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'''Rob Malda''' (born May 10, 1976), also known as '''CmdrTaco''', is an American Internet content author, and former editor-in-chief of the website ]. '''Rob Malda''' (born May 10, 1976), also known as '''CmdrTaco''', is an American Internet content author, and former editor-in-chief of the website ].
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==Career== ==Career==
{{Update|section <!-- Trove shut down in 2015. --> |date=November 2016}} {{Update|section <!-- Trove shut down in 2015. --> |date=November 2016}}
Malda is an ] of ] and ].{{citation needed|date=October 2013}} In 1997, Malda and ] created ] while undergraduates of ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Attack of the Blogs |publisher=Holland Sentinel |date=September 7, 2004 |url=http://hollandsentinel.com/stories/090704/lif_090704042.shtml |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050110112625/http://www.hollandsentinel.com/stories/090704/lif_090704042.shtml |archivedate=January 10, 2005 }}</ref> After running the site for two years "on a shoestring",<ref>{{cite web | title = Cmdrtaco on Slashdot Sale |work = Wired | date = June 29, 1999 | url = https://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/1999/06/20483}}</ref> they sold the site to ], which was later acquired by ].<ref>{{cite web | title = VA Linux buys Andover.Net | publisher = news.com | date = February 3, 2000 | url = http://www.news.com/2100-1001-236456.html }}</ref> Malda ran the site out of the ] office in ].<ref>{{cite web | title = The Slashdot Supremacy |last=Kushner |first=David| publisher = spectrum.ieee.org |date=November 2007 | url = https://spectrum.ieee.org/nov07/5639}}</ref> Malda is an ] of ] and ].{{citation needed|date=October 2013}} In 1997, Malda and ] created ] while undergraduates of ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Attack of the Blogs |publisher=Holland Sentinel |date=September 7, 2004 |url=http://hollandsentinel.com/stories/090704/lif_090704042.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050110112625/http://www.hollandsentinel.com/stories/090704/lif_090704042.shtml |archive-date=January 10, 2005 }}</ref> After running the site for two years "on a shoestring",<ref>{{cite magazine | title = Cmdrtaco on Slashdot Sale |magazine = Wired | date = June 29, 1999 | url = https://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/1999/06/20483}}</ref> they sold the site to ], which was later acquired by ].<ref>{{cite web | title = VA Linux buys Andover.Net | publisher = news.com | date = February 3, 2000 | url = http://www.news.com/2100-1001-236456.html | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120906054229/http://www.news.com/2100-1001-236456.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = September 6, 2012 }}</ref> Malda ran the site out of the ] office in ].<ref>{{cite web | title = The Slashdot Supremacy |last=Kushner |first=David| publisher = ] |date=November 2007 | url = https://spectrum.ieee.org/nov07/5639| archive-url = https://archive.today/20120714165752/http://spectrum.ieee.org/nov07/5639| url-status = dead| archive-date = July 14, 2012}}</ref>


Rob Malda also wrote a monthly ] for ''Computer Power User''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Malda |first=Rob |title=The Department of Stuff: Caught in the Web |url=http://www.computerpoweruser.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles%2Farchive%2Fc0910%2F50c10%2F50c10.asp |date=October 2009 |work=Computer Power User |accessdate=August 28, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=July 2011}}</ref> In 2002, he was named in the ] ] ] as one of the top 100 innovators in the world under the age of 35.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.technologyreview.com/tr35/?year=2002 |title=2002 Young Innovators Under 35 |magazine=] | year=2002 | accessdate=August 16, 2011}}</ref> Rob Malda also wrote a monthly ] for ''Computer Power User''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Malda |first=Rob |title=The Department of Stuff: Caught in the Web |url=http://www.computerpoweruser.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles%2Farchive%2Fc0910%2F50c10%2F50c10.asp |date=October 2009 |work=Computer Power User |access-date=August 28, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=July 2011}}</ref> In 2002, he was named in the ] ] ] as one of the top 100 innovators in the world under the age of 35.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.technologyreview.com/tr35/?year=2002 |title=2002 Young Innovators Under 35 |magazine=] | year=2002 | access-date=August 16, 2011}}</ref>


