Dave Sifry
Dave Sifry | |
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Dave Sifry at the Web 2.0 Conference, 2005 | |
Born |
1968 Long Island, New York |
Nationality | American |
Education |
BS, CS (1991) Johns Hopkins University |
Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Known for | LinuxCare |
Website | http://www.sifry.com |
Dave Sifry is an American software entrepreneur and blogosphere icon known for founding Technorati in 2004,[1] formerly a leading blog search engine. He also lectures widely on wireless technology and policy, weblogs, and open source software.
Sifry grew up on Long Island, and learned to program on a Commodore PET. He decided that he would move to Silicon Valley and start a company when he was still a teen. After studying computer science at Johns Hopkins University, he worked for Mitsubishi.
Sifry cofounded Sputnik, a Wi-Fi gateway company, Linuxcare, and Offbeat Guides.[2]
He has been a founding member of the board of Linux International,[3] and a technical advisor to the National Cybercrime Training Partnership for law enforcement.
Dave worked as a business developer for Mozilla/Mozillamessaging,[4] trying to bring partners to Mozilla Thunderbird.
Awards
- 2006 Best Blog Guide - Technorati - Web 2.0 Awards
- 2006 Best of Show - Technorati - SXSW Awards [5]
- 2006 Best Technical Achievement - Technorati - SXSW Awards [6]
References
- ↑ http://www.sifry.com/about/
- ↑ http://www.sifry.com/about/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20051201022055/http://www.li.org/who/index.php
- ↑ https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird/StatusMeetings/2010-11-30
- ↑ "Web Awards Winners". south by southwest festivals + conferences. 2006. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
- ↑ "Web Awards Winners". south by southwest festivals + conferences. 2006. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
External links
- Media related to Dave Sifry at Wikimedia Commons
- Sifry’s Alerts, Dave’s personal blog.
- Technorati management team official page, reference for much of the above
- David Sifry podcast, PodLeaders, 2006-04-05
- Ten Questions with David Sifry, Signal Without Noise, 2006-07-09
- David Sifry on Technorati and entrepreneurship Video
- David Sifry on the state of the Net, Video interview, 2008-02-09
- David Sifry in Inc. magazine, January 2006