Six Apart Ltd., sometimes abbreviated 6A, is a software company located in San Francisco, California, USA. It is the creator of the widely used Movable Type software, and offers the TypePad weblog service. The name is a reference to the six day age difference between its married co-founders, Ben and Mena Trott. The downtown San Francisco skyline, looking east from the central part of the city. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... Movable Type is a proprietary weblog publishing system developed by California-based Six Apart. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Ben Trott and Mena G. Trott (born September 1977) are the married co-founders of Six Apart, creators of Movable Type and TypePad. ...

The company was founded in September 2001 after Ben, during a period of unemployment, wrote what became Movable Type to allow Mena to easily produce her weblog. When version 1.0 was put on the web, it was downloaded over 100 times in the first hour [1]. September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with 30 days. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

In 2003, Six Apart received initial venture capital funding from a group led by Joi Ito and his Neoteny Co., something which allowed the company to hire additional employees, acquire a French weblog publishing company, and unveil plans for what was to become its hosted weblog publishing system, TypePad. In 2004, Six Apart completed a second round of funding with August Capital, a move which allowed it to make acquisitions of other companies. In January 2005, Six Apart purchased Danga Interactive, parent company of LiveJournal, from owner Brad Fitzpatrick, who was named Six Apart's chief architect. The combined user base is now over 7 million, and the merged company has more than 70 employees. 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Venture capital is a general term to describe financing for startup and early stage businesses as well as businesses in turn around situations. ... Joi Ito at the Ars Electronica Joichi Ito (伊藤穰一 Itō Jōichi, born 1966), more commonly known as Joi Ito, is a Japanese-born, American-educated activist, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in January • 29 Ephraim Kishon • 25 Philip Johnson • 23 Johnny Carson • 22 Parveen Babi • 20 Jan Nowak-Jeziorański • 17 Virginia Mayo • 17 Zhao Ziyang • 15 Ruth Warrick • 14 Rudolph Moshammer Recent deaths Ongoing events • Tsunami relief... Danga Interactive is a software and Internet company most widely known for its LiveJournal service. ... LiveJournal (often abbreviated LJ) is the name of a weblog site allowing Internet users to keep an online journal or diary. ... Bradley Brad Fitzpatrick (born February 5, 1980), often seen on the Internet under the nickname bradfitz, is an American programmer. ...

Its Silicon Valley-seasoned CEO is Barak Berkowitz. Prominent weblogger Anil Dash joined the company in 2003. A view of downtown San Jose, the self-proclaimed Capital of Silicon Valley. Like many large cities, San Joses downtown is expansive and encompasses much more area than shown in this view. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... Anil Dash, born September 1975, was an early and influential blogger who began his weblog in 1999. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• List of software companies

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• Six Apart