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| name = Matt Haughey |
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| other_names = mathowie |
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| image = Matthew_Haughey.jpg |
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| caption = Matt Haughey self-portrait |
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| birth_date = [[October 10]] [[1972]] |
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| occupation = programmer, blogger |
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| website = http://www.haughey.com |
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'''Matthew Haughey''' (born [[October 10]] [[1972]]) is an [[United States|American]] programmer, web designer, and [[wikt:blogger|blogger]] best known as the founder of the community [[weblog]] [[MetaFilter]], where he is known as ''mathowie''. |
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== Life and career == |
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Haughey grew up in [[Placentia, California|Placentia]], [[California]].<ref>{{cite web |
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|url=http://a.wholelottanothing.org/about/ |
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|title=A Whole Lotta Nothing About page |
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|author=Matt Haughey |
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|accessdate=2007-03-07}}</ref> He graduated from the [[University of California, Riverside]] with a B.S. and M.S. in [[environmental science]].<ref name="resume">{{cite web |
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|url=http://www.haughey.com/resume.html |
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|title=Resume |
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|author=Matthew A. Haughey |
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|accessdate=2007-03-06}}</ref> |
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Haughey designed his first website in 1995. From 1997 to 2000, Haughey was a webmaster and programmer for Social Sciences Computing at [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]]. From 2000 to 2001, Haughey moved to the [[Bay Area]] and worked for [[Pyra Labs]] where he helped code early versions of [[Blogger.com|Blogger]]. In 2001, he briefly worked for KnowNow and [[Bitzi]]. From 2002 to 2005, Haughey was creative director at [[Creative Commons]].<ref name="resume"/> Haughey now manages his websites fulltime. |
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In 1999, Haughey launched [[MetaFilter]], a prominent community [[weblog]] and [[internet forum]], which he programmed himself using [[Macromedia]] [[ColdFusion]] and [[Microsoft SQL Server]]<ref name="Hasan">{{cite web |
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|url=http://www.noor.bz/pdf/ali-hasan_metafilter.pdf |
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|title=MetaFilter: An Analysis of a Community Weblog |
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|author=Noor Ali-Hasan |
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|publisher=[[University of Michigan]] School of Information |
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|accessdate=2007-03-06}} This paper was completed by Hasan, a Master's of Science candidate, for a graduate class in e-communities.[http://metatalk.metafilter.com/mefi/8924]</ref>, and which he manages with co-moderator [[Jessamyn West (librarian)|Jessamyn West]] (2005-)<ref name="Hasan"/>. Haughey was featured on the front cover of the May 2001 issue of [[Brill's Content]], illustrating the cover story "Human Portals".<ref>{{cite web |
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|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20010802023537/www.brillscontent.com/2001may/index.shtml |
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|title=May 2001 Table of Contents |
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|publisher=[[Brill's Content]] |
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|accessdate=2007-03-04}}</ref> MetaFilter was a project he started when there were only "30 or so" [[blog]]s, and he felt that finding "one or two links a day" personally was not enough content, but a blog with four or five people could do better.<ref>{{cite news |
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|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20010803021955/www.brillscontent.com/2001may/features/web_portals.shtml |
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|title=Human Portals |
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|author=Austin Bunn |
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|date=May 2001 |
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|publisher=[[Brill's Content]] |
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|accessdate=2007-03-04}}</ref> Haughey had to contribute many of the early posts until "a few hundred people showed up and we had something good."<ref name="Glaser">{{cite news |
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|url=http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2006/03/your_take_roundupsense_of_comm.html |
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|title=Sense of Community Motivates You to Work for Free |
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|author=Mark Glaser |
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|publisher=MediaShift ([[Public Broadcasting System]]) |
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|date=[[March 31]] [[2006]] |
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|accessdate=2007-03-07}}</ref> MetaFilter has since been widely recognized as "one of the web's most successful communities".<ref name="Hasan"/> Haughey credits the site's "strong sense of community" for its success, unlike websites that offer social incentives such as [[reputation|karma]].<ref name="Glaser"/> Today, Haughey is recognized as a leading expert on online communities.<ref>{{cite news |
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|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/living/1170287729274470.xml&coll=7 |
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|title=It's an Apple town right to the core |
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|author=Steve Woodward |
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|date=[[February 3]] [[2007]] |
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|publisher=[[The Oregonian]] |
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|accessdate=2007-03-07}}</ref> |
