Name: Brad Templeton

Born: April 20, 1960, near Toronto, Canada

  • Software architect and known as one of the early leaders of Usenet.
  • Founded ClariNet Communications Corporation, which used Usenet protocols to distribute news articles (1989).
  • Founded Looking Glass Software.
  • Former chairman of the board of the Electronic Frontier Foundation for ten years until February 2010.
  • Created the Usenet newsgroup rec.humor.funny.
  • Recognized for Power (a compiler for the C programming language) and PAL, an assembler, for Commodore users.

Significant publications

  • The Internet Joke Book (1995).
  • TeleJoke Book - Vol. III: The Best of 1990 (1990).
  • Rec.Humor.Funny - Computer Network Humor Annual (1988).

Quotes

“When cryptography is outlawed, bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl!”

Websites

  • Brad Templeton on Twitter
  • Brad Templeton personal website
  • Brad Templeton blog