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Friday 7 April 2006
Top Twelve Sexiest Standardistas
Sitting around drinking great wine and chatting with friends after the first day of CalWAC last night, an idea I’ve talked about with others before came up.
The idea would be to choose twelve men and women from the web standards and accessibility realm and create a photographic calendar, which folks could buy and sell. All proceeds would go to an agreed upon charity or charities, especially anything related to the Web and computing.
So the big question is, who would you want to see as the first twelve? Be nice now. Sexy can mean different things to different people.
Filed under: humor, standards, society
Posted by: Molly | 2:08 pm |
April 7th, 2006 at 2:26 pm
Joe Clark.
In his cowboy hat.
And nothing else.
April 7th, 2006 at 2:31 pm
Bryan Veloso. That guy is HOT!
April 7th, 2006 at 2:32 pm
Sorry Rik, but Joe is already sold as a t-shirt: http://www.accessifyforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=4895
April 7th, 2006 at 2:33 pm
Yeah, I’d have to say I have a thing for that young asian hottie. Did I tell you he could dance? And you know what they say about good dancers. ;P
April 7th, 2006 at 2:52 pm
Is it me or is April the official month where everyone talks about nudity.
April 7th, 2006 at 2:52 pm
Seirous nomination: .sara Flemming.
http://soubriquet.net/
Love her.
April 7th, 2006 at 2:59 pm
Dustin: It’s spring is why! And anyway, you started it
And note, I didn’t say this was going to be a NUDE calendar.
April 7th, 2006 at 3:11 pm
I nominate…. Molly!
April 7th, 2006 at 3:23 pm
Yeah Molly, you have to be a part of your own calendar.
April 7th, 2006 at 3:27 pm
Oh, boy, where do I start. There’s Nathan Smith, Rob Soule, I’d really love to see Dan Cederholm
- don’t know many gals, but you’re darn cool… oh, and Jeff Croft is a cutie too. 
April 7th, 2006 at 3:39 pm
Or they could be all gals, helping you essentially find where all the webby-women are
April 7th, 2006 at 3:55 pm
Could I nominate myself? LOL!
Please have told me I’m “fetching” before, but that’s about it.
http://flickr.com/photos/joshipoo/119792558/
BTW, Molly, I *love* your blog. Sorry for lurking so much!
April 7th, 2006 at 3:59 pm
Whatever happens, this photo should be in there.
April 7th, 2006 at 4:05 pm
Aww, Natalie — thanks! You’d make a fine nominee yourself.
April 7th, 2006 at 4:14 pm
Well….now that you ask, I’ve got to say that Andy Clarke is a clear winner. I privately refer to him as the “simply scrumptious Andy Clarke.” I’m not kidding - ask Derek. And now that I’ve seen him sitting naked in a bathtub….
Stephanie Sullivan is clearly a standout on the female side of things. Oh boy, there’s Dave Shea. I would have thought he was just really handsome, which is not the same as sexy, but then I heard his voice in an interview, and there’s no doubt about it now. And then there’s Zeldman. Now, men are probably going to say, “Zeldman?” But there are women out there who know what I’m talking about. Jeremy Keith! Yikes! I would mention Derek Featherstone, but since I recently became good friends with him, that would be very embarrassing, wouldn’t it? If I was a guy, I’d have to mention Molly H. Yes, there would be all that depth of overwhelmingly female emotion and all that intensity, but the upside would be the huge embrace of life and laughing and fun and talent and intelligence and love of all things sensual, that would be not only sexy but make life much better. Not to mention the lavish endowment in the chestal area. I don’t know about too many other people, since I haven’t been to conferences. I haven’t met any of the “stars,” and as we all know, how someone acts in person makes all the difference in the world in assessing sexiness. Being photogenic is not the same as being sexy, so I may be all wrong in my answers. There’s no way to tell who is so sexist and full of ugly attitudes that they make themselves disgustingly unattractive, or who picks their nose in public and ruins anything else they had going for them. It would help my memory a great deal if I’d been sharing that wine bottle with y’all. Will all these people have clothes on? I’m not sure how appealing geek bodies that rarely see the light of day would be. I’d vote for fully clothed. Maybe even heavy parkas. Let’s see, I know that Cameron Moll is handsome, and Andy Budd was a shark wrangler, for Pete’s sake, how sexy is that!? Then there’s Veerle, Cindy Li, Kelly Goto and Heather the Dooce (despite the constipation issues. We all have issues, you know?). Sense of humor is very, very attractive, which opens up a whole other group for consideration — for example, Jon Hicks. I’d marry him in a second for a multitude of reasons, if I wasn’t already happily married, but posing for a calendar? He’d insist on posing with a large piece of cheese, which just wouldn’t be right.
