237-0
- Author, CSS Cookbook, O'Reilly (2004) ISBN 0-596-00576-8
- Co-author, Professional CSS: Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design, Wrox (2005) ISBN 0-764-58833-8
- Author, CSS Cookbook, 2nd Edition, O'Reilly (2006) ISBN 0-596-52741-1
- Co-author, Adapting to Web Standards: CSS and Ajax for Big Sites, New Riders (2007) ISBN 0-321-50182-9
- Co-author, Professional CSS: Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design, 2nd Edition, Wrox (2008) ISBN 0-470-17708-X
- Author, CSS Cookbook, 3rd Edition, O'Reilly (2009) ISBN 0-596-15593-X
- Co-author, Web Design with Web Standards: InterAct Classroom Project, New Riders (2010) ISBN 0-321-70352-9