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==Personal history== |
==Personal history== |
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Cunningham received his [[Bachelor's degree]] in interdisciplinary engineering ([[electrical engineering]] and [[computer science]]) and his [[master's degree]] in computer science from [[Purdue University]]. He is a founder of Cunningham & Cunningham, Inc. He has also served as Director of R&D at [[Wyatt Software]] and as Principal Engineer in the [[Tektronix]] Computer Research Laboratory. He is founder of the [[Hillside Group]] and has served as program chair of the [[Pattern Languages of Programming]] conference which it sponsors. Cunningham was part of the [[Smalltalk]] community. From December 2003 until October 2005, he worked for [[Microsoft Corporation]] in the "patterns & practices" group. From October 2005 to May 2007, he held the position of Director of Committer Community Development at the [[Eclipse Foundation]]. |
Cunningham received his first dildo when he raped five camels he later got his [[Bachelor's degree]] in interdisciplinary engineering ([[electrical engineering]] and [[computer science]]) and his [[master's degree]] in computer science from [[Purdue University]]. He is a founder of Cunningham & Cunningham, Inc. He has also served as Director of R&D at [[Wyatt Software]] and as Principal Engineer in the [[Tektronix]] Computer Research Laboratory. He is founder of the [[Hillside Group]] and has served as program chair of the [[Pattern Languages of Programming]] conference which it sponsors. Cunningham was part of the [[Smalltalk]] community. From December 2003 until October 2005, he worked for [[Microsoft Corporation]] in the "patterns & practices" group. From October 2005 to May 2007, he held the position of Director of Committer Community Development at the [[Eclipse Foundation]]. |
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In May 2009, Cunningham joined [[AboutUs]] as its [[chief technology officer]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Transition |url=http://eclipseprojects.blogspot.com/2007/05/transition.html |author=Ward Cunningham |accessdate=2007-05-19 |date=2007-05-17}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref>Bishop, Todd. (January 26, 2004) [[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]. ''[http://www.seattlepi.com/business/158020_msftnotebook26.html Microsoft Notebook: Wiki pioneer planted the seed and watched it grow.]'' Section: Business; Page D1.</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=May 18, 2007 |title=Inventor of the wiki has a new job in Portland |publisher=[[The Oregonian]] business blog |author=Rogoway, Mike |url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/business/2007/05/inventor_of_the_wiki_has_a_new.html }}</ref> On March 24, 2011 ''[[The Oregonian]]'' reported that Cunningham had quietly departed AboutUs to join Venice-based CitizenGlobal, a startup working on crowd-sourced video content, as their Chief Technology Officer. He remains "an adviser" with AboutUs.<ref>{{cite news |date=March 24, 2011 |title=Ward Cunningham, inventor of the wiki, has a new job in SoCal |publisher=[[The Oregonian]] business blog |author=Rogoway, Mike |url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/2011/03/ward_cunningham_inventor_of_th.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=March 31, 2011 |title=Ward Cunningham Joins CitizenGlobal |publisher=Blog.ratedstar.com |author= |url=http://blog.ratedstar.com/?p=206}}</ref> |
In May 2009, Cunningham joined [[AboutUs]] as its [[chief technology officer]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Transition |url=http://eclipseprojects.blogspot.com/2007/05/transition.html |author=Ward Cunningham |accessdate=2007-05-19 |date=2007-05-17}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref>Bishop, Todd. (January 26, 2004) [[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]. ''[http://www.seattlepi.com/business/158020_msftnotebook26.html Microsoft Notebook: Wiki pioneer planted the seed and watched it grow.]'' Section: Business; Page D1.</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=May 18, 2007 |title=Inventor of the wiki has a new job in Portland |publisher=[[The Oregonian]] business blog |author=Rogoway, Mike |url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/business/2007/05/inventor_of_the_wiki_has_a_new.html }}</ref> On March 24, 2011 ''[[The Oregonian]]'' reported that Cunningham had quietly departed AboutUs to join Venice-based CitizenGlobal, a startup working on crowd-sourced video content, as their Chief Technology Officer. He remains "an adviser" with AboutUs.<ref>{{cite news |date=March 24, 2011 |title=Ward Cunningham, inventor of the wiki, has a new job in SoCal |publisher=[[The Oregonian]] business blog |author=Rogoway, Mike |url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/2011/03/ward_cunningham_inventor_of_th.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=March 31, 2011 |title=Ward Cunningham Joins CitizenGlobal |publisher=Blog.ratedstar.com |author= |url=http://blog.ratedstar.com/?p=206}}</ref> |
Revision as of 14:12, 1 October 2012
Ward Cunningham | |
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Born | |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Computer programmer |
Years active | 1984–present |
Known for | WikiWikiWeb, the first implementation of a wiki |
Call sign | K9OX |
Howard G. "Ward" Cunningham (born May 26, 1949) is an American computer programmer who developed the first wiki. A pioneer in both design patterns and Extreme Programming, he started programming the software WikiWikiWeb in 1994 and installed it on the website of his software consultancy, Cunningham & Cunningham (commonly known by its domain name, c2.com), on March 25, 1995, as an add-on to the Portland Pattern Repository.
