Mark Frauenfelder (born November 22, 1960) is a

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ger, illustrator, and

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. He was editor-in-chief of the magazine ''

MAKE Make or MAKE may refer to: * Make (magazine), a tech DIY periodical *Make (software), a software build tool *Make, Botswana, in the Kalahari Desert *Make Architects Make Architects is an international architecture practice headquartered in Londo ...

'' and is co-owner of the collaborative weblog ''

Boing Boing ''Boing Boing'' is a website, first established as a zine in 1988, later becoming a group blog. Common topics and themes include technology, futurism, science fiction, gadgets, intellectual property, Disney, and left-wing politics. It twice won ...

''. Along with his wife,

Carla Sinclair Carla Sinclair (born August 15, 1964) is an American writer and journalist. She is of Western European and Armenian descent. She is co-founder of the collaborative weblog ''Boing Boing''. Along with her husband, Mark Frauenfelder, she founded the b ...

, he founded the ''Boing Boing'' print zine in 1988, where he acted as co-editor until the print version folded in 1997. There his work was discovered by

Billy Idol William Michael Albert Broad (born 30 November 1955), known professionally as Billy Idol, is a British-American singer, songwriter, and musician. He first achieved fame in the 1970s emerging from the London punk rock scene as the lead singer o ...

, who consulted Frauenfelder for his ''

Cyberpunk Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction in a dystopian futuristic setting that tends to focus on a "combination of lowlife and high tech", featuring futuristic technological and scientific achievements, such as artificial intelligence and cyber ...

'' album. While designing ''Boing Boing'' and co-editing it with Sinclair, Frauenfelder became an editor at ''

Wired ''Wired'' (stylized as ''WIRED'') is a monthly American magazine, published in print and online editions, that focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics. Owned by Condé Nast, it is headquartered in San Fra ...

'' from 1993–1998 and the "Living Online" columnist for ''

Playboy ''Playboy'' is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. K ...

'' magazine from 1998 to 2002. He is the co-editor of ''The Happy Mutant Handbook'' (1995, Riverhead Books), and was the author and illustrator of ''Mad Professor'' (2002, Chronicle Books). He is the author and illustrator of ''World's Worst'' (2005, Chronicle Books) and ''The Computer: An Illustrated History'' (2005, Carlton Books). He is the author of ''Rule the Web: How to Do Anything and Everything on the Internet—Better, Faster, Easier'' (2007, St. Martin's Griffin), and ''Made by Hand'' (2010, Portfolio). He was interviewed on the

Colbert Report ''The Colbert Report'' ( ) is an American late-night talk and news satire television program hosted by Stephen Colbert that aired four days a week on Comedy Central from October 17, 2005, to December 18, 2014, for 1,447 episodes. The show foc ...

in March 2007 and in June 2010. On June 21, 2003, Frauenfelder and Sinclair moved from Los Angeles to

Rarotonga Rarotonga is the largest and most populous of the Cook Islands. The island is volcanic, with an area of , and is home to almost 75% of the country's population, with 13,007 of a total population of 17,434. The Cook Islands' Parliament buildings a ...

, an island in the South Pacific, where they lived for five months with their two young daughters. Frauenfelder wrote about the experience as a website called ''The Island Chronicles''. Mark currently works at

Institute for the Future The Institute for the Future (IFTF) is a Palo Alto, California, US–based not-for-profit think tank. It was established, in 1968, as a spin-off from the RAND Corporation to help organizations plan for the long-term future, a subject known as ...

as a Research Director.

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Mark Frauenfelder's homepage
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