April 7th, 2006 at 4:26 pm
Simon Willison, with his accent and his never-ending string of geeky t-shirts, is pretty damn sexy.
And, if you don’t mind ‘em being four feet tall, there’s always Shaun Inman. Scrumptious!
April 7th, 2006 at 4:34 pm
Jeff Croft - you scare me.
Carolyn Wood - email me.
April 7th, 2006 at 5:30 pm
And none are allowed to put forward dated photos for the calendar either…
And no airbrushing lol…
Joe and the cowboy hat may have a market but please no (sorry Joe) …
April 7th, 2006 at 5:34 pm
[…] Top 12 Sexiest Standardistas are being sought by Molly Holzschlag for a calendar - and I’m about number 434,322,456 or something so unless they invent a shock and awe month I’m out of the running. A bit of fun. […]
April 7th, 2006 at 5:39 pm
i’d like to rub my hands against Inman’s beard. Ok eeuww. Nevermind I said that. Definitely need to get Langridge in a speedo though. That would be awesome.
April 7th, 2006 at 5:58 pm
If we’re talking pure eye candy, Dave Shea and Cameron Moll. Dave’s eyes are quite fetching. Cameron is just hot. I’ll thrown Stephanie Sullivan in there too. She’s very pretty.
If we could somehow add audio to the calendar, then Charles Wyke-Smith would be my pick for sexiest accent.
Tantek is hot in an aloof, geeky sort of way. Is Jeff Veen considered a standardista? If not, can we pretend he is? The man is gorgeous.
And without sounding like a total fan-girl/suck-up, I’ll add you to the list. You’ve got a sensual thing going on. I can totally picture you relishing a glass of red wine with some dark chocolate and having a passionate conversation about code, travel or politics…. Erm, that thought just came to me by the way.
April 7th, 2006 at 7:34 pm
Six guys, six gals…
Jeffrey Veen, Shaun Inman, Cameron Moll, Wolfgang Bartelme, Ian Lloyd, David Shea
Stephanie Sullivan, Erin Kissane, Kelly Goto, Stephanie Troeth, Anitra Pavka, & Rachel Andrew
April 7th, 2006 at 7:38 pm
I’m with Jason… a calendar of 12 female standardistas. Simply because it would be an interesting experiment to see if it would be difficult to find 12, or not.
Oh, and then make another calendar, with 12 male standardistas, for those of us so inclined.
April 7th, 2006 at 7:56 pm
Just looked at the event you’re at. Then checked Flickr to do further research.
Look no further!!!! He’s sitting right next to you!!!
James Craig!!!!
April 7th, 2006 at 8:09 pm
Eric Meyer
April 7th, 2006 at 8:17 pm
When I was in Vegas recently I came over all patriotic and made sure I checked out Thunder Down Under. In that nationalistic spirit, here are my nominations for Sexiest Standardistas, Southern Hemisphere version.
Cam Adams of course - I mean, at least there won’t be any surprises when he takes off his shirt.
Lachlan “Body of a Blacksmith, mind of a poet” Hardy.
Amit “Krishna” Karmakar.
Russ Fists of Fury Weakley
Tim “Pimp Daddy” Lucas
Andrew “Cute *and* Intelligent” Krespanis.
I mean, I could go on….
