Derek Powazek

Name Derek Powazek
- Location San Francisco, CA, United States
Work Consultant, Entrepreneur, Designer, Writer, Person at Powazek Productions
Industry Design
About Named one of the top 40 “Industry Influencers” of 2007 by Folio Magazine, Derek Powazek has worked the web since 1995 at pioneering sites like HotWired, Blogger, and Technorati. He is the author of “Design for Community: The Art of Connecting Real People in Virtual Places” (New Riders, 2001). He is the cofounder of JPG, the photography magazine that’s made by its community, and cofounder 8020 Publishing, the company that grew out of its success. Derek now splits his time between working as Chief of Awesome for HP’s MagCloud, Creative Director of Collecta, advising a handful of startup companies on community design, and editing Fray, the quarterly book of true stories and original
Website powazek.com
Tags designer, geek, Consultant, Entrepreneur, Designer, Writer, Person
Joined Mar 08
Presentations 5, Documents 0
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