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{{Infobox person
[[Image:JustinHallJoiIto.jpg|thumb|Justin Hall, 2008]]
| name = Justin Hall
| image = JustinHallJoiIto.jpg
| caption = Justin Hall in 2008
| birth_name = Justin Hall
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|12|16}}
| birth_place = [[Chicago, Illinois]]
| residence = [[San Francisco]], [[California]], [[United States of America]]
| nationality = [[American people|American]]
| known_for = [[Blogging]], [[The Nethernet]]
| occupation = Recruiter
| alma_mater = [[Francis W. Parker School (Chicago)|Francis W. Parker]]<br />[[Swarthmore College]]<br />[[University of Southern California]]
| website = [http://links.net/ Links.net]
}}


'''Justin Hall''' (born December 16, 1974, in [[Chicago, Illinois]]) is an [[United States|American]] freelance [[journalist]] who is best known as a pioneer [[blog]]ger (internet-based diarist), and for writing reviews from game conferences such as [[E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo)|E3]] as well as the [[Tokyo Game Show]].
'''Justin Hall''' (born December 16, 1974, in [[Chicago, Illinois]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[journalist]] and entrepreneur, best known as a pioneer [[blog]]ger (internet-based diarist).


==Biography==
⚫
He graduated in Chicago's [[Francis W. Parker School (Chicago)|Francis W. Parker High School]] in 1993, and in 1994, while a student at [[Swarthmore College]], started his web-based diary ''[http://www.links.net Justin's Links from the Underground]'', which offered one of the earliest guided tours of the [[www|web]].<ref name="sfgate">Harmanci, Reyhan. "[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/02/20/MNGBKBEJO01.DTL Time to get a life -- pioneer blogger Justin Hall bows out at 31]." ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]].'' February 20, 2005. Retrieved on July 20, 2006.</ref> Over time, the site came to focus on Hall's life in intimate detail. In December, 2004, ''[[New York Times Magazine]]'' referred to him as "the founding father of personal blogging."<ref name="nytimes">Rosen, Jeffrey. "[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/19/magazine/19PHENOM.html?pagewanted=print&position= Your Blog or Mine?]" ''[[New York Times Magazine]].'' December 14, 2004. Retrieved on October 31, 2007.</ref> At present, Hall lives in [[San Francisco, California]], where he recently moved from [[Los Angeles, California]]. He graduated from the [[USC Interactive Media Division]]. He is also a regular attendee of the [[Indie Game Jam]]. Hall's project [[The Nethernet]] could be found at [http://www.gamelayers.com/ www.gamelayers.com] The Nethernet failed to thrive and closed shop in August 2009. A discussion of that event can be found on [http://tnnrefugees.ning.com/profiles/blogs/why-i-feel-so-angry tnnrefugees.ning.com] Gamelayers.com has since been put back online with a different business model.

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Born in [[Chicago]], Hall graduated [[Francis W. Parker School (Chicago)|Francis W. Parker High School]] in 1993. In 1994, while a student at [[Swarthmore College]], Justin started his web-based diary ''[http://www.links.net Justin's Links from the Underground]'', which offered one of the earliest guided tours of the [[www|web]].<ref name="sfgate">Harmanci, Reyhan. "[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/02/20/MNGBKBEJO01.DTL Time to get a life -- pioneer blogger Justin Hall bows out at 31]." ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]].'' February 20, 2005, retrieved on July 20, 2006.</ref> Over time, the site came to focus on Hall's life in intimate detail. In December, 2004, ''[[New York Times Magazine]]'' referred to him as "the founding father of personal blogging."<ref name="nytimes">Rosen, Jeffrey. "[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/19/magazine/19PHENOM.html?pagewanted=print&position= Your Blog or Mine?]" ''[[New York Times Magazine]].'' December 14, 2004, retrieved on October 31, 2007.</ref>

