Chris Anderson (writer)
Chris Anderson | |
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Born | |
Citizenship | American[1] British[1] |
Alma mater | George Washington University |
Occupation(s) | CEO of 3D Robotics, author, entrepreneur |
Children | 5 |
Chris Anderson (born July 9, 1961)
Life and work
Early life
Anderson was born in London. His family moved to the United States when he was five.[1] He enrolled in a degree program in physics at George Washington University and went on to study quantum mechanics and science journalism at the University of California, Berkeley.[5] He later did research at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Career
He began his career with a six-year period as editor at the two scientific journals, Nature and Science. He then joined The Economist in 1994, where he remained for seven years, during which time he was stationed in London, Hong Kong and New York City in various positions, ranging from Technology Editor to US Business Editor. He took over as editor of Wired in 2001.
His 2004 article "The Long Tail" in Wired was expanded into a book in 2006, titled,
His next book, entitled
Anderson's third book, Makers: The New Industrial Revolution (2012), was based on his 2010 article, "Atoms Are the New Bits".[15] The book describes how entrepreneurs are using open source design, and 3D printing as a platform for driving resurgence of American manufacturing.[16] The ideas he portrayed; such as crowdsourcing of ideas, utilization of available lower-cost design and manufacturing tools, and reviewing options to outsource capital-intensive manufacturing were highlighted in the February 2012 Harvard Business Review article, "From Do It Yourself to Do It Together".[17]
Anderson was featured and interviewed on The Amp Hour radio show in episode #105 – "An Interview with Chris Anderson – Deambulatory Daedal Drones", where he discusses his career, books, and the hardware and drone industry.[18]
Around 2017, Chris started DIYRobocars, a community that builds and races scaled-down autonomous cars utilizing computer vision and deep learning.[19]
In 2021 Chris Anderson made an appearance on the Gradient Dissent podcast to talk about his initiatives and ventures, including 3D Robotics and DIYRobocars.com. He spoke about his career journey coming from being a physicist and playing music in a band called R.E.M. to leading Wired magazine, getting into drones, robocars, and The Long Tail.[19]
Ventures
In 2007, Anderson founded GeekDad, a do-it-yourself blog that later became part of Wired.com. He was the editor until the role was handed over to Ken Denmead, and he now serves as editor emeritus of GeekDad.[20] The same year, Anderson founded Booktour.com, a free online service that connected authors on tour with audiences. In September 2011, Booktour.com folded.[21]
In October 2007, Anderson, who has been described as an "aerial-reconnaissance enthusiast", flew a remote-controlled aircraft allegedly equipped with a camera over
In May 2007, Anderson was featured as one of the top 100 thinkers in Time magazine's annual list for 2007.[24]
Personal life
Anderson currently lives in Orinda, California, with his wife and five children.[25] He met his wife while working at the scientific journal, Nature. He has dual U.S.-U.K. citizenship.[1]
Works
- Anderson, Chris (2006). ISBN 978-1-4013-0966-4.
- Anderson, Chris (2009). ISBN 978-1-4013-2290-8.
- Anderson, Chris (2012). ISBN 978-0-3077-2095-5.
References
- ^ a b c d "Five things about me that may or may not be relevant". August 4, 2006. Archived from the original on September 27, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2012.
- ISBN 9780824211134.
- ^ a b Anderson, Chris. (2006). The Long Tail: Why the future of business is selling less of more (New York: Hyperion Books)
- ^ McNabb, Miriam. "diydrones". diydrones.com.
- ^ "Chris Anderson, Editor-in-Chief, Wired". Archived from the original on August 21, 2019. Retrieved September 8, 2012.
- ^ Anderson, Chris (October 2004)."The Long Tail".Wired.com
- ^ "2007 Gerald Loeb Award Winners Announced by UCLA Anderson School of Management". Business Wire. June 25, 2007. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
- ^ Anderson, Chris. (2009). Free: How today’s smartest businesses profit by giving something for nothing (London: Random House)
- ^ "My Next Book: "FREE"". The Long Tail. May 20, 2007. Archived from the original on January 29, 2017. Retrieved December 25, 2011.
- ^ Anderson, Chris. "About Me". Thelongtail.com. Archived from the original on April 22, 2009. Retrieved December 25, 2011.
- ^ Jaquith, Waldo (June 23, 2009). "Chris Anderson's Free Contains Apparent Plagiarism". The Virginia Quarterly Review. Archived from the original on July 7, 2009. Retrieved July 7, 2009.
- ^ Anderson, Chris (July 24, 2009). "Corrections in the digital editions of Free". The Long Tail. Archived from the original on July 6, 2009. Retrieved July 7, 2009.
- ^ a b Anderson, Chris. "A New York Times Bestseller!". The Long Tail. Archived from the original on September 7, 2018. Retrieved December 9, 2010.
- ^ "FREE for free: first ebook and audiobook versions released". The Long Tail. July 6, 2009. Archived from the original on October 17, 2018. Retrieved December 9, 2010.
- ^ Anderson, Chris (January 2010)."In the Next Industrial Revolution, Atoms Are the New Bits".Wired.com
- ^ Anderson, Chris (2012). Makers: The New Industrial Revolution. New York: Crown Business)
- ^ Hagel III, John; Seely Brown, John; Davison, Lang (February 18, 2010)."From Do It Yourself to Do It Together". Harvard Business Review
- ^ "The Amp Hour #105 – An Interview with Chris Anderson – Deambulatory Daedal Drones". The Amp Hour. July 23, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
- ^ a b "Chris Anderson on Robocars, Drones and Wired Magazine". wandb.ai. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- ^ Venables, Michael. "GeekDad". Wired.com.
- ^ "BookTour.com is closing up shop". Los Angeles Times. August 17, 2011. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
- Contra Costa Times. October 13, 2007.
- ^ DIYdrones.com online community
- ^ Profile from The Time 100.
- ^ Gustin, Sam (October 1, 2012). "How the 'Maker' Movement Plans to Transform the U.S. Economy". Time.
External links
- Biography, from O'Reilly
- Free: The Past and Future of a Radical Price Keynote speech at Nokia World 2007 in Amsterdam on December 5, 2007.
- Chris Anderson at TED
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Chris Anderson on Charlie Rose
- Chris Anderson at IMDb
- Chris Anderson discussing DIY drones and his new book "Makers: The New Industrial Revolution" on The Amp Hour podcast
- Hagel III, John; Seely Brown, John; Davison, Lang (February 18, 2010). "From Do It Yourself to Do It Together". Harvard Business Review.
- Library of Economics and Liberty.