Anil Dash

Anil Dash

Anil Dash at SCS 2007
Born (1975-09-05) September 5, 1975
Occupation Director, Expert Labs
Spouse Alaina Browne[1]
Website
www.dashes.com/anil/

Anil Dash (/ɑːˈniːl ˈdæʃ/; born September 5, 1975) is an American blogger, entrepreneur, and technologist.[2]

Career

Previously an independent technology consultant and new media developer for the Village Voice, Dash was the first employee of Six Apart, the makers of Movable Type, TypePad, and Vox. He served as its Vice President and Chief Evangelist until moving to Expert Labs.[3] He was the director of Expert Labs, a "Government 2.0 initiative that aims to connect United States government projects with citizens who want to become more involved in the political discussion".[4]

He is a partner at ACTIVATE.com, a "next generation strategy consulting firm" that focuses on media and technology.[5]

Dash is co-founder and CEO of ThinkUp, an app that offers users advice on their social network profiles. The company is loosely connected to Dash's writing about "The Web We Lost" and to the IndieWeb, the idea that "that regular people might own their own identities by having their own websites, instead of being dependent on a few big sites to host their online identity."

Recognition

In 2003, Dash was one of four bloggers featured on the PBS series Media Matters.[6] He has also spoken at events such as Northern Voice and the Web 2.0 Conference.

In 2004, he was the winner of the "nigritude ultramarine" search engine optimization contest.[7]

Personal life

Dash was born to Odia parents[8] and grew up near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He is a proponent and longtime resident of New York City, apart from a short stint in San Francisco.

References

  1. ↑ Hirschman, David S. (May 16, 2008). "SO WHAT DO YOU DO, ANIL DASH, CHIEF EVANGELIST, SIX APART". Mediabistro. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Who's This Guy - Anil Dash".
  3. ↑ Reagan, Gillian (November 18, 2009). "Dash to D.C.! Tech Guru Will Head Gov't Incubator, Digitize Democracy". New York Observer.
  4. ↑ Bilton, Nick (January 13, 2010). "One on One: Anil Dash of Expert Labs". bits.blogs.nytimes.com. New York Times.
  5. ↑ Hatch, Lauren (25 February 2010). "Michael Wolf and Anil Dash Brace Media for the New World". Business Insider.
  6. ↑ Media Matters, Dashes.com
  7. ↑ Terdiman, Daniel (July 8, 2004). "Single Post Wins Google Contest". Wired News. Archived from the original on 14 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
  8. ↑ Kondabolu, Ashok. "Ashok and Anil Go to the Cafe". Aaww.org. Asian American Writers' Workshop. Retrieved 6 September 2015.

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