In 1994, during a break from college Hall joined [[HotWired]], the first commercial web magazine started within [[Wired Magazine]].<ref>{{Citation |
| last = Hall
| first = Justin
| author-link = Justin Hall
| url = http://www.links.net/vita/hw/
| title = Justin Hall @ HotWired
| work = Justin's Links
| accessdate = 6 December 2012
}}</ref> There, he began a long-term working partnership with critic, writer and teacher [[Howard Rheingold]].<ref>{{Citation |
| last = Rosenberg
| first = Scott
| author-link = Scott_Rosenberg_(journalist)
| url = http://www.sayeverything.com/excerpt/say-everything-chapter-one/
| title = Say Everything: How Blogging Began, What It's Becoming, and Why It Matters
| publisher = Crown
| year = 2009
| accessdate = 6 December 2012
}}</ref> Later Hall would become a freelance journalist covering video games, mobile technology and internet culture. He published analysis from game conferences such as [[E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo)|E3]] as well as the [[Tokyo Game Show]]. He chronicled the first [[Indie Game Jam]] in 2002. From late 2001 and 2003, Hall was based in [[Japan]], mostly [[Tokyo]] and [[Akita_Prefecture|Akita]], authoring a guidebook Just In Tokyo.<ref>{{Citation |
| last = Hall
| first = Justin
| author-link = Justin Hall
| isbn = 1891053507
| url = http://www.links.net/vita/trip/japan/tokyo/guide/
| title = Just In Tokyo
| date = May 2002
| year = 2002
| month = May
| publisher = Garrett County Press
| location = New Orleans, Louisiana
| language = English
| pages = 66
| accessdate = 16 October 2011
}}</ref>

In 2007, Hall graduated from the MFA program in the [[USC Interactive Media Division]]. His thesis project was an attempt to make surfing the web into a multiplayer game: PMOG, the Passively Multiplayer Online Game. Hall went on to serve as CEO of GameLayers, which raised $2 million to turn PMOG into [[The Nethernet]], a [[Massively_multiplayer_online_game | MMO]] in a Firefox toolbar.<ref>{{Citation |
| last = Arrington
| first = Michael
| author-link = Michael Arrington
| url = http://techcrunch.com/2008/02/02/play-a-multiplayer-online-game-while-surfing-the-web-pmog/
| title = Play A Multiplayer Online Game While Surfing The Web: PMOG
| work = TechCrunch
| accessdate = 23 February 2013
}}</ref> The Nethernet failed to turn a profit, and GameLayers closed down as a company. The server and client software for the Nethernet was released as open source<ref>{{Citation
| url = http://github.com/gamelayers/PMOG-OS
| title = PMOG Open Source
| publisher = Github
| accessdate = 6 December 2012
}}</ref> and Hall went on to publish A Story of GameLayers, "open-sourcing our business process"<ref>{{Citation
| last = Hall
| first = Justin
| author-link = Justin Hall
| url = http://www.links.net/vita/gamelayers/
| title = A Story of GameLayers
| work = Justin's Links
| accessdate = 6 December 2012
}}</ref>

At present, Hall lives in [[San Francisco, California]]. He served as a Producer on [[ngmoco|ngmoco:)]]'s [[Touch_Pets:_Dogs|Touch Pets]] series, and then became ngmoco:)'s Director of Culture & Communications.<ref>{{Citation
| last = Walker
| first = Joeseph
| url = http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204323904577038462736751448.html
| title = For Tech's Elite, Mobile Gaming Is a Big Play
| date = November 15, 2011
| year = 2011
| month = November
| newspaper = The Wall Street Journal
| accessdate = 21 February 2013
}}</ref> Currently, Hall works for ngmoco:)'s parent company [[DeNA]] as a Recruiter.


