Molly E. Holzschlag (born January 25, 1963) is a
U.S. author,
lecturer
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and
advocate
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of the
Open Web. She has written or co-authored 35 books on web design and open standards, including ''
The Zen of CSS Design
''The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web'' is a book by web designers Dave Shea and Molly E. Holzschlag, published in 2005.
Content
The book is based on 36 designs featured at the CSS Zen Garden resource, an online showcas ...
: Visual Enlightenment for the Web'' (co-authored with
Dave Shea). She was named the Fairy Godmother of the Web.
Campaigning for web standards
Holzschlag conceived and led the first five years of Open Web Camp, a free event in the silicon valley from 2009-2013. her work focused on Open Web technologies, web design and accessibility. She was the 2004–2006 group lead for the
Web Standards Project
The Web Standards Project (WaSP) was 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.
Foun ...
(WaSP), a coalition that campaigned browser makers such as
Microsoft, Opera and
Netscape
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to support modern web standards.
She has participated as a
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Invited Expert on the
CSS Working Group
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, chaired the
CSS
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Accessibility Community Group, and was an Invited Expert on the HTML and GEO Working Groups.
Teaching work
In 2011, Holzschlag worked for Knowbility, teaching classes on Open Web technologies such as HTML5 and WAI-ARIA, ARIA, with a strong emphasis on using inclusive design to overcome accessibility barriers. She has also taught webmaster courses for the University of Arizona, University of Georgia, University of Phoenix, New School University, Pima Community College.
Writing
Holzschlag has written or co-authored 35 books on web design and open standards, including ''
The Zen of CSS Design
''The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web'' is a book by web designers Dave Shea and Molly E. Holzschlag, published in 2005.
Content
The book is based on 36 designs featured at the CSS Zen Garden resource, an online showcas ...
: Visual Enlightenment for the Web'' (co-authored with
Dave Shea).
Notable awards
* 2016, O'Reiilly Web Platform Award
* 2015, Net (magazine), Net Award for Outstanding contribution
* 1998, named one of the Webgrrls San Francisco chapter's Top 25 Women on the World Wide Web, Web,
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Web With Molly
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1963 births
Living people
American technology writers
Web developers
American computer programmers
American women computer scientists
American computer scientists
Women technology writers
21st-century American women