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==Career== | ==Career== | ||
LiveJournal grew out of a journaling program Fitzpatrick wrote for himself as a college freshman.<ref name=BW>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061107024623/http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/08/valleyboys/source/8.htm LiveJournal: Brad Fitzpatrick], ''BusinessWeek'' (August 14, 2006) </ref><ref name=Chron>Neva Chonin, [https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/LiveJournal-grew-out-of-one-18-year-old-s-2567126.php LiveJournal grew out of one 18-year-old's frustration with Web journaling. Now Brad Fitzpatrick is on top of a blog revolution], ''San Francisco Chronicle'' (September 27, 2005)</ref> It eventually became a full-time job and then a company; in January 2005 he sold it and its parent company, Danga Interactive, to [[Six Apart]], for an undisclosed sum of cash and [[stock]].<ref name=BW/><ref name=Chron/><ref>[http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1748489,00.asp Six Apart to Buy LiveJournal], ''eWeek'' (January 5, 2005){{dead link|date=May 2018}}</ref> He was named chief architect of [[Six Apart]].<ref>[http://news.livejournal.com/82926.html Big news... Six Apart and LiveJournal!], LiveJournal (5 January 2006) {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530150815/http://news.livejournal.com/82926.html |date=2010-05-30 }}</ref> He left Six Apart in August 2007, moving to [[Google]],<ref>Owen Thomas, [http://valleywag.com/tech/brad-fitzpatrick/livejournal-creator-leaves-as-six-apart-fails-to-spin-286218.php LiveJournal creator leaves as Six Apart fails to spin], ''Valleywag'' (August 6, 2007) {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013043244/http://valleywag.com/tech/brad-fitzpatrick/livejournal-creator-leaves-as-six-apart-fails-to-spin-286218.php |date=2007-10-13 }}</ref> and in 2008, after the sale of LiveJournal to [[SUP Media]], joined the LiveJournal Advisory Board.<ref>Kristen Nicol, [http://mashable.com/2008/02/28/livejournal-advisory-board/ LiveJournal's New Advisory Board Includes Fitzpatrick], ''Mashable'' (February 28, 2008)</ref> In June 2010 the board was dissolved,<ref>[https://lj-advisory.livejournal.com/ Our heartfelt thanks to the LiveJournal Advisory Board], LiveJournal (June 23, 2010)</ref> ending his involvement with LiveJournal. At Google he was a Staff Software Engineer and was part of the [[Go (programming language)|Go programming language]] team.<ref>[http://golang.org/CONTRIBUTORS Go Language contributors]</ref> | LiveJournal grew out of a journaling program Fitzpatrick wrote for himself as a college freshman.<ref name=BW>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061107024623/http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/08/valleyboys/source/8.htm LiveJournal: Brad Fitzpatrick], ''BusinessWeek'' (August 14, 2006) </ref><ref name=Chron>Neva Chonin, [https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/LiveJournal-grew-out-of-one-18-year-old-s-2567126.php LiveJournal grew out of one 18-year-old's frustration with Web journaling. Now Brad Fitzpatrick is on top of a blog revolution], ''San Francisco Chronicle'' (September 27, 2005)</ref> It eventually became a full-time job and then a company; in January 2005 he sold it and its parent company, Danga Interactive, to [[Six Apart]], for an undisclosed sum of cash and [[Share capital|stock]].<ref name=BW/><ref name=Chron/><ref>[http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1748489,00.asp Six Apart to Buy LiveJournal], ''eWeek'' (January 5, 2005){{dead link|date=May 2018}}</ref> He was named chief architect of [[Six Apart]].<ref>[http://news.livejournal.com/82926.html Big news... Six Apart and LiveJournal!], LiveJournal (5 January 2006) {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530150815/http://news.livejournal.com/82926.html |date=2010-05-30 }}</ref> He left Six Apart in August 2007, moving to [[Google]],<ref>Owen Thomas, [http://valleywag.com/tech/brad-fitzpatrick/livejournal-creator-leaves-as-six-apart-fails-to-spin-286218.php LiveJournal creator leaves as Six Apart fails to spin], ''Valleywag'' (August 6, 2007) {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013043244/http://valleywag.com/tech/brad-fitzpatrick/livejournal-creator-leaves-as-six-apart-fails-to-spin-286218.php |date=2007-10-13 }}</ref> and in 2008, after the sale of LiveJournal to [[SUP Media]], joined the LiveJournal Advisory Board.<ref>Kristen Nicol, [http://mashable.com/2008/02/28/livejournal-advisory-board/ LiveJournal's New Advisory Board Includes Fitzpatrick], ''Mashable'' (February 28, 2008)</ref> In June 2010 the board was dissolved,<ref>[https://lj-advisory.livejournal.com/ Our heartfelt thanks to the LiveJournal Advisory Board], LiveJournal (June 23, 2010)</ref> ending his involvement with LiveJournal. At Google he was a Staff Software Engineer and was part of the [[Go (programming language)|Go programming language]] team.<ref>[http://golang.org/CONTRIBUTORS Go Language contributors]</ref> | ||
