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I went one-on-one with the author of HTML, XHTML and CSS for Dummies, Jeff Noble. Here is how it went…

What is your background?

I could never figure out what I really wanted to do for a living. I sort of stumbled into web design in college, I think it hit me when I started to skip classes to work on my first website (this really terrible site about me and my roommates) that I might have other interests, you know… outside of sociology. Which sounds made up, but it’s a real degree… if not, the University of Texas might have some explaining to do. So anyway, I’ve run my own website design/multimedia company (www.conquestmedia.com) for the past 7 years. I’ve been fortunate enough to find something that I really enjoy and get paid for it. Most everything I know I’ve pretty much taught myself, but it certainly doesn’t hurt to surround yourself with knowledgeable people that you can bounce ideas off of when you get stuck.

How were you selected to write this book?
Good question, so far my story is that the folks at Wiley Publishing scour the globe looking for the biggest dummy of them all to write their “For Dummies” books, there is a ton of paperwork, tests, a physical challenge, etc. They picked me, which is both a compliment and sort of an insult as well. Kidding, I actually met Ed Tittle a few years ago and he liked my work and asked me to be a part of the book. Now let me just say, Ed is a really cool guy, but I get some crazy trade offers in exchange for website designs so I wasn’t really sure it would ever happen. I’m happy to say he was actually serious. Thank you, Ed.

What makes this book different from books written on HTML and CSS?
Well the book is written for beginners with little to no HTML/XHTML/CSS knowledge. From personal experience I’ve found programming can be a bit overwhelming starting out when you open up a page and you see a bunch of crazy looking tags everywhere. It’s really easy to get discouraged and this book will help guide beginners through that difficult first step.

If people would like to contact you, how can you be reached?
www.conquestmedia.com or jeff@conquestmedia.com
I’m available for website design consulting and contract work. All that I ask is please keep the cyber-stalking to a minimum. Thanks!

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