A LIST Apart: For People Who Make Websites

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Authors: W: Aarron Walter

Aarron Walter

Web designer, Aarron Walter, is the author of Building Findable Websites: Web Standards, SEO, and Beyond (New Riders, 2008). He has taught at Temple University, the University of Georgia, and most recently, the Art Institute of Atlanta. Aarron speaks about findability and web standards at companies and conferences, and he is also a member of The Web Standards Project and lead of the EduTF Curriculum Project. Aarron is a featured speaker at An Event Apart New Orleans.

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Brighter Horizons for Web Education

Issue 276January 20, 2009

No industry can sustain itself if it doesn’t master the art of cultivating new talent—an art that requires close ties between practitioners and educators. Yet web design education consists mainly of introductory Flash classes and the occasional 90s-style HTML table layout tutorial. How drastic is the web design education gap, and what can be done to close it? Designer, developer, and web design educator Aarron Walter of The Web Standards Project surveys the state of the curricula.

Findability, Orphan of the Web Design Industry

Issue 255March 25, 2008

Findability is to Search Engine Optimization (SEO) as "web standards" is to "table layouts." In a web whose vastness exceeds comprehension, sites with findable content win. The good news is that everyone on your team can help make your site findable. Get a taste for this essential discipline from Aarron Walter, author of Building Findable Websites: Web Standards, SEO, and Beyond.