Dave Sifry

Dave Sifry is an American software entrepreneur and blogosphere icon known for founding Technorati in 2004,[1][2]formerly a leading blog search engine. He also lectures widely on wireless technology and policy, weblogs, and open source software.

Dave Sifry
Dave Sifry at the Web 2.0 Conference, 2005
Born1968
Long Island, New York
NationalityAmerican
EducationBS, CS (1991)
Johns Hopkins University
OccupationEntrepreneur
Known forLinuxCare
Websitehttp://www.sifry.com

Early years

Sifry grew up on Long Island, and learned to program on a Commodore PET. While in his teens, he decided that someday he would move to Silicon Valley and start a company. After studying computer science at Johns Hopkins University, he worked for Mitsubishi.[3]

Career

Sifry cofounded Sputnik, a Wi-Fi gateway company, Linuxcare, and Offbeat Guides.[4]

He has been a founding member of the board of Linux International,[5] and a technical advisor to the National Cybercrime Training Partnership for law enforcement.

Dave worked as a business developer for Mozilla/Mozillamessaging,[6] trying to bring partners to Mozilla Thunderbird.

Personal life

David is married to Noriko and has two kids, Melody and Noah.

Awards
  • 2006 Best Blog Guide – Technorati – Web 2.0 Awards
  • 2006 Best of Show – Technorati – SXSW Awards[7]
  • 2006 Best Technical Achievement – Technorati – SXSW Awards[7]
gollark: I just want actual rectangular screens and no weird camera notches again!
gollark: I want a huge bezel. I dislike the rounded corners thing.
gollark: I don't like iOS. The aesthetic is just not something I enjoy (opinion, yes) and it's very uncustomizable/hostile to user control (pretty objective but you may not care about this).
gollark: Their top end does.
gollark: They're overpriced and nigh-impossible to repair.

References
  1. "About Dave". David Sifry. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
  2. "ZURB". zurb.com. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
  3. "Technorati | Interview with its Founder – Dave Sifry". Cleverism. 2015-01-14. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
  4. "About Dave". David Sifry. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
  5. "Welcome to Linux International!". web.archive.org. 2005-12-01. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
  6. "Thunderbird/StatusMeetings/2010-11-30 - MozillaWiki". wiki.mozilla.org. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
  7. "Web Awards Winners". south by southwest festivals + conferences. 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2007-03-11.


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