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1952 |
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Born, in Pennsylvania, USA |
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1970 |
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Graduated from Westfield High School, Westfield NJ. |
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1971 |
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Dropped out of University of Rhode Island after one year. |
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1971 |
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Resident photographer at Apeiron Photography Workshop in Millerton, NY. |
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1972
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Independent photographer in remote parts of Asia. Roamed Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Burma, Thailand, Bengladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran. |
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1979 |
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Editor for Bell Helicopter employee newsletter in Tehran, Iran. |
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1979 |
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Became a Christian after conversion experience in Jerusalem. Rode bicycle 5,000 miles across continental US. During the crossing completed Bicycle Haiku, a collection of haikus and ink sketches in book form. |
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1980 |
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Hiked the Appalachian Trail from NJ to South Carolina with two brothers, Brian and Michael. |
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1980 |
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Initiated microphotography of the digestive system at the University of Georgia, Microbiology Department. Completed film with Dr. John Patton, entitled A Microscopic Look at Digestion, from Bandera Enterprises. |
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1981 |
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Launched Walking Journal, first American magazine dedicated to recreational walking. Sold in 1984. |
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1982 |
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Started and ran Nomadic Books, a mail order company specializing in hard-to-find budget travel information for world travelers. Sold in 1984. |
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1983
- 1984 |
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Wrote monthly column on travel for New Age Journal. |
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1984 |
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Researched and wrote cover story for New Age Journal on the "Network Nation," a very early report on online culture. |
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1984
- 1990 |
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Edited last issue of Co-Evolution Quarterly and first issue of Whole Earth Review. Edited the Review for 6 years. Was acting-publisher of Whole Earth Catalogs after founder Stewart Brand left. Director of Point Foundation. |
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1985 |
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Co-initiator of the Hackers' Conference, launched with Stewart Brand and organized by Ryan Phelan, and inspired by Steven Levy's book. This seminal gathering brought together three generations of programming hackers for the first time. |
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1985
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Served on Board of Directors of the WELL from its inception until its sale to Salon. The WELL was an early, influential, and pioneering outpost in what later came to be called cyberspace. |
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1986 |
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Designed and published the Essential Whole Earth Catalog, a distillation of the best tools and books for self education. |
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1987 |
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Married Gia-Miin Fuh, a biochemist. |
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1988 |
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Conceived and edited Signal: Communication Tools for the Information Age, a compendium of digital resources and culture. |
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1988 |
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Daughter, Kaileen, born. |
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1989 |
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Created, together with Cheryl Nash, a 24-hour immersive jamboree in virtual reality, entitled Cyberthon -- the first public access to all then-existing virtual reality experiments. |
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1990 |
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Daughter, Ting, born. |
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1990
- 1994 |
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Researched and wrote Out of Control, the Rise of Neo-Biological Civilization. Reviewed in Fortune magazine as "A book that should be required reading for all executives....As entertaining as it is insightful." |
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1992
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Founding executive editor of Wired magazine, which was conceived by Louis Rosetto and Jane Metcalf. First issue is launched January 1993. |
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1994 |
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Wired magazine wins National Magazine Award for General Excellence, the first time the award is granted to a start-up. |
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1995 |
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Charter board member of the Long Now Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to encouraging long-term views and generational thinking. |
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1996 |
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Son, Tywen, born. |
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1998 |
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Completed New Rules for the New Economy, a best selling book on the dynamics of the network economy. |
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1999 |
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As a client of the Leigh Bureau, made many presentations at high-tech conferences and corporate meetings world-wide. |
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2000 |
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Conceived and launched, with Stewart Brand and Ryan Phelan, the All Species Inventory, an effort to discover and catalog all living organisms in one generation. |
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2001 |
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Together with Stewart Brand, started up Long Bets, a mechanism to make predictions socially responsible. |
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2002 |
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Published Asia Grace, a book of about 600 photographs (and no words) of life in Asia. Launched asiagrace.com, a supplemental web site with stories and text for the book.
Earned a "Special Thanks To" screen credit for the film Minority Report, as part of a group of futurists hired by director Steven Spielberg to imagine Washington DC in the year 2050. |
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2003 |
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Created the weekly email list and website Cool Tools. Wrote, designed and published a limited edition of reviews in book form, Cool Tools 2003. |
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2004 |
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Wrote, designed and published the book True Films: 100 Great Documentaries & Factuals. Appeared in "The Roots of the Matrix" portion of the Ultimate Matrix Collection DVD set, along with recommendation for Out of Control. |
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2005 |
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Co-host (with Stewart Brand) the monthly Seminar About Long-term Thinking, a public series based in San Francisco and broadcast on the web. Launched The Technium, a blog about the nature of technology. |
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2006 |
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Published True Films 2.0. Launched Street Use, a blog for venacular technology.
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2007 |
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Daily blogger of GeekDad. All Species Foundation closes and hands off mission to the Encyclopedia of Life.
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2008 |
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Redesign Cool Tools website. Published True Films 3.0 as ebook.
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