About
About the Author
“I made my first web page in 1994. It was such a sexy beast (not).”
Jessica Ledbetter works full-time as a web developer for a research lab and likes loves what she does. Not only an adoring fan of web standards and accessibility, she enjoys photography, drawing, random crafts and reading. Because she’s in the Web Is Cool fanclub, Jessica Ledbetter can usually be found doing web foo in her free time, honing her skillset with classes and conversation.
- Professional Organizations
- Honor Societies
About the Site
Foo <jargon> A sample name for anything. Dictionary.com isn’t sure where foo came from but I used it as one of my dummy variables (”foo” and “bar”) in college. Friend of mine was trying to come up with a domain name that would encompass everything she is. I started spitting out ideas and then she said “digital art stuff” and I said “digifoo.” Well, it was more me than her, she said. I did a quick search on Google for it and nothing came up. Then I get this site all up and stuff, then do a search again and there’s all this conference called “digi foo.” I knew it was too good a name not to be already used.
- WordPress runs the whole show
- SimpleViewer Gallery
- Hemingway Theme
- Referrer Karma which is like Spam Karma. Hopefully it deals with all the referrer spam I’ve been getting lately.
About the Area
Hampton Roads is a gorgeous region in Virginia. I haven’t been able to find, however, a central location of all the tech events/clubs/foo. So here’s a few things to get other technology fans started.
- Hampton Roads MMUG
- VECTEC calendar
- HRTC events
- Virginia’s CIT organization
- Hampton Roads AITP
- Peninsula Women’s Network which isn’t really in the field but good