Biography
Jens Meiert, born September, 1978 in Braunschweig, Germany, is a professional web designer, developer, and author working as a webmaster for Google Switzerland. His subject-specific background includes (also see résumé in PDF format or profile at LinkedIn):
| From | To | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1999-10 | 2000-06 | Career start as a web decorator in a web company in Varel, Frisia. |
| 2000-08 | 2001-07 | Development and maintenance of the multi-client communication platform of Unified Messaging specialist CANBOX, Oldenburg, gathering experience with large clients as well. |
| 2001-04 | Jens Meiert founds “erde/drei”, basis of his future freelance work. | |
| 2002-09 | Acquisition and “neutralization” of StopAmerica.com, which by then had a political story. | |
| 2003-12 | First professional article for Germany’s web design magazine Dr. Web. | |
| 2004-02 | Launch of UITest.com, currently being subtitled “Web Development Tools”. UITest.com contains a collection of analysis tools, its Site Check accelerates website quality checks. | |
| The same month also means the beginning of the ongoing IxDA membership. For about two years, he also supports the Interaction Design Association as team lead for the German localization. | ||
| 2004-06 | Jens Meiert joins the German Chapter of the Usability Professionals’ Association. Within the following years, he helps organizing the “Munich Usability Day”, gives talks, and supports the organization by sponsorship. | |
| 2004-07 | Web standards compliant relaunch of GMX, Munich, one of Europe’s biggest online communication providers. As information architect and web developer, Jens Meiert can show that and how multi-billion page impressions companies as well as their customers benefit from web standards. | |
| 2004-12 | First expert review for O’Reilly by advising for the German edition of Eric Meyer’s CSS Pocket Reference. Since then has been work on half a dozen other O’Reilly books. | |
| 2005-04 | 2006-03 | Invited Expert in W3C’s WCAG Working Group. |
| 2005-11 | Release of the CSS book Webdesign mit CSS (O’Reilly). Reprint in Spring 2006. | |
| 2005-11 | 2007-04 | Jens Meiert joins and contributes to the “steering committee” of the Webkrauts, a loose association of German web designers and developers. |
| 2006-08 | 2007-07 | Engagement for Aperto, Berlin, where he doesn't only refine internal projects and standards, but is also responsible for the implementation of governmental offers of information as well as websites like for example Stiftung Warentest. |
| 2006-10 | Launch of “web art” and CSS project “The World’s Highest Website”, available in 23 languages. | |
| 2007-05 | Jens Meiert becomes a member of W3C’s HTML Working Group. | |
| 2007-08 | The Second Edition of Webdesign mit CSS gets published, including 30 designs, a bunch of web design techniques, and a foreword by Yahoo’s Christian Heilmann. | |
| During his freelance activity he consults, designs, and develops for companies like Aperto, CeWe Color, OpenKnowledge, Sohomint, and Triplemind. | ||
| 2008-04 | Jens Meiert joins Google Switzerland, Zurich, on a free transfer. | |
| 2008-07 | The world finally gets to see a new, much longed for test domain, example.ms. | |
Biography