Producer, Weblogs, Inc. @ AOL
Ithaca, New York Area
- Current
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- Sr. Programming Manager, Joystiq at AOL
- Producer at Weblogs, Inc. @ AOL
- Past
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- Owner at Live Mind Consulting
- Editor-in-chief at The Social Software Weblog
- Senior Editor at Engadget.com
- Education
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- Smith College
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Barb Dybwad’s Summary
Barb produces the Engadget and Joystiq networks at Weblogs, Inc., an AOL company. Engadget covers consumer electronics and is the #1 blog in the world as identified by Technorati. Joystiq and its spinoff sites are among the most popular videogame blog properties on the web.
As the former Editor-in-chief of the Social Software Weblog, Barb is also recognized as an expert in the field of social media.
tags: social media nerd, blogger, gamer, musician, incorrigible generalist and information enthusiast
Barb Dybwad’s Specialties:
social software, web 2.0, participatory culture, blogging, wikis, mobile technologies, digital media, user-centric technologies
Barb Dybwad’s Experience
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Sr. Programming Manager, Joystiq
AOL
(Public Company; Internet industry)
2005 — Present (3 years)
Producer for the Joystiq blog network. Launched spinoff properties to create the Fanboy network, including Massively, WoW Insider, Xbox 360 Fanboy, PS3 Fanboy, PSP Fanboy, DS Fanboy, Nintendo Wii Fanboy, and Big Download. Manage a distributed team of 120+ bloggers located throughout the world in a fast-paced 24-hour a day publishing cycle of video game news and features.
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Producer
Weblogs, Inc. @ AOL
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
October 2005 — Present (2 years 10 months)
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Owner
Live Mind Consulting
(Internet industry)
2001 — 2006 (5 years)
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Editor-in-chief
The Social Software Weblog
(Internet industry)
May 2005 — June 2006 (1 year 2 months)
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Senior Editor
Engadget.com
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)
March 2005 — November 2005 (9 months)
Barb Dybwad’s Education
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Smith College
BA, Biochemistry, August 1994 — May 1998
- Activities and Societies:
- A cappella (Smiffenpoofs), rugby, Habitat for Humanity
Additional Information
Barb Dybwad’s Websites:
Barb Dybwad’s Interests:
drumming, music production, web development, travel, coffee, user-created content, fun, trees, Flickr, gadgets, people, quantum physics -- you know, stuff.
Barb Dybwad’s Groups:
WITI
Barb Dybwad’s Contact Settings
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