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Rob Malda also wrote a monthly ] for '']''.<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=28 August 2009}}</ref>{{Dead link|date=July 2011}} In 2002, he was named to the ] ] ] as one of the top 100 innovators in the world under the age of 35.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.technologyreview.com/tr35/?year=2002 |title=2002 Young Innovators Under 35 |publisher=] | year=2002 | accessdate=August 16, 2011}}</ref> | Rob Malda also wrote a monthly ] for '']''.<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=28 August 2009}}</ref>{{Dead link|date=July 2011}} In 2002, he was named to the ] ] ] as one of the top 100 innovators in the world under the age of 35.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.technologyreview.com/tr35/?year=2002 |title=2002 Young Innovators Under 35 |publisher=] | year=2002 | accessdate=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=25 August 2011}}</ref> . | |||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== |
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Rob Malda | |
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Malda at LinuxWorld Boston 2006 | |
Born | (1976-05-10) May 10, 1976 (age 48) |
Other names | CmdrTaco |
Known for | founder of Slashdot |
Rob Malda (born May 10, 1976), also known as CmdrTaco, is founder and former editor-in-chief of the website Slashdot. He is a graduate of Hope College and Holland Christian High School.
In 1997 Rob 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 now runs 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 to 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 .
Personal life
Malda proposed to longtime girlfriend Kathleen Fent using the front page of Slashdot on February 14th, 2002. They were married on December 8, 2002, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
References
- "Attack of the Blogs". Holland Sentinel. September 7, 2004.
- "Cmdrtaco on Slashdot Sale". Wired.com. June 29, 1999.
- "VA Linux buys Andover.Net". news.com. February 3, 2000.
- Kushner, David (2007). "The Slashdot Supremacy". spectrum.ieee.org.
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- "2002 Young Innovators Under 35". Technology Review. 2002. Retrieved August 16, 2011.
- Malda, Rob. "Rob Malda Resigns from Slashdot". Slashdot. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
- Newsmakers: the people behind today's headlines. Vol. Issue 3. Thomson Gale. 2007. p. 73. ISBN 0787680907. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
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(help) - "News from Hope College" (PDF). February 2003. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
External links
- Personal homepage
- Computer Power User Magazine Homepage
- CmdrTaco interview on the FLOSS Podcast
- Rob's resignation post on /.