Biography:Greg Bryant (computer scientist)
Greg Bryant | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | computer scientist and community organizer |
| Known for | Founder of Workspot |
Greg Bryant is a computer scientist and community organizer,[1] best known as the founder of Workspot in downtown Palo Alto during the dotcom boom,[2][3][4][5] and editor of RAIN Magazine since 1989.[6] He also acted as a liaison between the computer industry and Christopher Alexander on many projects.[7][8]
Career
In computing, he was an early promoter of virtual machines,[9] which led to work promoting UNIX and software tools at Intel headquarters during the 80386 project, and the creation of several production domain-specific languages.[10] He built languages and authoring tools for the first consumer in-car navigation systems, and the first mobile traffic app,[11] and built the first fullscreen mobile apps for Google,[12] and for eBay .[13] He introduced the idea of 'unfolding programming sequences',[14] and the category of 'operational grammars' with the programming language 'grogix'.[15] He writes about foundation problems in computing philosophy,[16] and presents on the application of software to urban issues.[17][18]
His community organizing closely follows his research and writing for RAIN Magazine. He co-founded two special-purpose community centers, which were also local business incubators: the Center for Appropriate Transport and the Tango Center in Eugene, Oregon. Defending the Tango Center led to a ballot measure that temporarily defunded Urban Renewal in downtown Eugene, Measure 20–134 in November 2007, which may be the central factor in its rejuvenation.[17][19][20]
References
- ↑ "One Man's Broadway: Think Small". The Eugene Register-Guard. February 24, 2007. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=711WAAAAIBAJ&pg=3019,5275742&dq=eugene+greg-bryant&hl=en.
- ↑ "Workspot Linux". The Register. January 24, 2003. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/01/24/voila_workspot_linux_is_instant/.
- ↑ "Linux-friendly ASP surfaces". CNN. April 10, 2000. http://edition.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/10/linux.asp.idg/index.html.
- ↑ "Immortal Machines". The Independent. February 28, 2000. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/everything-you-ever-wanted-on-an-immortal-machine-709736.html.
- ↑ "Linux Desktop". Bruce Sterling's Infinite Matrix. February 6, 2003. http://www.infinitematrix.net/columns/sterling/sterling66.html.
- ↑ "Rain in the Press". Rain Magazine. Fall 1992. http://www.rainmagazine.com/archive/rain-reviews.
- ↑ "The Origins of Pattern Theory". IEEE Software. September–October 1999. http://www.patternlanguage.com/archive/ieee/ieeetext.htm.
- ↑ "Gatemaker and the Aspen Summit". http://gatemaker.org.
- ↑ "On writing simulators and the Use of Macros". West Coast Computer Faire. March 1983. http://machinesimulation.blogspot.com/2006/10/on-writing-simulators-and-use-of.html.
- ↑ "Happening People". Eugene Weekly. September 18, 2008. http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2008/09/18/news.html#hpl.
- ↑ "Location Based Services". http://www.gregbryant.com/lbs/index.html.
- ↑ "Google's first mobile product". http://www.gregbryant.com/omnisky/index.html.
- ↑ "The beginning of eBay mobile". http://www.gregbryant.com/ebay/index.html.
- ↑ "Unfolding Sequences". Core Memory. February 5, 2009. http://corememory.com.
- ↑ "Applications of Grogix". http://grogix.com.
- ↑ "Computing Philosophy". http://computingphilosophy.com.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "PUARL Conference". University of Oregon. November 2013. http://center.uoregon.edu/PUARL/2013/registration/presentations.php.
- ↑ "Urbanology". http://www.urbanology.com.
- ↑ "Downtown Eugene". http://www.downtowneugene.org.
- ↑ "The Tango Center". http://www.tangocenter.org/.
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