Dori Smith

Dori Smith

Author, Programmer, Speaker

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
  • Author at dori.com
  • Contributor, tech and/or review editor at dori.com
  • Magazine writer (online and print) at dori.com (Self-employed)
  • Speaker, Teacher, Trainer at dori.com
  • Community Leader at varied

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Education
  • University of California, San Diego
  • University of California, Irvine
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Dori Smith’s Summary

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 blogging (since 1999). I've written and taught about all of these, and more.

Dori Smith’s Specialties:

Technical writing and editing, Computer programming, Web development, Macintosh, Community manager

Dori Smith’s Experience

  • Author

    dori.com

    (Internet industry)

    1997 — Present (12 years )

    I've authored or co-authored:
    • "Styling Web Pages with CSS: Visual QuickProject Guide" (Peachpit Press, 2009)
    • "Dreamweaver CS4 for Windows & Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide" (Peachpit, 2009)
    • "JavaScript & Ajax for the Web: Visual QuickStart Guide, 7th ed." (Peachpit, 2009)
    • "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, 2007)
    • "JavaScript & Ajax for the Web: Visual QuickStart Guide, 6th ed." (Peachpit, 2007)
    • "Macromedia Dreamweaver 8: Visual QuickStart Guide" (Peachpit, 2005)
    • "Mac OS X Unwired" (O'Reilly Media, 2003)
    • "Java 2 for the WWW: Visual QuickStart Guide" (Peachpit, 2002)
    • "Java for the WWW: Visual QuickStart Guide" (Peachpit, 1998)
    • "JavaScript for the WWW: Visual QuickStart Guide, 5th ed." (Peachpit, 2003), Student ed. (Peachpit, 2003), 4th ed. (Peachpit, 2001), 3rd ed. (Peachpit, 1999), and 2nd ed. (Peachpit, 1997)

  • Contributor, tech and/or review editor

    dori.com

    (Internet industry)

    1997 — Present (12 years )

    I've contributed in some way (usually tech editing) to:
    • "Mastering CSS with Dreamweaver CS3" by Stephanie Sullivan and Greg Rewis (New Riders Press, 2008)
    • "The Designer's Apprentice: Automating Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign in Adobe Creative Suite 3" by Rick Ralson (Adobe Press, 2007)
    • "Macromedia Dreamweaver 8: Training from the Source" by Khristine A. Page (Peachpit, 2006)
    • "HTML 4 For Dummies, 5e" by Ed Tittel and Mary Burmeister (Dummies Press, 2005)
    • "Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 for Windows & Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide" by J. Tarin Towers (Peachpit, 2004)
    • "JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook" by Danny Goodman (O'Reilly, 2003)
    • "Mac OS X Bible" by Lon Poole and Dennis R. Cohen (Wiley, 2002)

  • Magazine writer (online and print)

    dori.com (Self-employed)

    (Self-Employed; Publishing industry)

    1997 — Present (12 years )

    Articles (print and online):
    • Frequent contributor to Macworld magazine (1998-present), including a short-term column on JavaScript for Macworld.com.
    • JavaScript Pro and DHTML Pro columnist for DevX.com (2000-2001).
    • Contributed articles to O'Reilly Network, CreativePro, Wise-Women.org, MacWEEK.com, MacTech, and NetProfessional.
    • Lead author, Backup Brain weblog (1999-present).

  • Speaker, Teacher, Trainer

    dori.com

    (Internet industry)

    1997 — Present (12 years )

    Speaking/Training:
    • Regular speaker at Macworld Expo, on topics including "Making Your Site iPhone-friendly," "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.
    • A variety of Web-related conferences, including Voices that Matter, Webstock (New Zealand), SxSW (2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009), 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.
    • A variety of Mac-related conferences, including O'Reilly Mac OS X Conferences, NCMUG Mac Computer Expos, and MacMania Geek Cruises.
    • Taught long-form classes on JavaScript for Lynda.com, Pasadena City College, and CSU Long Beach; short-form classes for Palm, NASA/Ames Research, J. Paul Getty Trust, and Athens (Georgia) Technical College.

