whoami?
My name is Amit Asaravala. Here are some things I've done:
| work | projects | talks | awards | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Independent Technology Consultant |
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| Manager of Editorial & Content Strategy, TechSoup | Speaker, "Creative Commons Licensing and Nonprofits," Nonprofit Technology Conference (DC) Co-speaker, "Improving Service to Communities of Color," Nonprofit Technology Conference (DC) |
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| 2006 | Moderator, "Citizen Journalism & Technology," OhmyNews International Citizen Reporters Forum (Seoul) | |||
| Speaker, "Nonprofits & Content Distribution," Creative Commons Salon (San Francisco) | ||||
| 2005 | ||||
| Staff Reporter, Wired News | San Francisco Honorary Publication Award: Best News Story; for "Cassini Slips Into Saturn's Orbit" | |||
| 2004 | ||||
| Independent Journalist (Wired News, Software Development Magazine, I.D., Internet Magazine, New Architect Magazine, USA Today, Linux Magazine, etc.) | Founder & Editor, Spamotomy.com (reviews and database of antispam products) | |||
| 2003 | ||||
| Interviewee, Public Radio International's The World; about how activists are using technology to organize at the WTO meeting in Cancun | ||||
| 2002 | ||||
| Editorial Director, New Architect Media Group; Editor-in-Chief, New Architect Magazine | WPA "Maggie" Award: Best Magazine, Computers/Software Training & Program Development; for Web Techniques Magazine | |||
| 2001 | ||||
| Speaker, WEB2001 San Francisco; on the pros and cons of content management systems. Moderator, WEB2001; on editorial integrity in the Web age. | ||||
| Speaker, UC Berkeley; on the history of Asian Indians in Silicon Valley. | WPA "Maggie" Award: Best Signed Editorial; for "Works Well With Others" | |||
| Panelist, South by Southwest; on the future of Web design and also on technology trends. | CMP Media Editorial Excellence Awards: Best Mid-Sized Magazine, Best Overall Design; for Web Techniques Magazine | |||
| 2000 | Editor-in-Chief, Web Techniques Magazine | |||
| Speaker, WEB2000 DC; on building interactive Web sites with dynamic HTML. | ||||
| 1999 | Sr. Technology Editor, Web Techniques Magazine | Speaker, WEB99 Boston; on building interactive Web sites with dynamic HTML. | ||
| Developer, early prototype for service now known as Yodlee | ||||
| 1998 | ||||
| Web Team Lead, NASA's EarthKAM Project | ||||
| Research Scholar, Edinburgh Parallel Computing Center | ||||
| 1997 | ||||