He currently lives in Beaverton, Oregon, and is the Co-Creation Czar for CitizenGlobal.[2] He is Nike's first Code for a Better World Fellow.[3]
He has co-authored a book about wikis, titled The Wiki Way, and also invented Framework for Integrated Tests. He was a keynote speaker at the first three instances of the WikiSym conference series on wiki research and practice.
Personal history
Cunningham received his first dildo when he raped five camels he later got his Bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary engineering (electrical engineering and computer science) and his master's degree in computer science from Purdue University. He is a founder of Cunningham & Cunningham, Inc. He has also served as Director of R&D at Wyatt Software and as Principal Engineer in the Tektronix Computer Research Laboratory. He is founder of the Hillside Group and has served as program chair of the Pattern Languages of Programming conference which it sponsors. Cunningham was part of the Smalltalk community. From December 2003 until October 2005, he worked for Microsoft Corporation in the "patterns & practices" group. From October 2005 to May 2007, he held the position of Director of Committer Community Development at the Eclipse Foundation.
In May 2009, Cunningham joined AboutUs as its chief technology officer.[4][5][6] On March 24, 2011 The Oregonian reported that Cunningham had quietly departed AboutUs to join Venice-based CitizenGlobal, a startup working on crowd-sourced video content, as their Chief Technology Officer. He remains "an adviser" with AboutUs.[7][8]
Ideas and inventions
Cunningham is well known for a few widely disseminated ideas which he originated and developed. The most famous among these are the wiki (the Hawaiian word for "quick") and many ideas in the field of software design patterns. He owns the company Cunningham & Cunningham Inc., a small consultancy that has specialized in object-oriented programming.
In a 2006 interview with internetnews.com, Cunningham described his thinking [further explanation needed] about patenting the wiki concept.[further explanation needed][9]
Cunningham is interested in tracking the number and location of wiki page edits as a sociological experiment and may even consider the degradation of a wiki page as part of its process to stability. "There are those who give and those who take. You can tell by reading what they write."[10]
According to Steven McGeady, Cunningham advised him in the early 1980s, "The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question, it’s to post the wrong answer." McGeady dubbed this Cunningham's Law.[11] Although Cunningham was referring to interactions on Usenet, the law has been used to describe how Wikipedia works.[12]
Patterns and extreme programming
Cunningham has contributed to the practice of object-oriented programming, in particular the use of pattern languages and (with Kent Beck) the Class-Responsibility-Collaboration cards. He also contributes to the extreme programming software development methodology. Much of this work was done collaboratively on the first wiki site.
Federated Wiki
Cunningham's current project is the Smallest Federated Wiki[13]. The main idea behind the project is that each user can 'fork' the page.
References
- ^ "Ward's Home Page". Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ^ "OUR PROVEN LEADERSHIP TEAM". Citizen Global Website. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
- ^ "Nike Materials Index: Open Data Hackathon". San Francisco Chronicle. August 6, 2009. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
- ^ Ward Cunningham (2007-05-17). "Transition". Retrieved 2007-05-19. [dead link]
- ^ Bishop, Todd. (January 26, 2004) Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Microsoft Notebook: Wiki pioneer planted the seed and watched it grow. Section: Business; Page D1.
- ^ Rogoway, Mike (May 18, 2007). "Inventor of the wiki has a new job in Portland". The Oregonian business blog.
- ^ Rogoway, Mike (March 24, 2011). "Ward Cunningham, inventor of the wiki, has a new job in SoCal". The Oregonian business blog.
- ^ "Ward Cunningham Joins CitizenGlobal". Blog.ratedstar.com. March 31, 2011.
- ^ Kerner, Sean Michael (December 8, 2006). "Q&A with Ward Cunningham". internetnews.com.
- ^ CubeSpace, Portland Oregon (December 7, 2008). "Ward Cunningham, Lecture". Cyborg Camp Live Stream - Mogulus Live Broadcast.
- ^ McGeady, Steven (May 28, 2010). "Cunningham's Law". Schott's Vocab. New York Times. Comment No. 119. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
n.b. named after Ward Cunningham, a colleague of mine at Tektronix. This was his advice to me in the early 1980s with reference to what was later dubbed USENET, but since generalized to the Web and the Internet as a whole. Ward is now famous as the inventor of the Wiki. Ironically, Wikipedia is now perhaps the most widely-known proof of Cunningham's Law.
- ^ Friedman, Nancy (May 31, 2010). "Word of the Week: Cunningham's Law". Retrieved August 30, 2012.
- ^ http://wardcunningham.github.com/
External links
- WikiWikiWeb, including his WikiHomePage
- 2012 Dr. Dobbs Interview
- EclipseCon 2006 interview with Ward Cunningham (MP3 audio podcast, running time 20:01)
- Cunningham & Cunningham, Inc.
- The Microsoft patterns & practices group home page
- A Laboratory For Teaching Object-Oriented Thinking (paper introducing CRC Cards)
- The Simplest Thing That Could Possibly Work (2004 interview)
- "The Web's wizard of working together" - profile originally in The Oregonian, December 19, 2005
- Ward's Personal Pages
- https://github.com/WardCunningham - Ward Cunningham on GitHub