  • Community Leader

    varied

    (Internet industry)

    1997 — Present (12 years )

    • Publisher & ListMom for Wise-Women’s Web community (1999-present).
    • Web Standards Project Steering Committee member (1998-present), including Microsoft, Adobe, Dreamweaver (past lead), and DOM Scripting (past lead) Task Forces.
    • Led Birds of a Feather (BOF) sessions at Macworld Expo on Dashboard Widgets (2006), Web Design (2007), iPhone Developers (2008), and Mac Women (2009)
    • Program Committee member, O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference 2004.
    • Judge, 3rd Annual Philippine Web Awards (2000)
    • Board member & officer, Los Angeles Macintosh User Group (LAMG) (1994-1999)

  • Director of Web Development

    Digital Facades/Rare Medium

    (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)

    May 1998 — October 1998 (6 months)

    Head of technology for multi-million dollar web development firm, including clients such as Epson, Bugle Boy, Nissan, Butterfingers, Friskies, Braun Oral-B, Starbright, BAX Global, and Beckman-Coulter.

  • Webmaster/Web Programmer

    The Workbook

    (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    October 1996 — May 1998 (1 year 8 months)

    • Developed and managed corporate Web site using Frontier and FileMaker.
    • Administered corporate web site, using RAIC'd WebSTAR servers.
    • Site shown by Apple at Print ’97 and Seybold conferences as an example of
    dynamic Web publishing.
    • Featured by UserLand in its Galleria of Great Frontier Web Sites, 1998.

  • Senior Systems Programmer/Analyst

    Lakeshore Learning Materials

    (Privately Held; Retail industry)

    June 1993 — May 1996 (3 years )

    • Programmed inventory, payroll and sales management package.
    • Using AppleScript, created CD-ROM based software distribution system for retail demo kiosks.
    • Recommended, specified and purchased computer systems for affiliated chain of retail stores.
    • Supported PC and Macintosh computers (both network and stand-alone).
    • Programmed interfaces with Bank of America check reconciliation service and between PC-based POS system and mainframe.

  • Systems Programmer/Analyst

    Fiserv

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Banking industry)

    April 1991 — May 1993 (2 years 2 months)

    10/92-5/93 Systems Analyst
    • Designed software for a real-time transaction-based credit union package used by over 400 clients.
    • Taught classes on SQL and federal regulations.
    • Consulted with customers to establish user needs.

    4/91-9/92 Systems Programmer
    • Programmed systems-level enhancements, including an interface with Mellon Bank's ATMs involving communication protocols verifying that Mellon Bank's transactions properly updated Fiserv's database.
    • Designed and implemented efficiency protocols for SQL programmers, resulting in 20% improvement in transaction processing.

  • Programming Supervisor

    Citicorp Information Resources

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Banking industry)

    August 1985 — April 1991 (5 years 9 months)

    7/88-3/91 Programming Supervisor
    • Managed a staff of ten programmers working on enhancements to a financial software package.
    • Coordinated conversion from a proprietary database to SQL relational database, a two-year project that came in on time and under budget.
    • Responsible for performance evaluations; interviewed prospective employees; trained new hires.
    • Estimated manpower time and cost for contract program enhancements.

    8/85-6/88 Programmer/Analyst
    • Lead programmer for implementation of credit card project.
    • Programmed projects as assigned.

Dori Smith’s Education

  • University of California, San Diego

    Certificate , Engineering Management , 1990 — 1992

  • University of California, Irvine

    BS , ICS (Information and Computer Science) , 1979 — 1985

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Dori Smith’s Interests:

JavaScript, Ajax, Mac, CSS, HTML, XHTML, OS X, iPhone

Dori Smith’s Groups:

Web Standards Project, Wise-Women, International Society of Online Entrepreneurs, SxSW

  •    UCI Alumni
  •    Apple Professionals
  •    South By Southwest (SXSW)
  •    Web Standards Design + Development
  •    North Coast Mac Users Group (NCMUG)
  •    Javascript
  •    Wise-Women

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