April 7th, 2006 at 8:29 pm
Leave it to you Molly to come up with such an idea… heh. Thanks for the comliments, you guys are making me blush… You know, there were so many sexy geeks at SXSW, how could you pick twelve? Smart is so sexy. I agree Molly must be included — she’s smart, sensual and confident… I’m not naming any specific boys since I’m married and don’t feel like getting myself in trouble… LOL
Carolyn Wood, I don’t know what you look like, but since sexy is as much personality as appearance (maybe more), you MUST be in it … you just made me laugh so hard with that giant paragraph of thought … and in my opinion, funny is sexy.
I’ll be looking forward to the final line up… heh.
April 7th, 2006 at 9:44 pm
My number one vote goes to Nikita Kashner (kitta.net) - OH YEAH!!!
Sexy blokes? I can’t comment… (but I’m surprised if Oxton doesn’t vote for himself!)
April 7th, 2006 at 10:54 pm
*blush blush blush*
April 7th, 2006 at 11:16 pm
just admit it. everyone wants to see Cameron Diaz
April 7th, 2006 at 11:38 pm
The obvious winner : Christian Nitot
April 8th, 2006 at 12:09 am
Matt Robin is onto something. Nikita and Oxton are both quite yummy. Come to think of it, put those two in a spread together!
April 8th, 2006 at 1:01 am
Any calendar would have to include Molly, definitely.
Sexy is a bit of an ambiguous term, though - someone is only really sexy when you know them, what they’re like, how they laugh - but if we’re talking ‘hot’ (damn Americanisms):
Girls: Eris, Kitta, Veerle, Lisa Mac
Boys: Joe Clark (and we should probably include Faruk before he turns up to nominate himself…)
April 8th, 2006 at 3:01 am
uhm Ben Saunders?
April 8th, 2006 at 4:06 am
Cameron Diaz Nude!, Rob’s unbeatable beard, Cowboy Jeremy, Princess Cindy, Your “Best Photo Ever”. That would make the calendar a real killer
April 8th, 2006 at 6:11 am
This is supposed to be ironic, right? Right?
Or are we all just double-standardistas?
April 8th, 2006 at 6:39 am
#Laughs# @ Mr. Pennell …..(You know I was waiting for someone to say that about Faruk!)
And yeah, good point about what is meant by ’sexy’…[For Sexy: Use ‘Hot’ too]
I was going to mention Veerle…but then - I don’t actually know if she’s sexy or not…Hot - yes….Sexy, mmm????
Jeff: Yeah…Nikita and Oxton…no, wait, just Nikita!! Hahahaha
April 8th, 2006 at 7:35 am
ME
April 8th, 2006 at 7:43 am
I can think of two from the top of my head: Veerle and Darice (darice.org).
April 8th, 2006 at 8:29 am
Dave Shea
April 8th, 2006 at 8:36 am
That Bruce Lawson, he’s just soooo damn hot
April 8th, 2006 at 8:37 am
how about http://beccary.com
April 8th, 2006 at 11:48 am
What about Mr. Mullenweg?
April 8th, 2006 at 6:31 pm
Alright I’m no diplomatic Stef so I’ll jump right in. Other than those already mentioned, what about Dean Jackson, Doug Bowman, John Allsopp? I have to second, third, nth, whatever, Molly - she is totally gorgeous. Apart from the other women already mentioned, Lisa Herrod and Lisa Miller and Maxine Sherrin are all beautiful and sexy women.
I guess all my favourite people are beautiful and sexy to me.
April 8th, 2006 at 8:03 pm
Well, we definitely need more women in this industry, so my list is shorter there.
I’ll suggest Molly & Veerle for the ladies, and Roger Johansson (Swedish men just have massive appeal… don’t know why), Ian Lloyd, Dave Shea, and Jeremy Keith.
And yes, I have to agree with the comments so far. Sexy / Hot is so relative. Since I talk about tech -all- the time, I find geeks (yes, I use the term fondly) far more attractive than non-geeks because watching a non-techies eyes glaze over when they don’t know what I’m talking about and don’t care gets old real quick.
