Gary Wolf (journalist)

Gary Wolf is an American writer, contributing editor at America's Wired magazine, and co-founder of the Quantified Self.[1]

This article refers to the journalist and contributing editor for Wired magazine. For the novelist and creator of the Roger Rabbit universe, see Gary K. Wolf.

Wolf earned a BA from Reed College, in Portland, Oregon, and an MA from UC Berkeley.

Among his other Wired stories, Wolf wrote "The Curse of Xanadu," about Ted Nelson and Project Xanadu,[2] calling the project "the longest-running vaporware project in the history of computing." Nelson objected the criticisms, referring to Wolf as "Gory Jackal", and threatening to sue him,[3] and detailed his objections in a letter to Wired[4] and a rebuttal.[5]

He also wrote an article about Steve Wozniak, "The World According to Woz".

In 2007, with Kevin Kelly,[6] Wolf co-founded the Quantified Self,[1] a collaboration of users and tool makers who share an interest in self-knowledge through self-tracking. In 2010, he spoke about the movement at TED.[7]

Wolf's parents are noted epilepsy researcher Harold H. Wolf and professor of education Joan Silverman Wolf.

Books
  • Aether Madness: An Offbeat Guide to the Online World, with Michael Stein (Peachpit Press, 1995)
  • Dumb Money: Adventures of a Day Trader, with Joey Anuff (Random House, 2000)
  • Wired – A Romance (Random House, 2003)
gollark: It is weird that kristpay has everyone on the server use one shared wallet, though.
gollark: The admins here are pretty good and I trust them to not utterly mess things up for the server, but I wouldn't trust this for, say, real-world financial transactions.
gollark: They do freeze accounts sometimes I think.
gollark: I don't know if they *have* actually used their admin powers for much, but it's important to know that it is not actually a cryptocurrency and is centrally controlled.
gollark: Krist is not exactly a cryptocurrency, also. The admins can do basically whatever.

References
  1. Singer, Emily. "The Measured Life". MIT. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
  2. Wolf, Gary (June 1995). "The Curse of Xanadu". Wired magazine. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
  3. Nelson, Ted. "What they say". Ted.hyperland.com. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
  4. "Letters about "The Curse of Xanadu"". Wired.com. 2009-01-04. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
  5. Nelson, Ted (2010). "Errors in "The Curse of Xanadu," by Gary Wolf". vinci.org. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
  6. Wolf, Gary. "Quantified Self". Gary Wolf. Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
  7. Wolf, Gary. "The quantified self". TED (conference). Retrieved 2012-03-26.


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