Jason Shellen
Jason Shellen | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jason Harper Shellen August 30, 1973 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | BA in Fine Arts, St. Mary's College of California |
| Occupation | Internet entrepreneur |
| Known for | Blogger, Google Reader, Brizzly |
Jason Harper Shellen (born August 30, 1973) is an American internet entrepreneur who was the founding project manager of Google Reader and helped create and launch Brizzly.[1][2][3]
Shellen joined Google in 2003 when the company acquired Pyra Labs, which developed the Blogger blogging platform. He left Google four years later and became the vice president of product development of LiveJournal.[1]
In 2008, Shellen created Thing Labs which was acquired by AOL in 2010 to bolster their AIM Messaging division.[4] Having left AOL, Shellen advises startups in Silicon Valley. In October 2014 he was named as one of the investors in the Internet startup Delighted, which collects and analyzes customer feedback for businesses.[5]
He has since 2006 been a member of the RSS Advisory Board, a group that publishes the RSS specification and helps developers with web syndication.[6]
Personal life
Shellen received a bachelor of arts in fine art from Saint Mary’s College of California in 1996[7] and sits on the Board of Regents at Saint Mary's.[8]
See also
- Blogger (service)
- Google Reader
- Brizzly
- RSS Advisory Board
- History of web syndication technology
- Nofollow
References
- ^ a b "Former Blogger Googler Shellen joins LiveJournal". CNET News. Dec 19, 2007. Retrieved Feb 15, 2013.
- ^ "Lessons on Blogger's journey before Google". Vator News. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ^ "Thing Labs". www.crunchbase.com. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
- ^ "AOL Acquires Social Software Start-Up Thing Labs, Inc". corp.aol.com. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
- ^ Anthony Ha (October 7, 2014). "Delighted Makes It Easy For Startups And Other Businesses To Collect Customer Feedback". Techcrunch. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
- ^ "Jason Shellen, Jake Savin Join RSS Advisory Board". April 24, 2006. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
- ^ "Technology Summit 2013". Saint Mary's College of California. 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
- ^ "Board of Regents". Saint Mary's College of California. Retrieved 12 February 2013.