Greg Knauss
Greg Knauss | |
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| Born | Greg Knauss |
| Occupation | Writer, humorist, programmer |
| Nationality | American |
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Greg Knauss is an American Internet humorist, blogger, and computer programmer known for creating the iPhone app Romantimatic.[1][2]
Knauss released Romantimatic in 2014,[3] an iOS app that reminds users to send messages to their significant others. The app's release was controversial, receiving coverage and criticism from The Atlantic, Elle Magazine, and The New York Times.[4][5][6][7] Knauss asserted that romantic love is a thing that needs tending to, just like other aspects of our lives that need maintenance.[2] Other reviewers were less pragmatic about its value. According to Joanne McNeill, "One of the suggested messages to send is "I can’t get you off my mind," which is ridiculously untrue if this app is in use."[8]
Knauss's work is primarily with the back-end aspects of making the web function. He is the "tech godfather" for the long-running weblog Kottke.org and in 2015 was responsible for successfully scaling Paper Magazine's web architecture to prepare for them publishing nude photos of Kim Kardashian in a web stunt with the hashtag #BreakTheInternet.[9][10]
Blogging[edit]
Knauss created Metababy, an early wiki-like community.[11] He also created an early parody blog called WinerLog that existed to make fun of Dave Winer, a person he asserted "dished it out but couldn't take it."[12] Knauss's writing from his college humor publication was later reprinted online in the early Internet-based magazine InterText, edited by fellow UCSD alumnus Jason Snell.[13] Snell also published Knauss's early blog-like e-mail missives on the Internet in a collection known as An Entirely Other Day.[14] In 1996 Knauss and Snell helped found TeeVee.org, a site powered by software written by Knauss himself.[15]
Writing[edit]
Knauss was an original contributor to Suck.com.[16] Some of his earliest writing appears in Antic Magazine where he'd share "type-in" programs he'd written for the Atari Computer, or STart Magazine where he'd review games built for the Atari ST.[17][18] He went on to review technology for MacWorld and has written for McSweeney's and Wired Magazine.[19] He published chapters in many technical books by Que Publishing in the late 1990's.
He is the author of Rainy Day Fun and Games for Toddler and Total Bastard and pioneered the weblog book tour to promote it.[20][21][22]
Early life[edit]
Knauss was born in Torrance, California. In college at the University of California, San Diego, he was the editor of Muir College Erratically, a small humor publication, as well as a frequent contributor to the UCSD Guardian student newspaper. He lives with his wife and three children in Woodland Hills, California.
Bibliography[edit]
- Using HTML (1995) ISBN 0789706229 Search this book on
. - Using Netscape 2 (1996) ISBN 0789706121 Search this book on .
- Using CGI (1996) ISBN 0789707403 Search this book on .
- Special Edition Using Netscape Navigator Gold 3 (1996) ISBN 078971180X Search this book on .
- Using HTML 4, XML, and Java 1.2 (1999) ISBN 078971759X Search this book on .
- Things I learned about my dad in therapy (chapter, 2008) ISBN 9780758244000 Search this book on .
References[edit]
- ↑ Sordi, P. (2015). I Am: Remix Your Web Identity. Cambridge Scholars Publisher. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-4438-7344-4. Retrieved 2021-05-11. Search this book on
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Romantimatic app: Romance-killer or pragmatic helper? - CBC News". CBC. 2014-02-11. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- ↑ "Romantimatic". romantimatic.com.
- ↑ Ellin, Abby (March 10, 2014). "After Online Dating, Online Making Up".
- ↑ Selinger, Evan (February 14, 2014). "The Outsourced Lover". The Atlantic.
- ↑ Hiscott, Rebecca. "'Hey Dumbass, Say Something Nice to Your Wife' — There's an App for That". Mashable.
- ↑ Hoff, Victoria Dawson (2017-10-11). "Romantimatic App - App Reminds Husband to Say Nice Things". ELLE. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- ↑ McNeil, Joanne (2015-02-19). "Canned Email. Let's pretend the answer to email… - The Message". Medium. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- ↑ Kottke, Jason. "The Server Bone Is Connected to the DNS Bone…". kottke.org. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- ↑ Ford, Paul (2015-01-22). "How PAPER Magazine's web engineers scaled their back-end for Kim Kardashian (SFW) - The Message". Medium. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- ↑ "Metababy". www.metababy.com.
- ↑ Rosenberg, S. (2009). Say Everything: How Blogging Began, What It's Becoming, and Why It Matters. Crown. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-307-45138-5. Retrieved 2021-05-11. Search this book on
- ↑ "Back Issue Browser". intertext.com.
- ↑ Eddy, A. (1996). Internet After Hours. Prima Pub. p. 252. ISBN 978-0-7615-0386-6. Retrieved 2021-05-11. Search this book on
- ↑ "TeeVee.org - Former home of The Vidiots". www.teevee.org.
- ↑ "Contributors". Suck.com. Archived from the original on 2018-11-25.
- ↑ "Antic Magazine". Internet Archive. 2020-06-10. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- ↑ "STart Magazine". Internet Archive. 2020-06-10. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- ↑ Knauss, Greg (2021-05-12). "Greg Knauss". McSweeney's Internet Tendency. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- ↑ Badgley, Shawn. "On Paper". Austin Chronicla.
- ↑ Rose, M. J. (April 9, 2002). "(Book Clubs') Life After Oprah". Wired – via www.wired.com.
- ↑ Kottke, Jason. "Rainy Day Fun and Games for Toddler and Total Bastard Book Tour 2002". kottke.org. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
External links[edit]
- Personal website, An Entirely Other Day
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