Jay Brewer

Jay Brewer (Born 1971 in Presque Isle, Maine) is a designer.

Personal

Jay Brewer grew up with designer and father Rod Brewer and business woman Nadiene Brewer. He has one sibling Rod Brewer III, and attended the University of Maine. He moved to Boston, Massachusetts after college, and married Maya Bazar having two children - Anya Helen Bazar Brewer and Ewan Thomas Bazar Brewer.

Professional career

Brewer has been been working in various areas of design and technology for over 15+ years. At Natural Intelligence, Inc., he helped to design the interface of the first Java development environment for the Macintosh. Then as a product designer at Hands On Toys, he won more than 10 awards for his work, including Parenting Magazine's Award for Best Toy of 1997. As the Chief User Interface and Product Designer at Abuzz.com (acquired by The New York Times), he managed the team that created the award-winning Abuzz.com website, achieving over 1 million users and 20 commercial affiliates.

At Affinnova, he created a new way to gain insight into product and graphic design using online consumers to evolve designs. At Turbine, Inc. he was the Lead User Interface designer for Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online. Currently, he is exploring new opportunities in business at Blogpire Productions - creating category and product niche sites that provide targeted news and information to consumers. In his spare time, he creates video games, websites, and music to continue to enrich his art, design, and technology skills.

References

* [http://www.informationweek.com/news/management/smb/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210002922&pgno=1&queryText=&isPrev= Nobel, Carmen (2008). "8 Ways To Make Money Online", Information Week]
* [http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2008/04/21/story6-Startups-like-Entrecard-bet-on-blogs-as-the-next-hot-ad-market.html Calnan, C (2008). "Startups like Entrecard bet on blogs as the next hot ad market", Mass High Tech]
* [http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2007/04/16/blogging_for_dollars/ Johnson, C (2007). "Blogging for Dollars", The Boston Globe]
* [http://chitika.com/blog/?p=159 Brewer, J (2007). "Making the Le
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* [http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/blogger-amazed-people-read/story.aspx?guid=%7B0082E1E5%2DC7B0%2D40E6%2DA599%2D6FC7357636C2%7D Barnako, F (2006). "Blogger amazed at what people will read", MarketWatch]
* [http://online.wsj.com/article/S60613GROCER.html?refresh=on Grocer, R (2006). "Consumer-Product Blogs Spark a Web Empire", The Wall Street Journal]
* [http://spartanpodcast.com/?p=154 Castanier, B (2006). "The Spartan Podcast - Jay Brewer - blogpire.com", Spartan Podcast]
* [http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2005/11/07/story7-Blogpire-Productions-brews-blogs-for-fun-and-profit.html Forman, E (2005). "Blogpire Productions brews blogs for fun and profit", Mass High Tech]
* [http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,110718/ Moby Games]

External links

* [http://www.jaybrewer.net Jay Brewer's Blog]
* [http://www.jaybrewer.com Jay Brewer's Portfolio]