== Selected works ==
== Selected works ==
* [http://www.passivelymultiplayer.com/ThesisDefense-320.mov Passively Multiplayer Online Games - Thesis Defense] 70mb MOV video from 20 February 2007
* [http://server1.sxsw.com/2006/coverage/SXSW06.SCREENBURN.20060311.JustinHall.mp3 Playing a Life Online - an audio recording] March 11, 2006 (speech at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas USA)
* [http://server1.sxsw.com/2006/coverage/SXSW06.SCREENBURN.20060311.JustinHall.mp3 Playing a Life Online - an audio recording] March 11, 2006 (speech at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas USA)
* [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.04/play.html "The Fantasy Life of Coder Boys"], April 2003, ''[[Wired magazine|Wired]]''
* [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.04/play.html "The Fantasy Life of Coder Boys"], April 2003, ''[[Wired magazine|Wired]]''
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=== Contributor ===
=== Contributor ===
* J. Goldstein & J. Raessens, ''Handbook of Computer Game Studies'', MIT Press, 2005: Chapter on "Future of Games: Mobile Gaming"
* J. Goldstein & J. Raessens, ''Handbook of Computer Game Studies'', MIT Press, 2005: Chapter on "Future of Games: Mobile Gaming"
* T. Fullerton & C. Swain, ''Game Design Workshop'', CMP Books, 2004: Sidebar/chapter on "The Indie Game Jam."
* [[Tracy Fullerton|T. Fullerton]] & C. Swain, ''Game Design Workshop'', CMP Books, 2004: Sidebar/chapter on "The Indie Game Jam."
* V. Burnham, ''Supercade: A Visual History of the Videogame Age'', MIT Press, 2001: Essays on the Apple ][, Burger Time and Spy Hunter.
* V. Burnham, ''Supercade: A Visual History of the Videogame Age'', MIT Press, 2001: Essays on the Apple ][, Burger Time and Spy Hunter.


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* Hall was featured in the documentary ''[[Home Page (documentary)|Home Page]]'' [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144969/].
* Hall was featured in the documentary ''[[Home Page (documentary)|Home Page]]'' [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144969/].
* He appeared nude as an actor in ''Blood'' [http://www.ifilm.com/filmdetail?ifilmid=97396&cch=].
* He appeared nude as an actor in ''Blood'' [http://www.ifilm.com/filmdetail?ifilmid=97396&cch=].
* Hall appears in the science fiction film "Radio Free Steve" [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274748/].


==References==
==References==
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* [http://weblogs.annenberg.edu/diy/2006/11/post.html Justin Hall on passively multiplayer online games],{{Dead link|date=September 2008}} Annenberg Center for Communications - November 2006
* Annenberg Center for Communications - November 2006, "Justin Hall on passively multiplayer online games"
* ''Yahoo Internet Life'', May 2001, "Who let the Blogs out?"
* ''Yahoo Internet Life'', May 2001, "Who let the Blogs out?"
* ''New York Times Magazine'', December 2004
* [[Jeffrey Rosen]], [http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/19/magazine/19PHENOM.html Your Blog or Mine?] ''New York Times Magazine'', 19 December 2004
* [[Scott_Rosenberg_(journalist)|Rosenberg, Scott]], [http://www.sayeverything.com/excerpt/say-everything-chapter-one/ ''Say Everything: How Blogging Began, What It's Becoming, and Why It Matters''], New York : Crown Publishers, 2009. ISBN 978-0-307-45136-1


== External links ==
== External links ==
{{commons category}}
{{commons category}}
* [http://www.links.net/vita Justin Hall's official website]
* [http://www.links.net/ Justin Hall's official website]
* [http://interactive.usc.edu/members/jhall/ Justin's Blog] at [[University of Southern California|USC]]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx8rDD1ekGU "Dark Night" video clip of his breakdown]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx8rDD1ekGU "Dark Night" video clip of his breakdown]
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/justin/4839537445/ July 2010 Photo of Justin Hall by Howard Rheingold]
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/justin/4839537445/ July 2010 Photo of Justin Hall by Howard Rheingold]

Revision as of 08:23, 25 February 2013

Justin Hall
Justin Hall in 2008
Born
Justin Hall

(1974-12-16) December 16, 1974 (age 49)
Chicago, Illinois
NationalityAmerican
Alma materFrancis W. Parker
Swarthmore College
University of Southern California
OccupationRecruiter
Known forBlogging, The Nethernet
WebsiteLinks.net

Justin Hall (born December 16, 1974, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American journalist and entrepreneur, best known as a pioneer blogger (internet-based diarist).

