alexis ohanian

currently working on:

*the xkcd book: Yes, the one and only xkcd has a book and breadpig is honored to be the publisher. We're inverting the traditional model a bit and while we're at it, our porcine hero's profits are going to RoomToRead to build a school in Laos.

breadpig: Started an uncorporation that creates and sells geeky things for fun and no profit. The mascot is a pig with bread wings.

FeedbackFail: A collection of the most entertaining feedback mail submitted to any website brave enough to solicit it. Over the last three years, I've seen a great range of human emotion and intelligence in these emails. I know I'm not alone. We'd love your submissions.

LOLmagnetz: Magnetic LOLspeak for your fridge. Magnetic poetry -- for geeks. LOLmagnetz owners submit photos of their magnetic genius.

reddit: Co-founded a news website where readers, not editors, determine what goes on the front page. I started doodling the alien mascot back in April 2005. Still do.

unHoliday Cards: Greeting cards for the rest of us.

*new project -- with nougat center

online, i often go by kn0thing, pronounced like "nothing"
in real life, i never go by "alex"

got piece of paper from uva in may '05 - history & commerce

started reddit a month later with steve [spez] huffman. it's a news website where readers choose the news, not editors. it also has a mascot from the future. kept a blog about it, too (about startup life, not the alien)

continued drawing aliens, sometimes a new one every day, until we had a really good halloween in 2006

now i'm doing doodling from sf with steve, dr. chris [keysersosa] slowe, jeremy [jedberg] edberg, david [ketralnis] king, erik [hueypriest] martin, and mike [raldi] schiraldi

we owe a lot of our success to y combinator. they even let us close out startup school stanford 07. my presentation will be even less informative without the narration

nevertheless, i've been speaking at quite a few conferences since then. if you'd like to hear me talk about my 16months in a dot.com startup (with an array of non sequitor slides behind me) email me -- i'll try not to bore

otherwise, feel free to email if you have a random question or just want to harass me about today's reddit logo

i will try my best to respond quickly