April 8th, 2006 at 11:51 pm
My vote goes the the sexiest netlebrity alive - Dave Shea!
April 9th, 2006 at 1:54 am
OK, a little off-topic. But I just noticed the WaSP homepage is way cooler than the last time I saw it! I also think it’d be really nice to make WaSP Merch, car window stickers etc. lol… www.spreadfirefox.com or www.spreadwasp.com
)
April 9th, 2006 at 8:10 am
simply has to be http://beccary.com/ or is that just sexist?
I’d feel a bit funny voting for a bloke as a ’sexiest’ standardista, though Jeremy Kieth and Andy Budd certainly deserve a vote for ’superb’ standardista! I may have mentioned Zeldman, but i saw a picture of him without his cool hat…
April 9th, 2006 at 2:36 pm
How could I forget Shirley Kaiser??? (http://www.brainstormsandraves.com).
April 9th, 2006 at 2:51 pm
@ Carolyn Wood:
>> I’ve got to say that Andy Clarke is a clear winner. And now that I’ve seen him sitting naked in a bathtub…
You clearly need to have your eyesight checked!
My vote goes to Simon Collison, oh my Icelandic dream boat, oh quiet my beating heart!
April 9th, 2006 at 5:14 pm
Maxine is an absolute sweet-talker. I’m flattered! “Body of a blacksmith, mind of a poet”, indeed!
I must second Vicki’s nomination regarding the Australian ladies. Maxine, Lisa Miller and (my personal favourite) Lisa Herrod are indeed beautiful and sexy women
April 9th, 2006 at 5:55 pm
See, I think you restrict this to selection based on everyones’ *published bio pics*
Conference site profiles would count, of course.
Although, I would still want this photo included: http://flickr.com/photos/webessentials/47465022/ ..you know, just for the insanity
April 9th, 2006 at 10:50 pm
I’m totally on the Eric Meyer bandwagon. The family thing is incredibly sexy.
Other than that… Dave Shea, Matt Mullenweg (*drool*)
and yes, Faruk is definitely pretty hot. I’d do him.
April 10th, 2006 at 1:37 am
@ Malarkey: “My vote goes to Simon Collison, oh my Icelandic dream boat, oh quiet my beating heart!”
I just spat out my coffee!! I never knew you cared so much. Call me sometime…
April 10th, 2006 at 6:03 am
Oh dear god what have I started here?
If Andy had to run off with anyone, I guess I’d be okay if it were you, Colly, cuz yeah, you’re pretty darned dreamy.
@william: btw, there is no such person as DAVID Shea in the standards/design/blog spheres that I’m aware of. There is a DAVE Shea - that’s the one we know and apparently, really adore! There’s also a Dave Seah, who is pretty darned cute too.
The Aussie women are especially lovely, everyone here listed so far is sexy as hell IMO. Vicki, very hot.
Tiffany, you belong on the sexiest list, too. Adorable, funny, and you have that shy thing going on which is sweet sweet sweet. How could ANY of us forget Min Jung Kim? My god, MJ is the epitome of sexy. Meri Williams and Elly Thomson, damned sexy (particularly when holding guns). Yvonne Adams, too. I’m gonna keep thinking about the women. Ooh, Heather Champ, she’s fab. And speaking of Heathers, Heather Hesketh! Kimberly Blessing, total babe. Jen Taylor? Wowsers. There are more of us than we think, oh my sisters.
There are a slew of other men that should make this list that haven’t. Off the top of me pointy head, I’d say Hixie, because he’s cute and personable. Dean Edwards because he’s cute and funny and he cooks! Plus runs his web server out of his kitchen, which you know gets big-time geeky/sexy points right there. Drew McLellan, even if he does think I’m being sexist
by doing this and breaking my own rules.
Oh, and what of rules? Scrivs totally ranks. As does Mike, and Matthew Oliphant.
