Entrepreneur
Costplusdrugs.com
From 1982 to 2015, I invested in tech. Since 2016, I have been working for reform of the tech industry.
Author of NYT bestseller Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe.
Musician in Moonalice (https://www.moonalice.com/splash)
Phillies fan.
NetNewsWire person.
https://netnewswire.com/
https://inessential.com/
https://micro.inessential.com/
Working on stuff 👨💻
Check out Firesky to watch the Bluesky firehose:
👉 https://firesky.tv
🐦 https://twitter.com/johnspurlock
🐘 https://podcastindex.social/@js
Journalist, author, blogger, podcaster, photographer, farting-arounder
Advanced nerd-herder currently at Amazon Music. Veteran of the clone wars. Opinions are solely my own. Mastodon: @jsavin@toot.community (mostly quiet)
I've been building around WordPress to create a social network based on RSS. I want to get out of being controlled by billionaire-owned sites. I have a feeling we may need a good backup given where we are now.
http://scripting.com/2025/08/28/140604.html
A hoopy frood that really knows where his towel is. #fedwiki
I write Daring Fireball and created Markdown.
Now: Something incredibly cool, I bet
Then: Fable, Slack, Pinterest, Boxer, Brizzly.com, Google Reader, Blogger etc.
shellen.com
I build things; I write code; I void warranties. Just wrote an O'Reilly book on digital identity. Windley.com
I see and say things that need seeing and saying.
twitter.com/shoq
mastodon.social/@shoq
sidetalk.net/@shoq (matrix)
threads.net/@shoqv4
Grantifa. Card-carrying member of the human race. Managing editor at crooksandliars.com Podcast at MOMocrats.com
he / him; semi-hermit in PDX, USA; tinkerer; old adhd cat dad; serial enthusiast; editor-at-large for http://lmorchard.com; astra mortemque superare gradatim. Just visiting here, mostly posting over there 👉 https://hackers.town/@lmorchard
dangillmor.com/about
Mainly at Mastodon: mastodon.social/@dangillmor
proptech founder https://radious.pro - created the official pickleball ratings system, won a🥇at 2025 World Championships + 2023 US Open / pickleball - sports photog/owner of Bullet Cat @bulletcatmeme.bsky.social
Once a blogger, always a blogger: val.demar.in - ceo @ activateintelligence.co.uk
The official mascot of the OG Mac web server.
MSNOW contributor
Former Washington Post columnist
Book: "The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America"
Newsletter: https://howtoreadthisch.art
Email: hello@pbump.com
Signal: pbump.11
Geek! Programmer! Science fiction and fantasy fan.
official Bluesky account (check username👆)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
