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<h2 id="education">Education</h2> <p>Andrew took <a href="/facts/Educational_technology/5lf2A2Vj">online courses</a> at <a href="/facts/Open_University/XtKeHXvB">Open University</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="career">Career</h2> <p>Andrew began working as a web developer in 1996<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> at a <a href="/facts/.com/zCIIIdYa">.com</a> company that folded during the <a href="/facts/Dot-com_bubble/dCFWQt0s">Dot-com bubble burst</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> She said that she became self-employed afterward because it was more stable.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p><p>In 2001, she founded edgeofmyseat.com,<i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></i> the web development company behind <i>Perch CMS,</i> a <a href="/facts/Content_management_system/CCk4vIxV">content management system</a>, and <i>Notist</i>, an application for building <a href="/facts/Public_speaking/MQejeEC0">public speaking</a> <a href="/facts/Career_portfolio/QlcGlKy9">portfolios</a><i>.</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p><p>Andrew is a Technical Writer at <a href="/facts/Google/GT9Sugza">Google</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> and works on <a href="/facts/MDN_Web_Docs/6FVgxmzm">MDN Web Docs</a> on behalf of Google and <a href="/facts/Mozilla/FevL9Itn">Mozilla</a>.<i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></i> </p><p>Andrew has authored or co-authored more than twenty books about web development.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> She is also a regular contributor to <a href="/facts/A_List_Apart/mNkTub9a">A List Apart</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> and speaker (notably at An Event Apart).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> </p> <h3>Books</h3> <ul><li>Rachel Andrew. <i><a href="https://abookapart.com/products/the-new-css-layout">The New CSS Layout.</a></i> A Book Apart. Published:Oct 10, 2017. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-1-937557-68-3</li> <li>Jeremy Keith, Rachel Andrew. <i><a href="https://abookapart.com/products/html5-for-web-designers">HTML5 for Web Designers</a></i>. A Book Apart. Published:First Ed. May 4, 2010; Second Ed. Feb 17, 2016. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-1-9375572-4-9</li> <li>Rachel Andrew. <a href="https://abookapart.com/products/get-ready-for-css-grid-layout"><i>Get</i> <i>Ready For CSS Grid Layout</i></a>. A Book Apart. Published:Jan 7, 2016. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-1-937557-26-3</li> <li>Rachel Andrew. <i>The Profitable Side Project Handbook</i>. Publication date: January 2014. <a href="https://rachelandrew.co.uk/books/the-profitable-side-project">Author website</a>.</li> <li>Rachel Andrew. <i>CSS3 Layout Modules</i>. Publication date: August 2014. <a href="https://rachelandrew.co.uk/books/css3-layout-modules">Author website</a>.</li> <li>Harry Roberts, Nicholas C. Zakas, Christian Heilmann, Tim Kadlec, Mat Marquis, Addy Osmani, Aaron Gustafson, Paul Tero, Rachel Andrew, Nishant Kothary, Christopher Murphy. <i><a href="https://shop.smashingmagazine.com/products/smashing-book-4-ebooks">Perspectives on Web Design</a></i>. Publication date: November 2013. ISBN (PDF): 978-3-94454060-3. ISBN (EPUB): 978-3-94454058-0. ISBN (KINDLE): 978-3-94454059-7. ISBN (Print): 978-3-94454057-3</li> <li>Rachel Andrew. <i><a href="https://www.sitepoint.com/premium/books/the-css3-anthology-4th-edition">The CSS3 Anthology (4th Edition)</a></i>. SitePoint Pty Ltd. Publication date: March 2012</li> <li>Elliot Jay Stocks, Paul Boag, Rachel Andrew, Ben Schwarz, <a href="/facts/Lea_Verou/t8Ce3HR3">Lea Verou</a>, David Storey, Christian Heilmann, Dmitry Fadeyev, Marc Edwards, Aaron Walter, Aral Balkan, Stephen Hay, Andy Clarke. <i>The Smashing Book 3 - Redesign the Web</i>. Published by Smashing Magazine. Publication date: May 2012</li> <li>Rachel Andrew. <i>The CSS Anthology (3rd Edition)</i>. SitePoint Pty Ltd. Publication date: August 2009</li> <li>Rachel Andrew, Kevin Yank. <i>Everything You Know About CSS is Wrong</i>. SitePoint Pty Ltd. Publication date: October 2008</li> <li>Rachel Andrew, Dan Shafer. <i>HTML Utopia: Designing Without Tables Using CSS (2nd Edition</i>). SitePoint Pty Ltd. Publication date: April 2006</li> <li>Rachel Andrew. <i>Build Your Own Standards Compliant Website Using Dreamweaver 8</i>. SitePoint Pty Ltd. Publication date: September 2005</li> <li>Rachel Andrew. <i>The CSS Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks (2nd Edition)</i>. SitePoint Pty Ltd. Publication date: August 2007</li> <li>Rachel Andrew. <i>The CSS Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks (1st Edition)</i>. SitePoint Pty Ltd. Publication date: August 2004</li> <li>Costas Hadjisotiriou, Kevin Marshall, Rachel Andrew. <i>ASP.NET Web Development with Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004</i>. Apress. Publication date: April 2004</li> <li>Rachel Andrew, Rob Turnbull, Alan Foley, Drew McLellan. <i>ASP Web Development with Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004</i>. Apress. Publication date: February 2004</li> <li>Rachel Andrew, Allan Kent, David Powers. <i>PHP Web Development with Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004</i>. Apress. Publication date: July 2004</li> <li>Rachel Andrew, Craig Grannell, Allan Kent, Christopher Schmitt. <i>Dreamweaver MX 2004 Design Projects</i>. Friends of Ed (Publisher). Publication date: October 2004</li> <li>Rachel Andrew, Gareth Downes-Powell, Nancy Gill, Kevin Marshall, Drew McLellan. <i>The Dreamweaver Developer’s Instant Troubleshooter</i>. Apress. Publication date: July 2003</li> <li>Rachel Andrew, Christopher Schmitt, Allan Kent, Craig Grannell. <i>Dreamweaver MX Design Projects</i>. Glasshaus (Publisher). Publication date: January 2003</li> <li>Rachel Andrew, Crystal Waters, Chris Ullman. <i>Fundamental Web Design and Development Skills</i>. Glasshaus (Publisher). Publication date: September 2003</li> <li>Rachel Andrew, Alan Foley, Omar Elbaga, Rob Turnbull, Bob Regan. <i>Dynamic Dreamweaver MX</i>. Glasshaus (Publisher). Publication date: July 2002</li></ul> <h2 id="personal-life">Personal life</h2> <p>Andrew left school at age 16, reporting that her <a href="/facts/General_Certificate_of_Secondary_Education/ET4h88cb">General Certificates of Secondary Education</a> (GCSEs) were "dreadful".<i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></i> She originally trained to be a <a href="/facts/Dance/s9SeYNR9">dancer</a> and <a href="/facts/Choreography/D1KQJk1R">choreographer</a>, and worked backstage in the <a href="/facts/Theatre/Tq0mvBI8">theatre</a> as a <a href="/facts/Carpentry/CXW6UBq1">carpenter</a>.<i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></i> At age 22, Andrew became pregnant and started <a href="/facts/Freelancer/IEwvCMTI">freelancing</a> as a <a href="/facts/Typing/HyjnNen9">typist</a>, processing documents like <a href="/facts/Curriculum_vitae/pm2Avkvs">Curriculum Vitaes</a> (CVs).<i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a></i> </p><p>During her time as a typist, Andrew spent time on <a href="/facts/Internet_forum/bRuqfQfN">internet forums</a> to connect with other parents, and learned <a href="/facts/HTML/sSc3fT78">HTML</a> from the other participants.<i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a></i> She later taught herself other <a href="/facts/Programming_language/cWTYbgWa">programming languages</a> and started working as a web developer.<i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a></i> </p><p>Andrew lives in <a href="/facts/Bristol/nLwyoDTG">Bristol</a>, <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a> and has a daughter.<i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a></i> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"We've Got A Lil' Announcement To Make: Rachel Andrew Is SmashingMag's New Editor-In-Chief". Smashing Magazine. 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2018-01-10. <a href="https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2017/10/rachel-andrew-editor-in-chief/" target="_blank">https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2017/10/rachel-andrew-editor-in-chief/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"We've Got A Lil' Announcement To Make: Rachel Andrew Is SmashingMag's New Editor-In-Chief". Smashing Magazine. 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2018-01-10. <a href="https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2017/10/rachel-andrew-editor-in-chief/" target="_blank">https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2017/10/rachel-andrew-editor-in-chief/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Rachel Andrew - The Web Standards Project". Retrieved 2021-11-29. <a href="https://www.webstandards.org/about/members/randrew/index.html" target="_blank">https://www.webstandards.org/about/members/randrew/index.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"We've Got A Lil' Announcement To Make: Rachel Andrew Is SmashingMag's New Editor-In-Chief". Smashing Magazine. 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2018-01-10. <a href="https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2017/10/rachel-andrew-editor-in-chief/" target="_blank">https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2017/10/rachel-andrew-editor-in-chief/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Open University Results". The site of Rachel Andrew, writer, speaker and web developer. Retrieved 2021-11-29. <a href="http://rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2003/12/18/open-university-results/" target="_blank">http://rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2003/12/18/open-university-results/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"We've Got A Lil' Announcement To Make: Rachel Andrew Is SmashingMag's New Editor-In-Chief". Smashing Magazine. 