Nick Finck is a web craftsman, lecture, instructor, and author. He is most commonly known for his role as founder and publisher of Digital Web Magazine in 1996. He is also known for coining the term web craftsman which is used to describe a web professional who plays a role in various aspects of the field. In addition he is also widely known for supporting the adoption of liquid web design, a technique used in web design that gives pages the ability to flex based on the size of the web browser Web design is the design or designing of a web page, website or web application. ... Web design is the design or designing of a Web page, Website or Web application. ... A web browser is a software package that enables a user to display and interact with documents hosted by web servers. ...

Professional background

In 1994 Nick established his web consultancy, Designs by Nick Finck (http://www.nickfinck.com/), based out of Portland, Oregon. Since then he has moved to Seattle, Washington where he continues his business and is the Pacific Northwest Ambassador for UXnet (http://www.uxnet.org/). Nick was a founding member of the Web Standards Project (http://www.webstandards.org/) (WaSP), and the Asilomar Institute for Information Architecture (http://www.aifia.org/) (AIfIA).

Editorial background

In addition to being the Publisher of Digital Web Magazine, Nick Finck is also known for being the former producer for A List Apart, a developer for Boxes and Arrows, and author for numerous articles for various web publications including Web Review, A List Apart, Design is Kinky, Independents Day, Scene 360, and co-author of the Web Standards FAQ (http://www.webstandards.org/learn/faq/).

Interviews

• iStockPhoto (http://www.istockphoto.com/article_view.php?ID=25)
• The Web Standards Group (http://webstandardsgroup.org/features/nick-finck.cfm)
• PixelView magazine (http://www.lemurzone.com/pixelview/nickf/index.htm)
• South by Southwest Tech Report (http://2004.sxsw.com/interactive/tech_report/recent_interviews/nick_finck/)

Also see

• A List Apart
• Digital Web Magazine
• Information architecture
• liquid web design

Information Architecture (IA) is the art and science of structuring knowledge (technically data), and defining user interactions (also see use case). ... Web design is the design or designing of a web page, website or web application. ...

External links

• A List Apart (http://www.alistapart.com/)
• AIfIA (http://www.aifia.org/)
• Boxes and Arrows (http://www.boxesandarrows.com/)
• Designs by Nick Finck (http://www.nickfinck.com/)
• UXnet (http://www.uxnet.org/)
• WaSP (http://www.webstandards.org/)
• Nick Finck — Userati (http://www.usabilityviews.com/userati_nick_finck.html)