Roblimo

Robin "Roblimo" Miller (born October 30, 1952) is Editor in Chief of Open Source Technology Group, the company that owns Slashdot, SourceForge.net, freshmeat, Linux.com, NewsForge, and ThinkGeek. He has held this position since 2000.

Miller formerly owned Robin's Limousine, a small limo company based in Elkridge, Maryland, the origin of his online nickname. Miller is best-known for his involvement with Slashdot, where he is not only the corporate editorial overseer but also Interview Editor.

As a freelancer, Miller wrote for a number of print and online publications including Time.com, Baltimore City Paper, American Medical News, Innkeeping World, Machine Design, The Baltimore Sun, and Rewired.com. Miller is the author of three books: The Online Rules of Successful Companies, Point & Click Linux, and Point & Click OpenOffice.org, all published by Prentice Hall. His latest ventures revolve around Internet-delivered video, including video software "tours" and tutorials on Linux.com and his recent "side" venture, Internet Video Promotion, Inc.

Miller has been a judge for the Lulu Blooker Prize and is on the online advisory board of the "Online Journalism Review" of the Annenberg Center for Communication at the University of Southern California.

Miller lives in Bradenton, Florida. He is married with three grown children and three stepchildren.

External links

* [http://www.ostg.com/about/editorial_bios.htm OSTG bio]
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7306-2004Nov23.html Interview chat] on Washington Post.com
* [http://www.ibiblio.org/pjones/roblimo.html Roblimo Bio] on ibiblio.org
* [http://hostit1.connectria.com/twduff/home.nsf/d6plinks/TDUF-6JA6W8 Review of Robin's book "Point & Click OpenOffice.org"] at connectria.com
* [http://tampa.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A2322 Unflattering article about Roblimo] in (Tampa) Creative Loafing