About the Author

“I made my first web page in 1994. It was such a sexy beast (not).”

Jessica Ledbetter works full-time as a web application developer for a research lab and likes loves what she does. She also has been a web designer, graphic designer and web developer for various freelance projects in the Hampton Roads, Virginia area. Not only an adoring fan of web standards and accessibility, she enjoys photography, drawing, nature, cooking and reading. Because she believes in helping those around us, Jessica Ledbetter can usually be found volunteering her skills and voice to local projects.

Current Member of:

• Friends of the Farm (Bluebird Gap Farm)
• Volunteer at the Peninsula SPCA
• Toastmasters
• Board of Trustees, Newport News Public Library (PR Committee)
• Peninsula Women’s Network

Favorite Tools

Other than the usual suspects of Dreamweaver, Illustrator and Photoshop, I like to use:

• Firefox Plugins:
  • Web Developer – view css, show div breakup, and more
  • Firebug – inspect, fix, HTML/CSS bugs
• Delicious and Digg – social bookmarking sites
• Facebook and LinkedIn – social networking sites
• Google docs, reader, mail, etc.

About the Area

Hampton Roads is a gorgeous region in Virginia. I haven’t been able to find, however, a central location of all the tech events/clubs/foo. So here are a few things to get other technology fans started.

• Pretty Tasty! Tidewater’s Creative Kitchen forum – has events, job postings and critique areas
• Hampton Roads Adobe Professional User Group
• AIGA Hampton Roads – I’ve been {this close} to joining this Norfolk-based club for years
• VECTEC calendar
• HRTC events
• Virginia’s CIT organization
• Hampton Roads AITP