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Ability Computer Experts Sponsorship

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Doug Neiner

About Doug

Doug Neiner is a front-end web developer with a love for semantic markup, powerful CSS, and efficient, reusable jQuery/JavaScript. With over 12 years of web development experience, Doug works to combine his love for design with his passion for new technology. During the day, Doug works as the Senior Designer at appendTo().

In off hours, Doug actively contributes to the open source community and serves as a team member on the Official jQuery Team. Doug also enjoys writing about development, and his articles can be found at Script Junkie, Learning jQuery and Fuel Your Coding (where he serves as editor).

Chris Coyier

About Chris

Chris is a mild mannered web designer and blogger working at Wufoo (Online Form Builder) from sunny Tampa, FL. He also runs the blog CSS-Tricks and co-authors the book and blog Digging Into WordPress. He enjoys episodic television, acoustic music, and college football.

Kyle Bragger

About Kyle

Kyle Bragger is the founder of design and development community Forrst. Kyle has been writing code professionally for eight years and is passionate about building compelling, community-oriented products. In addition to being involved with his own startups, Kyle has also worked with a handful of interesting companies, including The Huffington Post, mSnap, SmartReply, and Cork'd.

Kyle is also a craft beer enthusiast and a scalability and infrastructure nerd. He dabbles in design and always has a side project up his sleeve. When he's not working on Forrst or Streak.ly, he's likely enjoying time with his lovely girlfriend and their sassy dachshund. He lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn.