Lynda Weinman
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Weinman in 2010
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Lynda Susan Weinman January 24, 1955 (age 62) Hollywood, California, United States |
| Alma mater | The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, 1976 |
| Occupation | co-founder Lynda.com, Author/Writer, Speaker |
| Spouse(s) | Bruce Heavin |
| Website | www |
Lynda Susan Weinman (born January 24, 1955) is an American business owner, computer instructor, and author, who founded an online software training web site, lynda.com, with her husband, Bruce Heavin. Lynda.com was acquired by online business network LinkedIn in April 2015 for $1.5 billion.
Weinman, with self-taught computer skills, worked in the film industry as a special effects animator, and became a faculty member at Art Center College of Design, UCLA, American Film Institute, and San Francisco State University multimedia studies program teaching computer graphics, animation, interactive design, and motion graphics. She has also written some books.
Weinman graduated with a degree in humanities from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington.
A year after graduating, Weinman opened two retail stores, Vertigo on Melrose and Vertigo on Sunset in Los Angeles. They closed in 1982.
Weinman worked for Dreamquest and as an independent contractor doing animation and special effects. She worked on several films, including RoboCop 2 (1990),Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989), and Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989).
Weinman attributes her initial interest in computers to her having taught herself how to use an Apple II when a boyfriend brought it home. She acquired these skills by reading the manual.
Weinman taught digital media and motion graphics at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California from 1989 to 1996. Her book designing web graphics, published by New Riders in 1995, often is credited with being the first title to discuss web authoring technologies from a visual design perspective.
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