A long time ago I was a Computer Science student at UMBC. I then moved to Cambridge and completed the Masters program in Technology and Policy at MIT. After a brief time as a consultant in New York City I returned to the MIT Lab for Computer Science as a W3C/IETF Working Group chair and editor. I was also a Berkman Center Fellow at the Harvard Law School. (Or as MIT folk say, the "other school up the river.") After almost a decade in Cambridge, I left for New York again to articulate and contextualize my experience with new media and collaborative communities. I concluded my graduate studies at NYU with a doctoral dissertation on the history and collaborative culture of Wikipedia. I've been able to speak about my work at the W3C and NYU with national media including Technology Review, The Economist, The New York Times, and American and New Zealand Public Radio. My book about Wikipedia, based on the dissertation, will be available from The MIT Press in 2010.
I live in Brooklyn, but like to travel -- I'm particularly fond of Sydney and Tokyo, and I love to visit the waterfalls of wherever I go. I'm a geek/nerd, no doubt, and enjoy riding my bicycle, vegan cooking (particularly baking!), zines, and haiku. If you want to send an email you can even use my PGP key.
In addition to the publications in my curriculum vitae, you can also read my research blog. If you are bored, you could check out my Wikipedia drafts, other work including student projects from MIT and UMBC, and over a fifteen years' worth of photos and writing on the Web.
Copyright (1997-2010) Joseph M. Reagle Jr.