- Rusty Foster
Rusty Foster, real name Lawrence C. Foster III [ [http://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS?CorpSumm=20020711+F Search Corporate Names ] ] , is the founder of
Kuro5hin , and the creator of Scoop, a collaborative media application used by several websites. He is widely known in the weblog community for running a donation drive which netted over US$70,000 [ [http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/6/21/10533/6651 The fundraiser ends, and the next stage begins || kuro5hin.org ] ] . However, theCollaborative Media Foundation that Foster promised to set up with the money never materialized, and Kuro5hin.org is hosted for free by sponsors, so it is not known what he did with the money [http://www.aemaps.com/kuro5hin/kuro5hin_6.jpg] .He is a left-wing activist, and has fought for the independence of Peaks Island, Maine (where he lives) from the City of Portland [Citation
last = Kim
first = Ann S.
title = Legislators hear mixed opinions on Peaks
newspaper = Portland Press-Herald
year = 2007
date = 2007-05-01
url = http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/statehouse/070501peaks.html
accessdate=2008-09-09] . His wife Christina served as the Recording Secretary of the Island Independence Committee.Foster later entered the political arena, partnering up with left-wing
weblog moguls such as Markos Moulitsas Zúniga ofDaily Kos . Foster served as the CTO ofArmstrong Zuniga , a consulting firm formed by Zúniga andJerome Armstrong in 2004, but the firm has since been dissolved. Daily Kos continues to operate on Foster's Scoop software, as do many smaller sites [http://scoop.kuro5hin.org] .He has a wife, Christina, and a daughter, Elinor Rose. [cite web|url=http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/12/18/55629/572|title=Elinor Rose Foster|publisher=Kuro5hin|last=rusty|date=
2004-12-18 |accessdate=2006-11-04] [cite web|url=http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2005/1/15/8266/82473|title=Baby as clothing|publisher=Kuro5hin|last=rusty|date=2005-01-15 |accessdate=2006-11-04]References
External links
* [http://www.kuro5hin.org/user/rusty/ Foster's user page on Kuro5hin]
* [http://www.kuro5hin.org/user/rusty/diary Foster's weblog]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20060524044944/http://www.mallasch.com/journalism/article.php?sid=761 Q&A: Rusty Foster at HotelChatter]
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