Kevin Rose
Kevin Rose at Worlds Collide Onboard the SS Jeremiah O’Brien, November 18, 2007
Born	February 21, 1977 (1977-02-21) (age 31) California[1]
Website kevinrose.com digg.com revision3.com pownce.com

Robert Kevin Rose (born February 21, 1977 in California^[1]) is an entrepreneur who first became well known as an on-air talent and later as a co-host working on TechTV's popular show The Screen Savers (which later became Attack of the Show! on G4) until his departure from the network on May 22, 2005. Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays An entrepreneur is a person who has possession over a company enterprise, or Venture, and assumes significant accountability for the inherent risks and the outcome TechTV ( May 11, 1998 &ndash May 28, 2004) was a 24-hour cable and satellite channel based in San The Screen Savers (broadcast May 11, 1998 – March 18, 2005) was a live American TV show on TechTV Attack of the Show! (commonly referred to as AOTS) is a Stony Awards winning U G4 is an American cable and satellite Television channel originally geared toward male viewers aged 12&ndash34 devoted to the world of Rose is also well known for his Internet start-ups that he has co-founded; Revision3, Pownce, and most notably the social-bookmarking website Digg. The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks A startup company or start-up is a Company with a limited operating history Revision3 Corporation is a San Francisco based Internet television network that creates produces and distributes video shows on niche topics Pownce Digg is a Website made for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the Internet, by submitting links and stories and voting and commenting on submitted

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Television 2.2 Podcasting 2.2.1 Revision3 2.3 Internet 2.3.1 Digg 2.3.1.1 BusinessWeek 2.3.2 Pownce 2.4 Guest appearances 3 See also 4 External links 5 References

Early life

Rose was born in California and lived in Oregon for a brief period before his family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada. Oregon ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Las Vegas ( Spanish: "The Meadows" is the most populous City in the state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally Most of his childhood was spent in Las Vegas. His first experience with computers began at the age of 8 when his father purchased a Packard Bell 80386 SX 16. Packard Bell is a name used by two different consumer electronics companies Rose soon got in to the world of BBS in the late 1980s. Eventually he was running a two-node Wildcat! BBS (and PCBoard) with a CD-ROM full of shareware for people to access. Wildcat! is a Bulletin board system (BBS Software package developed in 1986 by Mustang Software to create a dial-up BBS operating under PCBoard (PCB was a Bulletin board system (BBS application first introduced for MS-DOS in 1983 by Clark Development Corporation. CD-ROM (an initialism of "Compact Disc Read-Only Memory " is a pre-pressed Compact Disc that contains data accessible to but not writable The term shareware, popularized by Bob Wallace, refers to Copyrighted commercial Software that is Distributed without payment on a trial ^[1]

Rose transferred to Vo-Tech High School in Las Vegas in 1993 to study computers and animation. Upon graduation from high school, he attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, specializing in computer science, but dropped out in 1999 to pursue the '90s tech boom. Computer science (or computing science) is the study and the Science of the theoretical foundations of Information and Computation and their ^[2] After dropping out, he worked for the Department of Energy, at the Nevada Test Site, as a technology advisor. The United States Department of Energy ( DOE) is a Cabinet -level department of the United States government responsible for energy policy The Nevada Test Site is a United States Department of Energy reservation located in Nye County, Nevada, about 65 miles (105 km northwest of the City of He later moved to Montreal, Quebec, and worked for several dot-com startups through CMGI. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec A Dot-com company, or simply a dot-com, is a company that does most of its business on the Internet, usually through a Website that uses the popular CMGI Inc ( C ollege M arketing G roup I nformation is an American technology and Venture capital company headquartered ^[1]

Career

Television

After the dot-com bubble burst, Rose was hired as a technical production assistant for The Screen Savers. The " dot-com bubble " (or sometimes the " IT bubble " was a speculative bubble covering roughly 1995–2001 (with a climax on March 10 A production assistant, also known as a PA, is an entry-level job title used in filmmaking and Television for a person responsible for various aspects He began appearing on-air, most notably in "Dark Tip" segments, and also on Unscrewed with Martin Sargent known as the "Dark Tipper," where he provided information on little-known or developing computing activities to the show's wide range audience. Unscrewed with Martin Sargent was a late night American TV show that brought out the Comedy of Technology. Rose would sometimes fill in for the regular show hosts on The Screen Savers. A presenter, or host (sometimes hostess, in feminine form is a Person or Organization responsible for running an event He officially became a regular co-host when Leo LaPorte left TechTV on March 31, 2004. Leo Gordon Laporte (born November 29, 1956 in New York City, New York) is an American Technology broadcaster and

