Dave Sifry
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Dave Sifry | |
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 Dave Sifry at the Web 2.0 Conference, 2005 | |
| Born | 1968 Long Island, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | BS, CS (1991) Johns Hopkins University |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Known for | LinuxCare |
| Website | www |
Dave Sifry is an American software entrepreneur and blogosphere icon known for founding Technorati in 2004,[1][2] formerly a leading blog search engine. He also lectures widely on wireless technology and policy, weblogs, and open source software.
Early years
[edit]Sifry grew up on Long Island, and learned to program on a Commodore PET. While in his teens, he decided that someday he would move to Silicon Valley and start a company. After studying computer science at Johns Hopkins University, he worked for Mitsubishi.[3]
Career
[edit]Sifry cofounded Sputnik, a Wi-Fi gateway company, Linuxcare, and Offbeat Guides.[1]
He has been a founding member of the board of Linux International,[4] and a technical advisor to the National Cybercrime Training Partnership for law enforcement.
Dave worked as a business developer for Mozilla/Mozillamessaging,[5] trying to bring partners to Mozilla Thunderbird.
Personal life
[edit]David is married to Noriko and has three kids, Melody, Noah and Shay. Noah is in his local acappella group at UC Davis, The Liquid Hotplates.
Awards
[edit]- 2006 Best Blog Guide – Technorati – Web 2.0 Awards
- 2006 Best of Show – Technorati – SXSW Awards[6]
- 2006 Best Technical Achievement – Technorati – SXSW Awards[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "About Dave". David Sifry. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
- ^ "ZURB". zurb.com. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
- ^ "Technorati | Interview with its Founder – Dave Sifry". Cleverism. 2015-01-14. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
- ^ "Welcome to Linux International!". 2005-12-01. Archived from the original on 2005-12-01. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
- ^ "Thunderbird/StatusMeetings/2010-11-30 - MozillaWiki". wiki.mozilla.org. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
- ^ a b "Web Awards Winners". south by southwest festivals + conferences. 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
External links
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Media related to Dave Sifry at Wikimedia Commons- Sifry’s Alerts, Dave's personal blog.
- Technorati management team official page, reference for much of the above
- David Sifry podcast, PodLeaders, 2006-04-05
- Ten Questions with David Sifry, Signal Without Noise, 2006-07-09
- David Sifry on Technorati and entrepreneurship Video
- David Sifry on the state of the Net, Video interview, 2008-02-09
- David Sifry in Inc. magazine, January 2006
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