Andy Baio
Technologist who writes Waxy.org, co-founded XOXO and was Kickstarter's first CTO.
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Roles
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- Andy Baio is an American technologist and blogger.
- He founded the event calendar Upcoming in 2003, which Yahoo bought in 2005.
- He joined Kickstarter's board in 2008 and was its chief technical officer from 2009 to 2010.
- With Andy McMillan he co-founded the XOXO festival for independent artists in Portland, Oregon.
- He has blogged at Waxy.org from 2002 and coined the word supercut in 2008.
Key facts
- Born
- 19771
- Founded
- Upcoming (2003, sold to Yahoo in 2005); XOXO festival (2012, with Andy McMillan); Skittish virtual events (2021 to 2022)1
- Kickstarter
- Board member from September 2008; CTO from July 2009 to November 20101
- Blog
- Waxy.org, from 2002; one of the first linkbloggers1
- Coined
- "Supercut", 20081
- Album
- Kind of Bloop, a chiptune tribute to Kind of Blue (2009)1
Roles
On the board of
- KickstarterOrganization
since Sep 2008 source on Kickstarter
Before
Leads until Nov 2010
Kickstarter (Chief Technical Officer) source on Kickstarter
Links
Sources
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