Rob Beschizza Explained

Rob Beschizza
Nationality:American, British
Alma Mater:Goldsmiths College
Occupation:Writer
Known For:Boing Boing, txt.fyi
Spouse:Heather Beschizza[1]

Rob Beschizza is a British-American writer, artist and journalist, the editor of the culture website Boing Boing[2] [3] [4] and the founder of txt.fyi, a publishing platform described by Wired as an example of "antisocial media".[5] His works include minimalist video games,[6] [7] [8] [9] short stories, generative software that produces psychedelic art,[10] wine descriptions,[11] and journalistic euphemisms,[12] [13] among other subjects.[14] Beschizza has appeared as a news commentator on television networks including NBC, CNN and Al Jazeera.[15] [16] [17]

Beschizza, formerly a technology correspondent and a crime reporter, is a graduate of Goldsmiths College and became a naturalized US citizen in 2015.[18]

In 2014, Beschizza produced an unauthorized edit of David Lynch's 1984 motion picture Dune with the dialogue systematically removed, which was itself taken down after a copyright claim.[19]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Swiffer Ad Uses Rosie The Riveter To Encourage Women To Clean The Kitchen. HuffPost. 3 June 2013.
  2. Web site: Inside the Wild, Wacky, Profitable World of Boing Boing. 30 November 2010.
  3. Web site: How Boing Boing adapted to the social web. 13 May 2019.
  4. Web site: Boing Boing's Rob Beschizza: "We're not big on cat videos anymore". The Daily Dot. 4 May 2012.
  5. This Stripped-Down Blogging Tool Exemplifies Antisocial Media. Wired.
  6. News: Half-Half-Half-Half-Half-Elves: TinyHack. Rock Paper Shotgun. 23 June 2011.
  7. Web site: Surely this is the smallest adventure game in the world. 20 June 2011 .
  8. News: Best Free Games of the Week. Rock Paper Shotgun. 11 March 2017.
  9. Web site: Dying Bit By Bit: A Compilation Of Retro Video Game Deaths. 28 March 2011 .
  10. Web site: The Psygnosis generator will remind you how great game box art can be. 19 September 2016.
  11. Web site: Every Audiophile Review Ever. BuzzFeed. 6 December 2012 .
  12. Web site: 'New York Times Torture Euphemism Generator' Introduced By BoingBoing. HuffPost. 25 October 2010.
  13. Web site: How a BoingBoing editor created a "New York Times Torture Euphemism Generator". 26 October 2010.
  14. Web site: White supremacy euphemism generator for struggling journalists. 15 November 2016 .
  15. Web site: Web Sites Aim to Join Protests While Keeping Their Mojo. 18 January 2012 .
  16. Web site: Lawmakers withdraw support of anti-piracy bills after online protest. CNN. 19 January 2012.
  17. Web site: MSNBC: What's at stake with SOPA. MSNBC. 18 January 2012 .
  18. Web site: British Invader Turned. 15 May 2015.
  19. Web site: David Lynch's Dune Improved With No Dialogue. 18 July 2011 .

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