Brad

[low_delta]

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/104272248048720.xml

His mother can picture him still -- a computer prodigy who taught himself to program when he was 6, hunched over the keyboard, a programming book in front of him, struggling to pronounce the word "variables."


He let people know what was going on in his life -- "News of Brad" -- but grew frustrated with the time it took to update it; so he wrote a program that would make getting the word out as simple as double-clicking, typing an entry and submitting.


Birth of a subculture In March 1999, he posted his first time-stamped entry. "This is a test . . ." And it wasn't long before dorm friends wanted to be able to post up-to-the-minute updates, too. Fitzpatrick decided to turn it into a Web-based service, jokingly adopted a goat named Frank as a mascot, and LiveJournal was born.

Comments

[banana.livejournal.com]

I like this bit.

One of the site's popular features - the ability to comment on others' journals - came about because Fitzpatrick wanted to make fun of a friend's entries.

[sirreal13.livejournal.com]

That proves that Brad Fitzpatrick is an evil man who is intent on bringing down the world economy (NOT)...

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

:-D

I missed that.

[banana.livejournal.com]

See? Now I can make fun of you for not paying attention to the article. ;~)

..commenting....

[emschin.livejournal.com]

I liked that part, too, and laughed when I read it. It made me think of the joking that goes on here.