famous people list

I am proud of my bragging rights to the following excellent humans. Many more to come, too.

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Famous people

• Maggie Berry's Mighty Girl. She is more famous than dozens, and deserves roses and accolades because Maggie is indeed Might-ay Might-ay.
• Amy Burnham. Graphic and Web designer extraordinaire.
• Cam. Did you know Cam turned down Oprah? It's true! Camworld is always a great place to find interesting reading and links.
• Max Cannon. Do you really like red meat? I mean really? Here's some with extra juice. Editorial Note: one day Max will stop embarassing me and write to Jeff Veen.
• Tantek Çelik is way beyond smart, has already managed to change the world, and is fun to hang out with, too!
• Heather Champ. Stunning Web Jezebel: bold, rare, beautiful.
• Steve Champeon. My champion of all things markup. Mix with one part really good bourbon. Do not shake.
• Dwayne Conyers, Dwacon Entertainment . . . some people actually do get it.
• Meryl K. Evans. A true writer and great collaborative spirit.
• Nick Finck. Here's a mantra: Design, design, design.
• Mike Forkan. Sings for the camera, slaves to the muse.
• Joe Forkan. Man with a multi-colored dreamcoat: music, comics, illustrations. But ah, the painting.
• Brian Forkan. Nephew of Mike and Joe, famous MUD fanatic and has great taste in music.
• Wil Gerken. Here's the guy who taught me the foundations of everything Web I know.
• Andrew Porter Glendinning. aka just "Porter," aka just one of the brightest, funniest people in the world.
• Harley Hahn. Most prolific writer on Internet topics? Hard to say, but damn, he owns harley.com.
• Erik Hatcher. If you're looking for Java, Java, and more Java, check out Erik's site.
• Heather Hesketh. Heather leads up Hesketh.com, a most impressive and enduring Web development company.
• Bryan Hillebrandt's Navel Gazer v.2. Bryan's turned me on to more great music in the last years than almost anyone. He's always fun to read, too, but I bet he's editing this page right now.
• Tobias Horvath. Toby is a young and formally untrained visual designer with an amazing sense of color, shape, and space. An absolute natural, and a great friend to boot.
• Shirley Kaiser. Warm, intelligent, bright spark on the design and development scene.
• George Kelly. Always thought-provoking. So how long will you grow your hair, George?
• Andy King, speed expert and founder of WebReference.com and JavaScript.com.
• Alan K'necht. Alan's a global kind of guy - internationalization & globalization.
• Bruce Lawson says: “Ah, well the link is www.brucelawson.co.uk - the description I leave totally to you. I personally recommend pocket-sized Adonis or diminuitive English love-machine, but - like xhtml and css - that's only a recommendation.”
• Rudy Limeback. One of the (many) founders of evolt.org, confirmed crazy Canuck, SQL smartiepants, discussion list addict, web wannabe.
• Mitch McCasland: Brand Guru. Knows what longings are hidden deep within the human heart.
• David Merino. Bottle of white and good background music.
• Eric Meyer. You red-headed Stepford child. Will you whip my CSS into shape, please?
• Kat Meyer. Kat brings babies into the world. I am in awe.
• Drue Miller. How she drue those things she drue. But please don't stand her next to Eric Meyer, you end up with a clash of the hair titans.
• Frank Moore. Possibly the most outrageous human I know. Click with caution: your reality may be threatened.
• Ann Navarro. If it's got an "X" in it, Ann probably knows something about it. Even more importantly, she's a Top 25 Most Influential Woman of the Web.
• Dunstan Orchard. A great friend and one of the most talented Web designers and developers I've ever known.
• Anitra Pavka. Accessibility, usability, brightly, beautifully.
• Raymond Pirouz. Interesting site with insights, design resources, and essays.
• Lisa Rein. XML and Leary, bass playing with a taste of plum wine. Girl is all her own.
• Wendy Russ. Wendy likes to know what's on your desk. And your bedside table. Wendy has golden eyes.
• Cia Romano. Webgoth goddess.
• Christopher Schmitt. Technology and design in balance.
• Randal Schwartz. Convicted felon, perl amongst Perls, my best heckler.
• Dori Smith, Wise Woman WaSP with really, great JavaScript books, writings, Geek cruises.
• Sooz. Sooz is the connecting force between people and ideas . . . one party at a time.
• Biz Stone. Biz is my only favorite self-proclaimed Web genius, etc.
• Derrick Story. Great photos and one of my very favorites.
• Rob Stout has a very interesting site in progress called The X Vector. The site pairs sophisticated visuals with accessible markup and CSS.
• Matt Straznitskas. The DNA's different but this is a man I am proud to call "brother."
• Simon St. Laurent. The sane voice in the midst of XML insanity.
• Stephanie Troeth is beauty and grace personified. I want to sing with Steph.
• What's the worth of your Net words? Nick Usborne can help. A skilled speaker, a snazzy dresser, and always an amusing partner in crime, he's also one of the most loving and kind men I have ever, ever known.
• Jeffrey Veen. The perfect combination of calm and bright. Mix with a second part really good bourbon. Shake.
• Leslie Veen. Me gusta mucho hablar con Leslie.
• Crystal Waters. Crystal's been involved on the Web since the get-go. She's got some great books, and very cool Web sites, too. Check out Typo.com and girlbike.com. Crystal also has big fish stories.
• Lynda Weinman. She is the Empress in my imaginary Tarot deck.
• Ev Williams. Bringing the world together, one blog at a time.
• Jeffrey Zeldman. Truly the man apart.