Rebecca has been using technology to deliver information, in one form or another, for more than a decade, with a career that started in print and transitioned to the web. Through it all, she has always been on the lookout for the smartest way to get a job done; these days that means harnessing HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to create web applications. she has worked with a wide range of web-related tools—Unix systems, PHP, MySQL, Apache, Django—but her geeky passion is building browser-centric, JavaScript-rich experiences that adhere to best practices and emphasize modular, reusable, maintainable code.