Biography

Born in Chicago, Hall graduated Francis W. Parker High School in 1993. In 1994, while a student at Swarthmore College, Justin started his web-based diary Justin's Links from the Underground, which offered one of the earliest guided tours of the web.[1] Over time, the site came to focus on Hall's life in intimate detail. In December, 2004, New York Times Magazine referred to him as "the founding father of personal blogging."[2]

In 1994, during a break from college Hall joined HotWired, the first commercial web magazine started within Wired Magazine.[3] There, he began a long-term working partnership with critic, writer and teacher Howard Rheingold.[4] Later Hall would become a freelance journalist covering video games, mobile technology and internet culture. He published analysis from game conferences such as E3 as well as the Tokyo Game Show. He chronicled the first Indie Game Jam in 2002. From late 2001 and 2003, Hall was based in Japan, mostly Tokyo and Akita, authoring a guidebook Just In Tokyo.[5]

In 2007, Hall graduated from the MFA program in the USC Interactive Media Division. His thesis project was an attempt to make surfing the web into a multiplayer game: PMOG, the Passively Multiplayer Online Game. Hall went on to serve as CEO of GameLayers, which raised $2 million to turn PMOG into The Nethernet, a MMO in a Firefox toolbar.[6] The Nethernet failed to turn a profit, and GameLayers closed down as a company. The server and client software for the Nethernet was released as open source[7] and Hall went on to publish A Story of GameLayers, "open-sourcing our business process"[8]

At present, Hall lives in San Francisco, California. He served as a Producer on ngmoco:)'s Touch Pets series, and then became ngmoco:)'s Director of Culture & Communications.[9] Currently, Hall works for ngmoco:)'s parent company DeNA as a Recruiter.

Selected works

Contributor

  • J. Goldstein & J. Raessens, Handbook of Computer Game Studies, MIT Press, 2005: Chapter on "Future of Games: Mobile Gaming"
  • T. Fullerton & C. Swain, Game Design Workshop, CMP Books, 2004: Sidebar/chapter on "The Indie Game Jam."
  • V. Burnham, Supercade: A Visual History of the Videogame Age, MIT Press, 2001: Essays on the Apple ][, Burger Time and Spy Hunter.

Films

  • Hall was featured in the documentary Home Page [1].
  • He appeared nude as an actor in Blood [2].
  • Hall appears in the science fiction film "Radio Free Steve" [3].

References

  1. ^ Harmanci, Reyhan. "Time to get a life -- pioneer blogger Justin Hall bows out at 31." San Francisco Chronicle. February 20, 2005, retrieved on July 20, 2006.
  2. ^ Rosen, Jeffrey. "Your Blog or Mine?" New York Times Magazine. December 14, 2004, retrieved on October 31, 2007.
  3. ^ Hall, Justin, "Justin Hall @ HotWired", Justin's Links, retrieved 6 December 2012 {{citation}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  4. ^ Rosenberg, Scott (2009), Say Everything: How Blogging Began, What It's Becoming, and Why It Matters, Crown, retrieved 6 December 2012 {{citation}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  5. ^ Hall, Justin (May 2002), Just In Tokyo, New Orleans, Louisiana: Garrett County Press, p. 66, ISBN 1891053507, retrieved 16 October 2011 {{citation}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  6. ^ Arrington, Michael, "Play A Multiplayer Online Game While Surfing The Web: PMOG", TechCrunch, retrieved 23 February 2013 {{citation}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  7. ^ PMOG Open Source, Github, retrieved 6 December 2012
  8. ^ Hall, Justin, "A Story of GameLayers", Justin's Links, retrieved 6 December 2012
  9. ^ Walker, Joeseph (November 15, 2011), "For Tech's Elite, Mobile Gaming Is a Big Play", The Wall Street Journal, retrieved 21 February 2013 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)

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