Jack Dorsey
Jack Dorsey had the original idea for Twitter while he was working at a podcasting startup, Odeo. Along with Biz Stone, Jack developed a prototype of what is now known as Twitter.
In May of 2007, Evan Williams, of Odeo's parent company Obvious Corp, sold off Odeo to pursue Twitter. Twitter (originally known as "Twttr") became a separate company, Twitter, Inc. Dorsey took the role of chief executive officer of Twitter, and Williams took the role of chairman of the board.
In October of 2008, Dorsey stepped down and Williams became CEO. http://blog.twitter.com/2008/10/meet-our-ceo-and-chairman-again.html Dorsey is now the chairman of the board for Twitter.
Jack is now focusing on a new product code-named Squirrel. Squirrel is an iPhone app and hardware extension that allows for processing of credit card payments. According to TechCrunch, Squirrel gets its power from the actual swiping of the card, and not from the iPhone. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/08/nuts-twitter-inventor-about-to-launch-his-next-project-code-named-squirrel/ The hardware extension looks like an acorn, which is where the code-name Squirrel comes from.
updated 2010-07-17 10:58:47
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Tim Rechin
Tim Rechin is a lead designer at Yahoo and has contributed to products such as Yahoo! Front Page, My Yahoo!, Yahoo! Buzz, and Yahoo! Toolbar. Rechin lives in San Carlos, CA with his wife and daughter.
updated 2010-07-18 00:35:02
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Larry Sanger
Larry Sanger was raised in Anchorage, Alaska and studied at Reed College, where he studied philosophy. He earned his PhD in philosophy from Ohio State University.
He worked with Jimmy Wales on Nupedia; this was a precursor to Wikipedia, which they launched in 2001. Sanger left Wikipedia in 2002 and launched Citizendum in 2007. The aim of Citizendum is to be a more accurate and reliable version of Wikipedia.
updated 2010-07-17 13:11:53
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Veronica Belmont
- MySpace: Official MySpace of The Carps
- The featured song on The Carps' MySpace page is a metal/electronic song called "Veronica Belmont".
- RCRD LBL: The Carps' "Veronica Belmont"
- Podcast: Buzz Out Loud
- Podcast: MP3 Insider
- The Sword and Laser: Podcast Archive from the Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club (February 19, 2008)
- MacCast: Special Interview with Veronica Belmont (2006)
updated 2010-07-18 01:47:45
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Christopher Poole
- Nerd World (Time): Now in Paper-Vision: The 4chan Guy (July 10, 2008)
updated 2010-07-17 01:35:34
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Blaise Aguera y Arcas
- Current Projects:
- Founder/Architect, Seadragon Software
- Co-creator, Photosynth
- Architect, Microsoft Live Labs
- Past Projects:
- BA in Physics, Princeton University
updated 2010-07-16 23:27:14
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Steve Ballmer
- Current Projects:
- CEO: Microsoft
- Past Projects:
- Assistant product manager: Procter and Gamble
- Education:
- B.S. Mathematics and Economics: Harvard University
- MBA: Stanford University
updated 2010-07-17 22:49:35
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Ken Levine GDC 2008
This page will be updated with Ken Levine GDC 2008 coverage as it becomes available. Ken Levine, creative director of 2K Boston, will be giving a presentation at the 2008 Game Developers Conference titled "Storytelling in BIOSHOCK: Empowering Players to Care about Your Stupid Story."
updated 2010-07-17 12:32:32
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Brian Altounian
Brian Altounian is President and COO of Platinum Studios, a comic book-based entertainment company. A serial entrepreneur, he has been involved in a number of early-stage companies in various industries from entertainment to green technology.
