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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

Coined the term 'weblog,' never made a dime

"A bum in a Google cap. Now there's a sign of the times, I think as he shambles toward me. He looks pretty much like any other tattered street person in San Francisco - long, windblown dirty-blond hair with a beard to match. Unbuttoned shirttails flapping in the afternoon breeze."

At Wired News, Paul Boutin writes about meeting Jorn Barger from Robot Wisdom.

Update: Wikipedia says: "Barger has publicly denied that Boutin accurately described his financial or housing situation" but provides no link or other visible evidence.

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