Dunstan Orchard anyone? Ben, you’re darned sexy too, for the record. Kevin Lawver because he is by far one of the funniest men I know and I’m completely with Stef, funny is the sexiest thing of all.
Speaking of funny men, Porter Glendinning, adorable. How about Arun Ranganathan? Wowsers, check out the way that man wears a black topcoat. Not only damned handsome, but fiesty and takes no shit. I like that. Believe it or not, Anne Van Kesteren, who will be sexy when his spots clear up (oh he’s going to hurt me for that, but hey, he really is adorable too).
I guess I’m like Vicki. I find all the people I love and adore to also be sexy. Because we’re smart, funny, full of passion. What could be more sexy than that? I mean, really!
I think we have several years worth of calendars. Maybe we need a calendar AND a poster series.
April 10th, 2006 at 6:45 am
Manuela Hoffmann from the webkrauts
April 10th, 2006 at 7:04 am
What about the grandfather of us all, Sir Tim Berners-Lee?
April 10th, 2006 at 7:22 am
Molly - you are spot on about the women and I would only add, don’t forget the mature women. We too can be quite sexy! -Nancy
April 10th, 2006 at 7:46 am
Another vote for Kitta!
April 10th, 2006 at 10:45 am
Molly, I could not agree with you more. I look at beauty/sexy in terms of the whole person rather than just outward appearances. I have a few blind friends who base how beautiful a person is based on how much inner beauty they have. I am not one that would turn another’s head and so I am probably not a good judge of what beauty is. However, based on the names of those given so far, I can agree with those who have selected you, Stephanie and Vicki because you all are beautiful people in body and spirit which does make for a wicked combination.
Please forgive my ramblings.
April 10th, 2006 at 12:48 pm
I’m sure glad I’m not on this list…
;-)
April 10th, 2006 at 5:48 pm
I’m with Tiffany AND i believe she hit it on the head.. you ARE sexxy!!
and Veen ain’t bad at ALL…..
Do it girl!
April 11th, 2006 at 6:23 am
12? Interesting choice of numbers. Something tells me this will look like an image of “The Last Supper”, complete with carefully-placed loin cloths and appropriate fruits.
Whomever is chosen to present themselves in all their (birthday-suit) glory should remember this:
The internet never forgets.
April 11th, 2006 at 6:44 am
I think the theme of the calendar would have a bit tongue in cheek if it is going to be Tim Berners-Lee, how about in a cowboy suit? pistols drawn to those darned table based designers!
April 11th, 2006 at 7:34 am
What a great idea! Having fun and raising money for a good cause.
I vote for Kelly Goto (she rocks everything else, why not a calendar?), the boys of CSS: Derek Featherstone and James Craig, the beautiful Red Queen: Lisa Miller and of course - no calendar would be complete - without Molly!
April 11th, 2006 at 8:56 am
Eric Meyer. Cute as a very cute thing.
April 11th, 2006 at 9:20 am
I’d have to vote for Molly and Maxine, Lisa and Lisa and of course our infamous Amit Karmakar.
@Molly: I’ve used Dean Edward’s “I run a web server from my kitchen” line all the time. Can’t beat it.
@Jim Callender: you mean something like the ATF?
April 11th, 2006 at 12:36 pm
Dave Shea
When it comes to web geeks, there is no one hotter than Dave Shea. Dave is the creator of CSS Zen Garden, a virtual gallery for designers and artists who know good code intended to promote the benefits of using…
April 11th, 2006 at 10:36 pm
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April 12th, 2006 at 12:55 am
Six Fellows: James Craig, Jeff Veen, Andy Budd, Simon Willison, Faruk Ates, A Redhead (you choose between Eric Meyer and Rob Weychert).
Six Ladies: Kelly Goto, Molly, Steph Sullivan, Anitra Pavka, Denise Jacobs (tall D from Florida), Yvonne Adams (redhead!).