On March 25, 2004, Comcast's G4 gaming channel announced a merger with TechTV. Comcast Corporation ( is the largest Cable television company the second largest Internet service provider and (according to the company the fourth largest telephone G4 is an American cable and satellite Television channel originally geared toward male viewers aged 12&ndash34 devoted to the world of This move became hugely controversial among loyal fans of TechTV. Around May 6, G4 announced the termination of 250 employees from the San Francisco office by July 10, 2004, allowing approximately 80 to 100 employees to transition to G4's main office in Los Angeles, California if they agreed to relocate there. Termination of employment is the end of an Employee 's duration with an Employer. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West ^[3] Rose chose to stay with G4 and moved to Los Angeles. Rose was one of only a handful of TechTV personalities, including Adam Sessler, Morgan Webb, Sarah Lane, Chi-Lan Lieu, and Brendan Moran, to survive the layoffs resulting from the May 2004 merger of G4 and TechTV. Adam Donovan Sessler (born August 29 1973 is co-host and senior segment producer of the show X-Play on G4 (formerly TechTV) with Morgan Morgan Ailis Webb (born October 5, 1978) is host of the podcast WebbAlert, a co-host and senior segment producer of the G4 show Sarah Lane (born October 12, 1976 in Santa Cruz California) is an American Television personality most notably known for her Chi-Lan Lieu previously worked on the TechTV show Fresh Gear as a correspondent until it was cancelled following the merger of TechTV and G4. Brendan Moran (born July 16, 1976 in Elmhurst Illinois) is an American Television personality best known for his work as a co-host He remained as the host for the nightly G4TechTV technology show The Screen Savers. Later, the show would switch gears, becoming the variety show Attack of the Show!. Attack of the Show! (commonly referred to as AOTS) is a Stony Awards winning U

On May 22, 2005, Rose announced on his blog that he had been released from his contract with G4. He left the network to create Revision3 and focus full-time on producing podcasts and videocasts. Revision3 Corporation is a San Francisco based Internet television network that creates produces and distributes video shows on niche topics A podcast is a series of audio or Video digital-media files which is distributed over the Internet by syndicated Download Video podcast (sometimes shortened to vidcast or vodcast) is a term used for the online delivery of Video on demand Video clip content via May 27, 2005 marked his last day of work at G4 and final appearance on Attack of the Show!.

Podcasting

Revision3

Rose's entry into podcasting began on July 24, 2003, with the release of the first episode of thebroken while he was still working on The Screen Savers at TechTV. A podcast is a series of audio or Video digital-media files which is distributed over the Internet by syndicated Download thebroken is a Video podcast produced by Revision3, focusing on Software cracking, computer intrusion, and other "questionable activities" The show, co-hosted by Dan Huard (also from The Screen Savers) featured questionable activities, such as password cracking and social engineering. Dan Huard (born May 23, 1979) is a Computer enthusiast and American Television personality who resides in San Francisco Password cracking is the process of recovering Passwords from data that has been stored in or transmitted by a Computer system. Social engineering is the art of manipulating people into performing actions or divulging confidential information In the first year, the show had over 2 million downloads according to Rose. The show and its success was the precursor to Rose and crew starting Revision3. ^[4]

Revision3 was founded in Los Angeles, California by Rose, Jay Adelson, and David Prager in April of 2005, just prior to Rose leaving G4. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Jay Steven Adelson (born September 7, 1970) is the CEO of Digg and chairman of Revision3. David Lawrence Prager (born January 17, 1977 in San Diego California) is one of the co-founders and Vice President of Special Projects for Revision3 ^[5] Dan Huard, Keith Harrison, and Ron Gorodetzky were also involved. Dan Huard (born May 23, 1979) is a Computer enthusiast and American Television personality who resides in San Francisco Digg is a Website made for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the Internet, by submitting links and stories and voting and commenting on submitted Most of them were previously employees of TechTV.

