Jason Rohrer (born 1977) is a computer programmer, writer, and musician. Some of his well known projects include
- konspire2b, a pseudonymous channel-based file-distribution system
- token word, a Xanadu-style text editing system
- tangle, a proxy server which tries to find relationships between websites a user visits.
- MUTE, a file sharing network with anonymity in mind.
- Monolith, a thought experiment that might be relevant to digital copyright. This has expanded to a computer program implemented on his ideas.
- seedBlogs, a modular building block that lets you add PHP and MySQL-backed dynamic content to any website.
- silk, a web-based hypertext system to simplify web page linking. Similar to wiki markup.
- hyperlit, a literary hypertext authoring system.
- subreal, a distributed evolution system.
Jason Rohrer tries to make his living out of donations from the users of his software. [1] His family of three has a budget less than $10,000 per year. [2]
