Paul Ford (born August 11, 1974) is an American writer, programmer, and entrepreneur, based in New York City.[1][2]
In 1997, he started Ftrain.com, one of the earliest blogs. He wrote for Harper's Magazine from 2004 to 2010[3] and as of July 2023[update] is a regular contributor to Wired Magazine;[1] he has been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, MIT Technology Review, and NPR.[2]
In 2015, he published a 38,000-word article in Bloomberg Businessweek titled "What is Code",[4] a "deep dive into the meaning, practice, culture, and business of software", and the longest article ever run in the magazine.[5][6][7][8] The piece won a National Magazine Award in 2016,[9] was included in The Best American Magazine Writing 2016 published by the American Society of Magazine Editors and Columbia University Press,[10][11] and Ford, together with Bloomberg editor Josh Tyrangiel, appeared on Charlie Rose to discuss it.[12]
Ford is the author of The Secret Lives of Web Pages first published in 2016, with an updated edition forthcoming in 2025.[13][14]
He is a co-founder of Aboard, an AI startup, and Postlight, a design and digital strategy consultancy that was acquired by NTT Data in 2022.[15] He served as an advisor to the White House Office of Digital Strategy during the Obama Administration.[16]
References edit
- ^ a b "Paul Ford: Contributor". WIRED. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
- ^ a b "Author Profile: Paul Ford". Macmillan Publishers.
- ^ "Author: Paul Ford". Harper's Magazine. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
- ^ Ford, Paul. "What Is Code? If You Don't Know, You Need to Read This". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- ^ "Why you should read "What is Code?"". Network World. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- ^ Hare, Kristen (2015-06-11). "Bloomberg Businessweek's latest issue is devoted to code". Poynter. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- ^ Nguyen, Clinton (2015-06-12). "What Is 'What Is Code?'". Vice. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ Oremus, Will (2015-06-11). "To Understand Code, Don't Read 38,000 Words. Just Start Coding". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "ELLIE AWARDS 2016 WINNERS ANNOUNCED". www.asme.media. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- ^ Holt, Sid, ed. (2016). The Best American Magazine Writing 2016. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-54364-4.
- ^ Holt, Sid (2016). The best American magazine writing 2016. American society of magazine editors. New York: Columbia University press. ISBN 978-0-231-54364-4.
- ^ "WHAT IS CODE? Josh Tyrangiel and Paul Ford". Charlie Rose. 2015-06-11.
- ^ Ford, Paul (2016-06-16). The Secret Lives of Web Pages. Penguin Books, Limited. ISBN 978-0-241-26256-6.
- ^ "The Secret Lives of Web Pages". Macmillan Publishers. 2023-12-31.
- ^ "NTT DATA Announces Intent to Acquire Postlight to Offer Creative High-End Design and Digital Transformation Services". us.nttdata.com. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
- ^ "Speaker – Paul Ford". SND/NYC 2018 (Society for News Design). Retrieved 2023-12-31.
External links edit
- Ftrain.com, Paul Ford's weblog (active 1997–2017)
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