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Haughey has a personal weblog called ''A Whole Lotta Nothing'' and a [[photoblog]] titled ''Ten Years of My Life'', in which he records daily photographs, many of himself. ''Ten Years'' was named 3rd-best photo blog by ''[[Forbes]]'' in 2004.<ref>{{cite news |
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|url=http://www.forbes.com/ebusiness/2004/02/10/cx_pp_ii_0210photoblog.html |
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|title=Best Photo Blogs |
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|author=Penelope Patsuris |
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|publisher=[[Forbes]] |
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|date=[[February 10]] [[2004]] |
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|accessdate=2007-03-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |
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|url=http://www.forbes.com/technology/2004/02/09/cx_pp_photoblogslide_4.html?thisSpeed=6000 |
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|title=Ten Years of My Life slide |
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|publisher=[[Forbes]] |
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|accessdate=2007-03-07}}</ref> On his personal blog, he was noted for starting an [[internet meme]] when he annotated [[Google Maps]] images of his hometown.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |
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|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4448807.stm |
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|title=Google maps give fresh perspective |
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|publisher=[[BBC News]] Online |
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|date=[[April 17]] [[2005]] |
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|accessdate=2007-03-06}}</ref> He has helped build MetaFilter workalikes such as [http://www.sportsfilter.com/ SportsFilter] and helped instigate [http://www.the5k.org/ the5k.org]. |
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Haughey has also ventured into niche blogging; his [http://www.pvrblog.com/ PVRBlog] ([[personal video recorder]] blog), which he started in 2004, gained attention as the site that first published complaints over copyright protection on [[TiVo]] systems.<ref>{{cite news |
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|url=http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/services/2005-09-22-tivo-recordings_x.htm |
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|title=TiVo users fear recording restrictions |
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|author=Greg Sandoval |
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|publisher=[[Associated Press]] |
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|date=[[September 22]] [[2005]] |
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|accessdate=2007-03-05}}</ref> It was also recognized as an [[early adopter]] of [[Google AdSense]] text advertising, which according to Haughey allowed him to make enough income to cover his mortgage.<ref>{{cite news |
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|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aTfx5lrbCTkM&refer=us |
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|title=Google's Profit Probably Surged Sixfold on Advertising Increase |
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|author=Jonathan Thaw |
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|publisher=[[Bloomberg]] |
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|date=[[February 1]] [[2005]] |
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|accessdate=2007-03-05}}</ref> |
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Haughey has been technical editor on several programming books, and has contributed chapters to several books on blogging and [[online community]]. Since 2005, Haughey has written a number of pieces for ''[[The New York Times]]'' CIRCUITS section. |
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In April 2007, Haughey launched the blog [[fortuito.us]] which posts essays once a week on his experience supporting himself through online projects. |
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Haughey lives in [[McMinnville, Oregon|McMinnville]], [[Oregon]] with his wife Kay and their daughter Fiona (who has also been the subject of a photoblog, [http://fiona.haughey.com fiona.haughey.com]). |
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==Publications== |
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* Co-author, ''Design for Community: The Art of Connecting Real People in Virtual Places'', Waite Group Press (2001). ISBN 0735710759 |
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* Co-author, ''We Blog: Publishing Online with Weblogs'', Wiley (2002) ISBN 0-7645-4962-6 |
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* Co-author, ''Usability: The Site Speaks for Itself'', Peer Information (2002). ISBN 1-904151-03-5. |
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* Co-author, ''We've Got Blog: How Weblogs Are Changing Our Culture'', Perseus Books Group, 2002 ISBN 0738207411 |
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* Co-author, ''Hacking [[Movable Type]] (ExtremeTech)'', Wiley (2005) ISBN 076457499X |
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==See also== |
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*[[MetaFilter]] |
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==References== |
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{{reflist}} |
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==Further reading== |
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* [http://www.digital-web.com/articles/building_an_online_community/ Building an Online Community: Just Add Water]. 2001 essay by Haughey in ''[[Digital Web]]''. |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.metafilter.com/ MetaFilter] |
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*[http://a.wholelottanothing.org/ A Whole Lotta Nothing] |
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*[http://tenyearsofmylife.com/ Ten Years of My Life] |
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*[http://www.pvrblog.com/pvr/2004/11/behind_the_webs.html When you're at the helm of a shitstorm] |
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*[http://a.wholelottanothing.org/features/2003/10/blogging_for_do Blogging for Dollars] - convinced many bloggers to add [[Google AdSense]] to their websites. |
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*[http://mathowie.vox.com/ Matt's Vox Blog] |
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*[http://fortuito.us/ fortuito.us] |
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