Really enjoyed listening to the story of Lynda.com podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…

While I’ve not had the opportunity to get to know @lyndaweinman personally, her early books had a massive influence on my career.

When I first discovered the Web, all the resources available bar one were aimed at developers. The single exception were the Lynda.com books which were aimed at designers.

When I started learning CSS the only books available at the time were focussed on teaching people the language. However the examples they used failed to resonate with me as a designer as they were all super abstract and theoretical.

I remember the CSS Zen Garden really changing my perspective on what it could do.

CSS Zen Garden was huge / @mezzoblue

As was Ask Dr Web / A List Apart @zeldman

And Molly.com / @mholzschlag

And Hotwired / @veen @stop

CSS Zen Garden wouldn’t have happened if it weren’t for HotWired’s pioneering work. The Hotbot CSS skinning contest the group ran was… not well done, but it sparked an idea for a better way to do it.