In January 2020, Fitzpatrick announced<ref>[https://bradfitz.com/2020/01/27/leaving-google Leaving Google], bradfitz.com (January 27, 2020)</ref> | In January 2020, Fitzpatrick announced he was leaving Google.<ref>[https://bradfitz.com/2020/01/27/leaving-google Leaving Google], bradfitz.com (January 27, 2020)</ref> Three days later he joined [[Tailscale]]<ref>{{Cite twitter|user=bradfitz |number=1222917939495501827 |author=Brad Fitzpatrick |title=Joining @Tailscale |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200215201001/https://twitter.com/bradfitz/status/1222917939495501827 |archive-date=15 Feb 2020 |date=30 Jan 2020}}</ref> as a late-stage co-founder.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brad Fitzpatrick |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradfitz |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150820193043/https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradfitz |archive-date=20 August 2015 |access-date=7 June 2021 |via=LinkedIn |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="tcseriesb">{{Cite web |title=Tailscale lands $100 million to 'transform' enterprise VPNs with mesh technology |url=https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/04/tailscale-lands-100-million-to-transform-enterprise-vpns-with-mesh-technology/ |date=5 May 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230223174332/https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/04/tailscale-lands-100-million-to-transform-enterprise-vpns-with-mesh-technology/ |archive-date=23 February 2023 |work=[[TechCrunch]] |last=Kyle |first=Wiggers |quote=Avery Pennarun says that the solution lies in Tailscale, a security networking startup he co-founded with David Crashaw, David Carney and Brad Fitzpatrick.}}</ref> | ||
==Honors== | ==Honors== | ||
Latest revision as of 12:33, 7 July 2025
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Main otherScript error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Bradley Joseph Fitzpatrick (born February 5, 1980) is an American programmer. He is best known as the creator of LiveJournal and is the author of a variety of free software projects such as memcached, PubSubHubbub, OpenID, and Perkeep.
Personal life
Born in Iowa, Fitzpatrick grew up in Beaverton, Oregon, and majored in computer science at the University of Washington in Seattle. He started his first company, FreeVote.com, while in high school.[1]
Fitzpatrick is married to Kate Fitzpatrick. They have three children.[2]
Career
LiveJournal grew out of a journaling program Fitzpatrick wrote for himself as a college freshman.[3][1] It eventually became a full-time job and then a company; in January 2005 he sold it and its parent company, Danga Interactive, to Six Apart, for an undisclosed sum of cash and stock.[3][1][4] He was named chief architect of Six Apart.[5] He left Six Apart in August 2007, moving to Google,[6] and in 2008, after the sale of LiveJournal to SUP Media, joined the LiveJournal Advisory Board.[7] In June 2010 the board was dissolved,[8] ending his involvement with LiveJournal. At Google he was a Staff Software Engineer and was part of the Go programming language team.[9]
In January 2020, Fitzpatrick announced he was leaving Google.[10] Three days later he joined Tailscale[11] as a late-stage co-founder.[12][13]
Honors
In June 2014, the University of Washington School of Computer Science and Engineering gave Fitzpatrick an award for Early Career Achievement.[14]
References
External links
- ↑ a b c Neva Chonin, LiveJournal grew out of one 18-year-old's frustration with Web journaling. Now Brad Fitzpatrick is on top of a blog revolution, San Francisco Chronicle (September 27, 2005)
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- ↑ a b LiveJournal: Brad Fitzpatrick, BusinessWeek (August 14, 2006)
- ↑ Six Apart to Buy LiveJournal, eWeek (January 5, 2005)Template:Dead link
- ↑ Big news... Six Apart and LiveJournal!, LiveJournal (5 January 2006) Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Owen Thomas, LiveJournal creator leaves as Six Apart fails to spin, Valleywag (August 6, 2007) Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Kristen Nicol, LiveJournal's New Advisory Board Includes Fitzpatrick, Mashable (February 28, 2008)
- ↑ Our heartfelt thanks to the LiveJournal Advisory Board, LiveJournal (June 23, 2010)
- ↑ Go Language contributors
- ↑ Leaving Google, bradfitz.com (January 27, 2020)
- ↑ Template:Cite twitter
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- ↑ UW CSE's Brad Fitzpatrick wins Diamond Award for Early Career Achievement, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington (March 6, 2014)