Kottke
Kottke may refer to: * Leo Kottke - acoustic guitar player * Jason Kottke - blogger * Daniel Kottke Daniel Kottke () is an American businessman known for being a college friend of Steve Jobs and one of the first employees of Apple Inc. Early life and education Kottke was born on April 4, 1954, in Bronxville, New York. Kottke first met Steve ...

Leo Kottke
Leo Kottke (born September 11, 1945) is an acoustic guitarist. He is known for a fingerpicking style that draws on blues, jazz, and folk music, and for syncopated, polyphonic melodies. He overcame a series of personal obstacles, including partial loss of hearing and a nearly career-ending bout with tendon damage in his right hand, to emerge as a widely recognized master of his instrument. He resides in the Minneapolis area with his family. Focusing primarily on instrumental composition and playing, Kottke also sings sporadically, in an unconventional yet expressive baritone described by himself as sounding like "geese farts on a muggy day". As a youth living in Muskogee, Oklahoma, he was influenced by folk and delta blues music, notably that of Mississippi John Hurt. Kottke learned to play trombone and violin before trying the guitar and developing his own unconventional picking style. A mishap with a firecracker permanently damaged the hearing in his left ear, a condition that ...
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Jason Kottke
Jason Kottke (born September 27, 1973) is an American blogger, graphic designer, and web designer known for his blog Kottke.org. He won a Lifetime Achievement Award as a blogger. , his blog is ranked #66 overall and #20 in Science on the Technorati Top 100. Design work Kottke attended Coe College on scholarship in Iowa and eventually began a career in design. In 1999, he designed the Silkscreen typeface—since used by Adobe, MTV, and Volvo among others. His design work has been featured in ''The New Yorker'', ''The New York Times'', ''Forbes'', and ''Brill's Content''. Kottke created the iconic Gawker logo in 2002 in what he claims was "whipped up in Photoshop in 30 minutes as a placeholder". Kottke.org (blog) Kottke is considered a pioneering blogger and began his blog in March 1998. In 2000, Kottke and his then-girlfriend were profiled in a ''New Yorker'' article, "You've Got Blog", which introduced blogging to a wider audience. His contributions to blogging were acknowled ...
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