Rose's second videocast venture, called Systm, was released the same week of his departure from G4, with Huard cohosting. Video podcast (sometimes shortened to vidcast or vodcast) is a term used for the online delivery of Video on demand Video clip content via Systm is a weekly Video podcast produced by Revision3, geared toward “the common geek” a “ This Old House ” for geeks hosted The show closely resembles older technology-oriented formats of The Screen Savers, but takes more time to fully explain how to complete complex projects. In the first episode, Rose demonstrated how to build a war-spying box. Kevin and Dan searched for open web cams and managed to demonstrate the dangers of leaving cameras unencrypted. Systm and thebroken together made up the first two shows of Revision3.

On July 1, 2005, Rose and former The Screen Savers co-host Alex Albrecht began releasing a weekly podcast, Diggnation, summarizing the top stories submitted by Digg users. Alexander Jennings Albrecht (born August 14, 1976 in Vienna Virginia) is an American Television personality actor and podcaster Diggnation is a weekly Video podcast produced by Revision3. It is hosted by Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht, who had previously hosted TechTV The show has become a success, averaging over 250,000 downloads per episode. ^[6] Through his show he has also become known as a beer lover, as he and Albrecht almost always open the show describing which beer they're currently drinking. During the live Reno, Nevada episode, Albrecht became sufficiently intoxicated such that he immediately regurgitated his beer after the taping. Rose, although not as inebriated, was still noticeably affected.

Rose frequently appeared on the weekly podcast This Week in Tech during its first dozen episodes with several other former contributors from TechTV's The Screen Savers. THIS WEEK in TECH casually referred to as TWiT, and formerly known as Revenge of the Screen Savers is an award winning weekly

Internet

Digg

Rose met Apple founder Steve Wozniak while he was working on The Screen Savers (Wozniak was an occasional guest on the show). Apple Inc, ( formerly Apple Computer Inc, is an American Multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing Consumer electronics One day while having lunch with Wozniak, they were talking about the old days and the groundbreaking things Wozniak did back in the late 70's. Rose decided that he need to "do something" and later came up with the idea of a user controlled community-based news website. In the fall of 2004, he withdrew $1000 out of his account and paid a freelance web developer $12 an hour to mock up a Web page and purchased some server space for $99 a month. A freelancer, freelance worker, or freelance is a person who pursues a profession without a long-term commitment to any one employer A web developer is a Software developer or Software engineer who is specifically engaged in the development of World Wide Web applications or distributed He paid $1200 for the domain name digg. com, and the project began. Rose along with Owen Byrne, Ron Gorodetzky, and Jay Adelson, formed Digg, a technology news website that combined social bookmarking, blogging, RSS, and non-hierarchical editorial control. Jay Steven Adelson (born September 7, 1970) is the CEO of Digg and chairman of Revision3. Digg is a Website made for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the Internet, by submitting links and stories and voting and commenting on submitted A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Social bookmarking is a method for Internet users to store organize search and manage bookmarks of web pages on the Internet with the help of Metadata A blog (a contraction of the term " Web log " is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary descriptions of RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works – such as Blog entries news headlines audio and video – in a standardized The website was officially launched to the public on December 5, 2004. ^[2][7]

In October 2005, Digg. com received $2. 8 million in venture capital from major investors, including Omidyar Network, the outfit led by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen, and Greylock partners. Venture capital (also known as VC or Venture) is a type of Private equity capital typically provided to immature high-potential growth companies See Investor AB for the Swedish investment company An investor is any party that makes an Investment. Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay and his wife Pam established Omidyar Network based on the belief that every person has the potential to make a difference eBay Inc is an American Internet company that manages eBaycom an Online auction and shopping Website in which people and businesses buy and Pierre M Omidyar ( born June 21, 1967) is a French -born Iranian American Entrepreneur and Philanthropist / Netscape Communications (formerly known as Netscape Communications Corporation and commonly known as Netscape) is an American computer services company Marc Andreessen (born July 9, 1971, in Cedar Falls Iowa and raised in New Lisbon Wisconsin, United States) is known as a entrepreneur

