Jeff Robbins
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Jeff Lowe Robbins (born January 18th, 1969) is an American musician, web developer. Robbins was an employee of O'Reilly And Associates in the early 1990s and participated in the development of Global Network Navigator, the first commercial web publication, before founding the web design company Liquid Media in 1994.
Also in 1994, Robbins and drummer Paul Buckley founded Orbit, a Boston-based power trio that released four CDs. Robbins left the technology industry when the band was signed to A&M Records records to focus on touring and recording. In 2001, he married writer Jennifer Niederst, author of O'Reilly and Associates' Web Design in a Nutshell. After A&M Records was absorbed by Universal Music Group, Orbit was dropped and Robbins returned to web development.
In 2004, Robbins began working with Drupal, designing sites for several high-profile artists including Ringo Starr and became an active participant in the project's developer community. In January 2006, he and developer Matt Westgate co-founded Lullabot, a Drupal-focused consultancy. Lullabot holds training workshops for new Drupal developers, and has built sites for clients in the media and entertainment industry, including MTV UK and Sony BMG Records. Robbins' active evangelism of Open Source issues is noteworthy considering his involvement in several early commercial ventures.
