| Anil Dash | |
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Anil Dash at SCS 2007 |
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| Born | September 5, 1975 |
| Occupation | Director, Expert Labs |
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www.dashes.com/anil/ |
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Anil Dash ( /ɑːˈniːl ˈdæʃ/; born in September 1975) is a blogger, entrepreneur and technologist. He is currently the Director of Public Technology Incubator Expert Labs[1] and a partner at ACTIVATE.com,[2] a media & technology consulting firm.
Previously an independent technology consultant, and a new media developer for the Village Voice, Dash was the first employee of Six Apart, the makers of Movable Type, TypePad and Vox, and served as its Vice President and Chief Evangelist until moving to Expert Labs.[3] In 2003, Dash was one of four bloggers featured on the PBS series Media Matters. He has also spoken at events such as Northern Voice and the Web 2.0 Conference.
Dash's current role is directing Expert Labs, a non-profit, independent group with a mandate to help policy makers in the U.S. Federal Government utilize the expertise of their fellow citizens.
Dash was born and grew up near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. A long-time resident and vocal fan of New York City, he lived in San Francisco for a time but has now returned to New York City. Aside from his professional role at Six Apart, Dash participated in two prank-like activities that gained attention on the Internet: in 2004, he was the winner of the "nigritude ultramarine" search engine optimization contest,[4] and in 2005 he was photographed and printed in the New York Times on June 2, 2005 Fashion Thursday section in a Threadless t-shirt mentioning the web site Goatse.cx.[5]