About D. Keith Robinson

Also on this page: Site info | Privacy info | Link exchange and ad info | Accessibility info

I'm a writer, designer, artist, publisher, etc. with a background in user-centered Web design, Web standards-based development and Web content. I live in Seattle, Washington, and have been a working Web professional for going on 10 years now. I'm currently a Principal and the Creative Director for Blue Flavor, an experience and Web design consultancy in Seattle.

My interests include online publishing and community, photography, fiction, information architecture, music and design. You'll find discussions on all of those things and more here at Asterisk*

Affiliations

• Podbop (Contributing Writer)
• Lifehacker (Former, Associate Editor & Contributing Writer)
• A List Apart (Contributing Writer)
• AIFIA (Charter Member)
• Digital-Web ( Former Editor in Chief)
• Evolt (Contributing Writer)
• IA/ (Former Contributor and Moderator)

Articles by D. Keith Robinson

In no particular order, here are some of my writings you can't find here at Asterisk:

• Site Mapping for InformIt's Web Design Reference
• SEO Tips for Marketing News (PDF)
• Weblogs For A More User Friendly Web Site | (en español)
• A Recipe For Learning Web Design
• Access: Everybody Wins
• Empire of The Disconnected
• Information Architecture for Everyone
• Gorilla Usability
• Practical Persona Creation

Speaking

Past: I've spoken at SXSW 2004-2005-2006, WebVisions 2004-2005-2006 and The 2005 Blog Business Summit.

Upcoming: Refresh06

Miscellany

• My interview with the Web Standards Group
• Design Eye For The Usability Guy
• Design Eye For The Idea Guy
• Design Eye For The List Guy

About Asterisk

Asterisk is (according to Google and for a few years running) the #1 Web design blog in the world.

But what is Asterisk? It's my personal site, which mainly consists of almost daily writings and discussions on Web design in the real world. I do cover quite a bit more, as this is a personal site, but my focus is Web design.

I encourage participation here at Asterisk, and your voice is important. Feel free to join in on (almost) any discussion going on here. We'd love to have you.

Hosting

Asterisk is hosted by the highly recommended Dreamhost! I can't say enough about how happy I've been with their service. They provide a great deal and amazing service, whether your the self-serve type or need a bit of hand holding, they're on point all the time. Give 'em a spin, I'm sure you'll be happy you did.

Technical details

This site was built with CSS, XHTML, PHP, Movable Type, Flash, lots of love and much input from my users and readers. If you've got any questions about the site or just want to make a comment,

Your Privacy

I fully respect the privacy of my readers, especially those who post comments on my site and those who send me e-mail.

I do require that everyone who comments on Asterisk provides an e-mail address. I require e-mail for my purposes only (so I can reply back to you if I want) and e-mail addresses will not be shared, in any shape or form with anyone else without permission.

Link Exchange & Advertising

In general I don't participate in link exchange programs. For more information on the subject read the related post.

If you are interested in advertising on Asterisk, please, for more info.

Accessibility Information

This is the official accessibility statement for Asterisk. If you have any questions or comments about accessibility on this site, feel free to

I'm currently working on methods to make this site more accessible. This is an ongoing process and my hope is that I can strive to continually make the site more accessible and easier too use. At the time of this writing, February 10th 2004, the majority of the site is:

• Section 508 approved, complying with all of the U.S. Federal Government Section 508 Guidelines.
• Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional based on the W3C validator.

Accessibility Resources

• WAI Resources, lots of links to further accessibility resources here
• Access: Everybody Wins, an article by yours truly
• Accessify's Links and Resources, very comprehensive list of accessibility resources
• Accessiblog, Joe Clark's Accessibility Web log.
• Building Accessible Web Sites (book), great book on Web accessibility by Joe Clark