Jen Simmons
Apple Evangelist, Web Developer Experiences, Safari & Webkit at W3C
United States
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Top SchoolJen Simmons is an accomplished web designer, developer, and advocate with over two decades of hands-on experience and 14 years in professional roles shaping the future of the web. Currently an Apple Evangelist for Safari & WebKit and a long-standing member of the CSS Working Group, she invents new web techniques, teaches developers, and pushes standards forward. She’s known for founding and producing the influential podcast The Web Ahead and for tangible open-source contributions like cssremedy that address real-world CSS technical debt. Her background spans frontline product advocacy at Mozilla, building Drupal’s default Bartik theme, and freelance work for organizations such as Google and CERN, blending design sensibility with pragmatic front-end engineering. Notably, Jen’s career weaves theatrical and filmmaking roots into web video and UX expertise, giving her a rare perspective on media-rich, content-first design.
14 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
MFA, Film and Media Arts, MFA, Film and Media Arts at Temple UniversityBA, Sociology, BA, Sociology at Gordon College
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Github Skills (2)
css10
html9
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
jensimmons/cssremedy
Jan 2019 - Mar 2021
Start your project with a remedy for the technical debt of CSS.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:59 commits, 11 PRs, 44 pushes in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Jen primarily contributed to the front-end development of the project, focusing on CSS styling and structure. The commits demonstrate an effort to create and refine a CSS "remedy," likely a base stylesheet or framework. Their work includes setting up and adjusting the core CSS file, improving image handling, and organizing the code for styling and quotes.
primerremedycssdebttechnical-debt
jensimmons/chromeexperiment
Apr 2013 - May 2013
Contributions:75 commits in 14 days
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