On August 25, 2011, Rob Malda announced his resignation from Slashdot.<ref>{{cite web|last=Malda|first=Rob|title=Rob Malda Resigns from Slashdot|url=http://meta.slashdot.org/story/11/08/25/1245200/Rob-CmdrTaco-Malda-Resigns-From-Slashdot|publisher=]|accessdate=August 25, 2011}}</ref> On March 5, 2012, Malda was appointed as Chief Strategist and Editor-at-Large of ], a subsidiary of ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-washington-post-companys-wapo-labs-hires-rob-malda-as-chief-strategist-and-editor-at-large-2012-03-05 |title= The Washington Post Company's WaPo Labs Hires Rob Malda as Chief Strategist and Editor-at-Large |publisher=] | year=2012 | accessdate=March 5, 2012}}</ref> After The Washington Post Company sold its newspaper operations to Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos, the company rebranded as ]. WaPo Labs became ], for which Malda was Chief Strategist and Head of Product, before shutting down in December, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2014/1/22/5334414/slashdot-founder-cmdrtaco-is-back-with-a-news-recommendation-startup-trove |title= Slashdot founder CmdrTaco is back with a news recommendation startup called Trove |website=] | year=2014 | accessdate=June 13, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.trove.com/post/74067984372/introducing-trove |title=Introducing Trove |publisher=Trove Blog |year=2014 |accessdate=June 13, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701061223/http://blog.trove.com/post/74067984372/introducing-trove |archivedate=July 1, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> On August 25, 2011, Rob Malda announced his resignation from Slashdot.<ref>{{cite web|last=Malda|first=Rob|title=Rob Malda Resigns from Slashdot|date=August 25, 2011 |url=http://meta.slashdot.org/story/11/08/25/1245200/Rob-CmdrTaco-Malda-Resigns-From-Slashdot|publisher=]|access-date=August 25, 2011}}</ref> On March 5, 2012, Malda was appointed as Chief Strategist and Editor-at-Large of ], a subsidiary of ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-washington-post-companys-wapo-labs-hires-rob-malda-as-chief-strategist-and-editor-at-large-2012-03-05 |title= The Washington Post Company's WaPo Labs Hires Rob Malda as Chief Strategist and Editor-at-Large |publisher=] | year=2012 | access-date=March 5, 2012}}</ref> After The Washington Post Company sold its newspaper operations to Amazon.com CEO ], the company rebranded as ]. WaPo Labs became ], for which Malda was Chief Strategist and Head of Product, before shutting down in December, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2014/1/22/5334414/slashdot-founder-cmdrtaco-is-back-with-a-news-recommendation-startup-trove |title= Slashdot founder CmdrTaco is back with a news recommendation startup called Trove |website=] | year=2014 | access-date=June 13, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.trove.com/post/74067984372/introducing-trove |title=Introducing Trove |publisher=Trove Blog |year=2014 |access-date=June 13, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701061223/http://blog.trove.com/post/74067984372/introducing-trove |archive-date=July 1, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>


==Personal life== ==Personal life==
Malda proposed to longtime girlfriend Kathleen Fent using the front page of Slashdot on February 14, 2002.<ref name="newsmakers">{{cite book|authors=Avery, Laura; Thomson, Gale|title=Newsmakers: the people behind today's headlines|year=2007|volume=Issue 3|pages=73|isbn=0-7876-8090-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=szcTJtwhyGoC&q=slashdot+marriage+proposal&dq=slashdot+marriage+proposal&cd=1|accessdate=February 15, 2010 | publisher=Thomson Gale}}</ref><ref name="proposal">{{cite web|url=http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/02/14/143254|title=Kathleen Fent Read This Story |last=Malda|first=Rob|date=February 14, 2002|work=Slashdot|accessdate=February 15, 2010}}</ref> They were married on December 8, 2002, in ], ].<ref name="hope_college_update">{{cite web|title=News from Hope College|date=February 2003|url=http://www.hope.edu/pr/nfhc/archive/pdf/NFHC_Feb_03.pdf|format=]|accessdate=February 15, 2010}}</ref> Malda proposed to longtime girlfriend Kathleen Fent using the front page of Slashdot on February 14, 2002.<ref name="newsmakers">{{cite book |author1=Avery, Laura |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=szcTJtwhyGoC&q=slashdot+marriage+proposal |title=Newsmakers: the people behind today's headlines |author2=Thomson, Gale |publisher=Thomson Gale |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-7876-8090-9 |volume= |pages=73 |access-date=February 15, 2010 |issue=3}}</ref><ref name="proposal">{{cite web|url=http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/02/14/143254|title=Kathleen Fent Read This Story |last=Malda|first=Rob|date=February 14, 2002|work=Slashdot|access-date=February 15, 2010}}</ref> They were married on December 8, 2002, in ], ].<ref name="hope_college_update">{{cite web|title=News from Hope College|date=February 2003|url=https://magazine.hope.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2003-NfHC-Feb.pdf|access-date=February 15, 2010}}</ref>