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2018-01-10. <a href="https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2017/10/rachel-andrew-editor-in-chief/" target="_blank">https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2017/10/rachel-andrew-editor-in-chief/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Rachel Andrew". startingandsustaining.com. Retrieved 2021-11-29. <a href="https://startingandsustaining.com/interviews/rachel-andrew/" target="_blank">https://startingandsustaining.com/interviews/rachel-andrew/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Rachel Andrew". startingandsustaining.com. Retrieved 2021-11-29. <a href="https://startingandsustaining.com/interviews/rachel-andrew/" target="_blank">https://startingandsustaining.com/interviews/rachel-andrew/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Interview with Rachel Andrew: a Woman's Vision of the Web". Awwwards. Retrieved 2021-11-28. <a href="https://www.awwwards.com/interview-with-rachel-andrew-a-woman-s-vision-of-the-web.html" target="_blank">https://www.awwwards.com/interview-with-rachel-andrew-a-woman-s-vision-of-the-web.html</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"StackPath". www.deque.com. Retrieved 2021-11-29. <a href="https://www.deque.com/axe-con/speakers/rachel-andrew/" target="_blank">https://www.deque.com/axe-con/speakers/rachel-andrew/</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"StackPath". www.deque.com. Retrieved 2021-11-29. <a href="https://www.deque.com/axe-con/speakers/rachel-andrew/" target="_blank">https://www.deque.com/axe-con/speakers/rachel-andrew/</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"Deque Systems Adds Renowned Speakers to Axe-con 2022 Line-up". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-11-28. <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/deque-systems-adds-renowned-speakers-160100075.html" target="_blank">https://finance.yahoo.com/news/deque-systems-adds-renowned-speakers-160100075.html</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>"StackPath". www.deque.com. Retrieved 2021-11-29. <a href="https://www.deque.com/axe-con/speakers/rachel-andrew/" target="_blank">https://www.deque.com/axe-con/speakers/rachel-andrew/</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>"The New CSS Layout by Rachel Andrew". A Book Apart. Retrieved 2018-01-10. <a href="https://abookapart.com/products/the-new-css-layout" target="_blank">https://abookapart.com/products/the-new-css-layout</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>"Interview with Rachel Andrew: a Woman's Vision of the Web". Awwwards. Retrieved 2021-11-28. <a href="https://www.awwwards.com/interview-with-rachel-andrew-a-woman-s-vision-of-the-web.html" target="_blank">https://www.awwwards.com/interview-with-rachel-andrew-a-woman-s-vision-of-the-web.html</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>"An Event Apart: Rachel Andrew Speaker Profile". aneventapart.com. Retrieved 2018-01-10. <a href="https://aneventapart.com/speakers/rachel-andrew" target="_blank">https://aneventapart.com/speakers/rachel-andrew</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>An Event Apart <a href="https://aneventapart.com/speakers/rachel-andrew" target="_blank">https://aneventapart.com/speakers/rachel-andrew</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>"Interview with Rachel Andrew: a Woman's Vision of the Web". Awwwards. Retrieved 2021-11-28. <a href="https://www.awwwards.com/interview-with-rachel-andrew-a-woman-s-vision-of-the-web.html" target="_blank">https://www.awwwards.com/interview-with-rachel-andrew-a-woman-s-vision-of-the-web.html</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:19"><p>"Interview with Rachel Andrew: a Woman's Vision of the Web". Awwwards. Retrieved 2021-11-28. <a href="https://www.awwwards.com/interview-with-rachel-andrew-a-woman-s-vision-of-the-web.html" target="_blank">https://www.awwwards.com/interview-with-rachel-andrew-a-woman-s-vision-of-the-web.html</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:20"><p>"Interview with Rachel Andrew: a Woman's Vision of the Web". Awwwards. Retrieved 2021-11-28. <a href="https://www.awwwards.com/interview-with-rachel-andrew-a-woman-s-vision-of-the-web.html" target="_blank">https://www.awwwards.com/interview-with-rachel-andrew-a-woman-s-vision-of-the-web.html</a> <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:21"><p>"Interview with Rachel Andrew: a Woman's Vision of the Web". Awwwards. Retrieved 2021-11-28. <a href="https://www.awwwards.com/interview-with-rachel-andrew-a-woman-s-vision-of-the-web.html" target="_blank">https://www.awwwards.com/interview-with-rachel-andrew-a-woman-s-vision-of-the-web.html</a> <a href="#fnref:21" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:22"><p>"Interview with Rachel Andrew: a Woman's Vision of the Web". Awwwards. Retrieved 2021-11-28. <a href="https://www.awwwards.com/interview-with-rachel-andrew-a-woman-s-vision-of-the-web.html" target="_blank">https://www.awwwards.com/interview-with-rachel-andrew-a-woman-s-vision-of-the-web.html</a> <a href="#fnref:22" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:23"><p>"about web developer, writer and speaker Rachel Andrew". Rachel Andrew official website. Retrieved 2018-01-10. <a href="https://rachelandrew.co.uk/about/" target="_blank">https://rachelandrew.co.uk/about/</a> <a href="#fnref:23" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:24"><p>"Interview with Rachel Andrew: a Woman's Vision of the Web". Awwwards. Retrieved 2021-11-28. <a href="https://www.awwwards.com/interview-with-rachel-andrew-a-woman-s-vision-of-the-web.html" target="_blank">https://www.awwwards.com/interview-with-rachel-andrew-a-woman-s-vision-of-the-web.html</a> <a href="#fnref:24" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>