Denison Bollay

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Denison Bollay (born 1955?) is a software engineer working on computer languages and search algorithms, with applications for e-commerce and financial information. He currently serves as chairman of MicroMLS, Inc., a software developer for PDAs and PocketPC devices.

[edit] History

Bollay is the author of ExperLogo and ExperLisp for the Apple Macintosh. He was also the creator of DynamicDocuments (1988), the first object oriented, multimedia hypertext system (built in Lisp), WebBase, the first dynamic web server (built in Smalltalk in 1995), and WebData (a database of databases portal).

Bollay holds U.S. Patent No 6,457,009, "Method of searching multiple internet resident databases using search fields in a generic form." He founded ExperTelligence in 1984, 3DStockCharts.com in 1999, ExperClick in 2000, and is currently chairman of MicroMLS. He is also one of the authors (with Mel Beckman and Brian Fox) of the BuddyCast peer-to-peer streaming media protocol.

[edit] Computer Camp

In 1980, Denison Bollay created "Computer Camp", an outdoor camping experience for kids. It included horseback riding and campfires with a hundred computers (Apples, Ataris, TRS-80s and TI 99/4s). There were robots, "turtles" (silicon based) and computer synthesized music. It was featured on the front page of the Wall Street Journal, launching a trend that encouraged thousands of kids to become interested in software.

He graduated from Harvey Mudd College in 1974.