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American businessman (born 1976)

Rob Malda
Malda at LinuxWorld in Boston, 2006
Born (1976-05-10) May 10, 1976 (age 48)
Holland, Michigan, United States
Other namesCmdrTaco
Occupation(s)Author, former editor of Slashdot
Known forco-founder of Slashdot
SpouseKathleen Fent (m. 2002)

Rob Malda (born May 10, 1976), also known as CmdrTaco, is an American Internet content author, and former editor-in-chief of the website Slashdot.

Career

This section needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (November 2016)

Malda is an alumnus of Hope College and Holland Christian High School. In 1997, Malda and Jeff Bates created Slashdot while undergraduates of Hope College. After running the site for two years "on a shoestring", they sold the site to Andover.net, which was later acquired by VA Linux Systems. Malda ran the site out of the SourceForge, Inc. office in Dexter, Michigan.

Rob Malda also wrote a monthly column for Computer Power User. In 2002, he was named in the MIT Technology Review TR100 as one of the top 100 innovators in the world under the age of 35.

On August 25, 2011, Rob Malda announced his resignation from Slashdot. On March 5, 2012, Malda was appointed as Chief Strategist and Editor-at-Large of WaPo Labs, a subsidiary of The Washington Post Company. After The Washington Post Company sold its newspaper operations to Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos, the company rebranded as Graham Holdings Company. WaPo Labs became Trove, for which Malda was Chief Strategist and Head of Product, before shutting down in December, 2015.

Personal life

Malda proposed to longtime girlfriend Kathleen Fent using the front page of Slashdot on February 14, 2002. They were married on December 8, 2002, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

References

  1. "Attack of the Blogs". Holland Sentinel. September 7, 2004. Archived from the original on January 10, 2005.
  2. "Cmdrtaco on Slashdot Sale". Wired. June 29, 1999.
  3. "VA Linux buys Andover.Net". news.com. February 3, 2000. Archived from the original on September 6, 2012.
  4. Kushner, David (November 2007). "The Slashdot Supremacy". IEEE. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012.
  5. Malda, Rob (October 2009). "The Department of Stuff: Caught in the Web". Computer Power User. Retrieved August 28, 2009.
  6. "2002 Young Innovators Under 35". Technology Review. 2002. Retrieved August 16, 2011.
  7. Malda, Rob (August 25, 2011). "Rob Malda Resigns from Slashdot". Slashdot. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
  8. "The Washington Post Company's WaPo Labs Hires Rob Malda as Chief Strategist and Editor-at-Large". Business Wire. 2012. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  9. "Slashdot founder CmdrTaco is back with a news recommendation startup called Trove". The Verge. 2014. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  10. "Introducing Trove". Trove Blog. 2014. Archived from the original on July 1, 2014. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  11. Avery, Laura; Thomson, Gale (2007). Newsmakers: the people behind today's headlines. Thomson Gale. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-7876-8090-9. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
  12. Malda, Rob (February 14, 2002). "Kathleen Fent Read This Story". Slashdot. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
  13. "News from Hope College" (PDF). February 2003. Retrieved February 15, 2010.

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