BusinessWeek

Rose was featured on the cover of BusinessWeek for the August 14, 2006 issue. BusinessWeek is a business Magazine published by McGraw-Hill. The cover text was "How This Kid Made $60 Million In 18 Months". The story mainly covered his success as a young entrepreneur and explained how he risked it all to make Digg. com a reality. It also says he lost his girlfriend during the launch and that money meant for a house deposit payment was instead used to fund his idea. ^[2]

On the August 7, 2006, edition of this WEEK in TECH, Rose stated that he was not told that his picture would definitely be on the cover, and had asked that they not use the two-thumbs-up pose. THIS WEEK in TECH casually referred to as TWiT, and formerly known as Revenge of the Screen Savers is an award winning weekly John C. Dvorak stated that the cover and the article were insulting because of the unprofessional way they portrayed Kevin. John Charles Dvorak (born 1952 in Los Angeles, California) is an American Columnist and broadcaster in the areas of Technology Dvorak also noted that BusinessWeek characterized Kevin as "Tom Cruise's doughier little brother" and compared Diggnation to Wayne's World. Wayne's World was one of the most popular recurring sketches to come from the NBC Television series Saturday Night Live. Kevin explained that Digg is still not a profitable website (at the time of the article), stating, "I still have to save up for a couch", though Rose hoped it would be in the near future once Digg establishes the right advertising partnerships. The "$60 million" stated by BusinessWeek was obtained by assessing the value of Digg. com and taking Kevin's 30-40% ownership. Ownership is the state or fact of exclusive rights and control over Property, which may be an object, land/real estate, Intellectual property

Pownce

In episode 95 of Diggnation, Rose stated that he would be starting a second website. On June 27, 2007, Rose, Leah Culver, Daniel Burka, and Shawn Allen launched their social networking and micro-blogging site named Pownce. A social network is a Social structure made of nodes (which are generally individuals or organizations that are tied by one or more specific types of interdependency such as Micro-blogging is a form of Blogging that allows users to write brief text updates (usually 140 characters) and publish them either to be viewed by anyone or by a Pownce ^[8] Pownce is centered around sharing messages, files, events, and links with already-established friends. The site was launched initially as a beta and by invite only. Invitations for Pownce were in high demand and were being sold on sites such as eBay. eBay Inc is an American Internet company that manages eBaycom an Online auction and shopping Website in which people and businesses buy and ^[9] Pownce was opened to the public on January 22, 2008.

Guest appearances

On November 14, 2007, he was a contestant on a game show at NewTeeVee Live^[10] featuring other internet celebrities such as Veronica Belmont, Casey McKinnon, Cali Lewis, Justin Kan, Robert Scoble, and others. This is a list of phenomena specific to the Internet, such as popular themes and catchphrases, Viral videos, amateur celebrities and more Veronica Ann Belmont (born July 21, 1982) is the co-host of the Revision3 show Tekzilla alongside Patrick Norton, and host of the Casey McKinnon (born March 13 1978) is an Actress, Writer, Video editor and producer from Montreal, Canada Luria Petrucci (aka Cali Lewis (born January 25 1981 is an American podcaster and Internet personality best known for her video podcast GeekBrief Justintv, founded in San Francisco by Justin Kan is a network of diverse channels providing a platform for lifecasting and live video streaming of events online Robert Scoble (born January 18 1965) is an American blogger, technical evangelist, and author ^[11]

Kevin was also featured on The Tom Green Show. The Tom Green Show is a North American television show which first aired in September 1994 on Rogers Television 22, a Community channel

See also

• Digg
• Revision3
• Diggnation
• Pownce
• this WEEK in TECH

External links

• Kevin Rose's Blog
• Kevin Rose's Digg Profile
• Kevin Rose's Pownce Profile
• Kevin Rose's Myspace Profile
• Kevin Rose's YouTube
• Kevin Rose's QIK Profile
• Kevin Rose at the Internet Movie Database
• Kevin Rose on Tom Green Live
• Kevin Rose on Cranky Geeks
• Kevin Rose as Pointdexter on TikiBarTV
• Interview with Kevin Rose at The Nextweb conference Video

References

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