Anil Dash

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name = Anil Dash

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Anil Dash (pronEng|ɑːˈniːl ˈdæʃ, born in September 1975) is an early and influential blogger who began his weblog in 1999.

Previously an independent technology consultant, and a new media developer for the "Village Voice", Dash was the first employee of, and now works as a Vice President (Chief Evangelist) for, Six Apart, the makers of Movable Type, TypePad and Vox [ [http://www.anildash.com/anil/#entry-1104024 Anil Dash ] ] .

In 2003, Dash was one of four bloggers featured on the PBS series "Media Matters".

Dash was born and grew up near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. A long-time resident and vocal fan of New York City, he lived in San Francisco for a time but has now returned to New York City. Aside from his professional role at Six Apart, Dash participated in two prank-like activities that gained attention on the Internet: in 2004, he was the winner of the "nigritude ultramarine" search engine optimization contest, and in 2005 he was photographed and printed in the "New York Times" on June 5, 2008 Fashion Thursday section in a Threadless t-shirt mentioning the web site Goatse.cx. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/02/fashion/thursdaystyles/02GOOGLE.html Loosing Google's Lock on the Past - New York Times ] ]

External links

* [http://www.dashes.com/anil/ Anil Dash's weblog]
* [http://www.anildash.com/ About Anil Dash]
* [http://iron.wootest.net/anil_dash.php under the iron interview]
* [http://www.thirteen.org/mediamatters/303/blogs.html Blogosphere] - "Media Matters" episode
* [http://leahpeah.com/blog/interviews/anil-dash Interview with Anil Dash] , "Leahpeah", 2006-09-07

References

² NY Times June 2, 2005
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/02/fashion/thursdaystyles/02GOOGLE.html]