Jason Kottke (born September 27, 1973) is an American

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ger,

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, and web designer known for his blog Kottke.org. He won a

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as a blogger. , his blog is ranked #66 overall and #20 in Science on the

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Top 100.

Design work

Kottke attended

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on scholarship in

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and eventually began a career in design. In 1999, he designed the Silkscreen typeface—since used by

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, MTV, and

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among others. His design work has been featured in ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Kottke created the iconic

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logo in 2002 in what he claims was "whipped up in

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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 acknowledged when he won a Bloggie Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003 after five years of blogging. In 2005 Kottke was able to quit his day job to focus on blogging full-time. Kottke writes that as of 2019, "Probably 60 percent of my revenue is from membership, and the rest is from

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and ads." His blogging got him in trouble with

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when he broke the news of the loss that broke

Ken Jennings Kenneth Wayne Jennings III (born May 23, 1974) is an American game show host, author, and former game show contestant. He is the highest-earning American game show contestant, having won money on five different game shows, including $4,522,70 ...

' ''

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'' win streak.

Personal life

Kottke was married to Meg Hourihan and they have two children. He lives in

Vermont Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provin ...

.Woo, Michelle
"I'm Jason Kottke, Creator of Kottke.org, and This Is How I Parent"
'' Lifehacker'', 6 August 2018. Retrieved on 14 August 2019.

References

External links

Kottke.org Official website
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