Jason Kottke (born September 27, 1973) is a well known American blogger and former web designer currently living in New York City. He designed the popular Silkscreen font which has become widely used in web design and has won a Lifetime Achievement Award as a blogger. September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 95 days remaining. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... A weblog (now more commonly known as a blog) is a web-based publication consisting primarily of periodic articles (normally, but not always, in reverse chronological order). ... Web design is the design or designing of a web page, website or web application. ... Nickname: The Big Apple Motto: Official website: City of New York Location [[Image:|250px|250px|Location of City of New York, New York]] Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R... Silkscreen is a popular, four member, all uppercase type family created by professional blogger Jason Kottke. ... In typography, a typeface consists of a co-ordinated set of grapheme (i. ... A Blog award is an online award to vote for the best weblog. ...

Web design

After graduating with a degree in Physics from Coe College in 1995, Kottke started work as a web designer in 1996 working on website design projects for 3M, E*Trade, Charles Schwab, Target Corporation and the University of Minnesota. A Superconductor demonstrating the Meissner Effect Physics (from the Greek, φυσικός (physikos), natural, and φύσις (physis), nature) is the science of the natural world dealing with the fundamental constituents of the universe, the forces they exert on one another, and the results produced by these forces. ... Coe College is a small liberal arts college, founded in 1851, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... This article is about the American company, for the Russian company involved in a pyramid scheme, see MMM (pyramid) 3M Company NYSE: MMM (formerly Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company until 2002) is an American corporation with a worldwide presence that produces over 55,000 products, including adhesives, abrasives, laminates, electronic... E*TRADE NYSE: ET is a financial services company. ... Charles Schwab can refer to: Charles M. Schwab, 19th century industrialist and financier. ... Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) was founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1902. ... UMN redirects here. ...

In 1999, he designed the Silkscreen typefont -- since adopted by Adobe, MTV and Volvo, amongst others. His design work has been featured in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Forbes, Brill's Content and Graphics International. Kottke has served on the Advisory Board for SXSW Interactive since 2000 and has spoken at the SXSW Interactive conference as well as the Seybold and Netmedia Conferences. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE) (LSE: ABS) is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California that was founded in December 1982 by John Warnock and Charles Geschke. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... AB Volvo (or Aktiebolaget Volvo) is a world-leading Danish manufacturer of commercial vehicles, buses and construction equipment, drive systems for marine and industrial applications, aerospace components and services. ... The New Yorkers first cover, which is reprinted most years on the magazines anniversary. ... The New York Times is a newspaper published in New York City by Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr. ... Disambiguation: For the Boston Brahmin family of John Forbes Kerry, see Forbes family. ... At least two well-known people have been named Steven Brill: Steven Brill is the founder of American Lawyer magazine, Court TV, Contentville, and Brills Content. ... South by Southwest (SXSW, Inc. ...

Blogging career

Kottke, a pioneering blogger, began his blog in March 1998. As of 2005, his blog is one of the highest-ranked personal sites on the Blogging Ecosystem. The as of technique is a way to deal with statements that date quickly. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 2000, Jason Kottke and his then-girlfriend (now fiancee) Meg Hourihan were profiled in a New Yorker article, You've Got Blog, which introduced blogging to a wider audience. The minimalist web design of kottke.org is considered influential, and Kottke was one of the first bloggers to create a sideblog called "Remaindered Links", which are interesting web links with no commentary. His contributions to blogging were acknowledged when he won a Bloggie Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002. This article is about the year 2000. ... Meg Hourihan co-founded Pyra Labs, the company behind Blogger before its acquisition by Google. ... The New Yorkers first cover, which is reprinted most years on the magazines anniversary. ...

His blogging also got him in trouble with Sony when he broke the news of the loss that broke Ken Jennings' winning streak on Jeopardy!. Sony Corporation (Japanese katakana: ソニー) (TYO: 6758 , NYSE: SNE) is a global Japanese consumer electronics, financial services and entertainment corporation based in Tokyo, Japan. ... Ken Jennings on Jeopardy! Kenneth Wayne Jennings III (born May 23, 1974) holds the record for the longest winning streak on the syndicated game show Jeopardy!, as well as other records. ... Jeopardy! logo (1994–1996). ...

On February 22, 2005, Kottke announced he had left his web design job in order to work on kottke.org full-time. He pledged that all content on the site would still be free while encouraging readers to become "micropatrons" by making an optional contribution of any amount. This made him the first person to "professionally" pursue his weblog without relying on advertising or corporate sponsorship. By the close of business on the day of the announcement, over 200 people were listed as micropatrons on kottke.org. Exactly one year later, Kottke announced that over the course of the year about 1,450 micropatrons had contributed $39,900, the vast majority during the three weeks after his initial announcement, and that he would not attempt the feat for a second year. [1]

External links

• Kottke's Blog
• Newsweek article on Kottke as pro blogger
• Wired News article on Kottke's decision to quit his day job
• Spain article on Bloggie awards
• You've Got Blog - New Yorker profile
• Lengthy conversation about Kottke on Metafilter