
A designer, author, speaker, husband and father living in Salem, Massachusetts. Dan is the Founder and Principal of SimpleBits, LLC, a tiny web design studio. A recognized expert in the field of standards-based web design, Dan has worked with YouTube, Microsoft, Google, MTV, ESPN, Electronic Arts, Blogger, Fast Company, Inc. Magazine, and others. With each new project, comes an opportunity to minimize markup and embrace the flexibility of CSS. Dan is co-founder and designer of Dribbble, a vibrant community for sharing screenshots of your work. Previously, he co-founded and designed Cork’d, the first social network for wine aficionados which was later acquired by Gary Vaynerchuk.

Improving flexibility and protecting against worst-case scenarios with HTML5 and CSS3
2011

Improving Flexibility and Protecting Against Worst-Case Scenarios with XHTML and CSS
2005

2010

More Bulletproof Web Design
2009

2013

2023

The Markup and Style Handbook
2004