;op
April 12th, 2006 at 2:41 am
I would also like to add Glenda (the Good) Sims to my list of the Ladies and Vint Cerf to my list of the Gentlemen…
;o)
April 12th, 2006 at 1:52 pm
Hmmmmm….sexy for me means a brilliant mind with brilliant results (that make the world a better place) and an honest, open and loving heart….I concur with so many that are listed above….so let me just pick the first four that jump to mind: Molly, Veerle, Tantek, James Craig.
April 14th, 2006 at 3:54 am
I’ll put in my vote for Cameron Adams, especially without the specs!
Frank: I feel like a kid whose been having fun with a bunch of friends at 1am, and all of a sudden my parents have busted in and told us all to go to sleep, when secretly the only reason they’ve told us off is because they feel like they’re missing out on all the fun. What, did Molly point out that your site used tables and you’ve held a grudge ever since? I mean honestly, whose blog is this anyway? If you want to read a web site that is nothing but serious all the time, go read a W3C spec or something…
April 16th, 2006 at 4:28 pm
Molly. You are odd.
;)
April 18th, 2006 at 11:20 am
not sure if this was out.. but I think if Jeremy Keith makes it.. this photo should be used as his .
April 18th, 2006 at 11:22 am
Jeremy Keith’s Calendar shot
April 20th, 2006 at 9:41 am
Heh - I can see a whole load of t-shirt opportunities coming from this thread! I envisage a whole standarista merchandising empire.
I reckon: Molly (of course), Pat Lauke (I agree with you there, Pat), Pixeldiva, Gez Lemon, Kitta, Faruk, Veerle, Simon Willison (fully Pottered), Ian Lloyd, Eris, Norm Francis, Cindy Li.
April 20th, 2006 at 9:47 am
Oh - I forgot to mention the front cover spot for Malarkey.
April 22nd, 2006 at 1:07 pm
“Matt Robin is onto something. Nikita and Oxton are both quite yummy. Come to think of it, put those two in a spread together!”
If Oxton is up for it I’m up for it! ;o)
My picks: Molly (would not be complete without you), Veerle, Ian Lloyd (possibly with a kombi in the background), Oxton, Sergio (wearing his gay pants), Derek Powazek, Jeremy Keith, Tantek, Maxine, Eris, Dave Shea (who is by far every geek girls dream and if there was a Teen Beat for geeks he’d be on the cover), Hicks, and we can’t forget that prankster Malarkey.
April 25th, 2006 at 10:11 am
I’m a standards nut and I’ve been told I don’t look too bad…
John Bilicki
I’d suggest a few ladies but I don’t know any in regards to the web, oh except Molly of course!
Let’s put her on the front just for making the suggestion!
April 26th, 2006 at 6:14 pm
I would buy a calendar with 12 months of Dustin Diaz, if he left his shirt on, and someone at Flickr would pull the photo he keeps linking to!
April 27th, 2006 at 4:16 am
Man, walking around at SXSW (and knowing a bunch of standardistas who weren’t there), I can only say that I wouldn’t be able to make a Top 12 at all. So many good lookin’ supergeeks, god…
April 29th, 2006 at 6:48 pm
John Oxton, Kitta, Veerle, Natalie Jost, Dave Shea, Douglas Bowman, Simon Collison, Roger Johansson, Jan Beilicke, Manuela Hoffmann, Jason Santa Maria, of course Gerrit van Aaken… and some of those other guys and gals in my blogroll. Don’t be sad if I didn’t mention YOU.
May 2nd, 2006 at 4:08 am
My vote goes to Jason Santa Maria, who couldn’t look at this face for a month
May 4th, 2006 at 10:51 am
I’m sorry, but Cody Lindley is just dead sexy. To exclude him would be a travesty.
May 12th, 2006 at 2:47 pm
I made a post about this post:
http://www.designdetector.com/2006/05/defining-sexy.php
May 13th, 2006 at 3:45 am
OK I admit it… I’m the world’s sexiest standardista!!! Me nortypig…. honest
May 14th, 2006 at 10:56 am
Don’t forget that “geek guys can be sexy too”! - http://flickr.com/photos/toolmantim/143821999/
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