Ben
Ben Woods
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Author of The Developers (The easiest thing to find on the Internet: crazy people.)
Male
33 years old
Baltimore, Maryland
United States
Last Login: 10/16/2009
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Ben's Interests
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| General | Volleyball, basketball, baseball, reading, writing, movies | | Music | Dance and techno | | Movies | Star Wars, Memento, Austin Powers, North by Northwest | | Television | Seinfield, 24, House | | Books | The Developers (ha!), Choke, Snow Crash, Watchers, The Hammer of God, The Hotel New Hampshire, Me Talk Pretty One Day | | Heroes | Richard Simmons |
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Ben's Details
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| Status: | In a Relationship | | Here for: | Networking, Friends | | Orientation: | Straight | | Hometown: | Louisville, Ky. | | Body type: | 5' 11" / Athletic | | Ethnicity: | White / Caucasian | | Zodiac Sign: | Cancer | | Smoke / Drink: | No / Yes | | Children: | Undecided | | Education: | College graduate | | Occupation: | Web developer |
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Ben's Schools
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Purdue University-Main Campus
West Lafayette,Indiana
Graduated: 1998
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Communication/Journalism
Minor: English
Clubs: The Purdue Exponent
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Ben's Companies
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LeapFrog Interactive
Louisville, KY US
Web developer
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10/05-present
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Integrity Life Insurance
Louisville, KY US
Application developer
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6/05-9/05
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Red Pixel Studios
Owensboro, KY US
Web developer
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12/01-5/05
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Messenger-Inquirer
Owensboro, KY US
Copy editor, columnist, web developer
Sports, New Media
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08/99-11/01
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Journal Review
Crawfordsville, IN US
Night editor, columnist
Newsroom
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08/98-08/99
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Kentucky Kingdom
Louisville, KY US
Games supervisor
Games department
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07/92-10/98
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Ben's Latest Blog Entry
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Mix your music with GarageBand
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Microsoft outdid the others again ... with cheesiest promo videos ever
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Ben's Blurbs |
About me:
Maybe you are wondering, "Who the hell is this guy? Why does he want to be my friend?" It would be great to be everyone's friend, like Tom. I assume that once Tom reaches a trillion friends, he will take over as ruler of the universe.
But since Tom already has dibs on that, I'm trying to keep my friends to a managable count. Here are the reasons I requested to be on your list:
- I know you.
- I found you in a book/author search.
- I have a book signing/event in your area, and now you have a chance to receive a free book.
- I randomly clicked on your name/picture.
Most likely I selected you because of either choice two or three. I just recently wrote a book about crazy people .., Internet privacy, bingo, romance and Richard Simmons. I also reference a lot of pop culture (from '80s music to recent fads to the future of the Internet), and there's a comparison to Orwell's "1984" as well. My writing style is somewhere between Chuck Palahniuk ("Fight Club," "Choke"), Douglas Coupland "microserfs"), David Sedaris ("Me Talk Pretty One Day"), Neal Stephenson ("Snow Crash") and "Seinfield."
Now, I suppose you want to know how to get a free book, right? Well, that's pretty easy. All you have to do is add me as a friend, show up for one of my book signings (the schedule is listed below) and mention MySpace. If you're one of the first two people who do this, I'll give you an early copy of "The Developers." Pretty simple, huh?
Find out more info at thedevelopersbook.com and order it from Amazon.com. Also check out my website at benwoods.com.
I will be appearing at the following locations in the near future. If you want to check out the book, feel free to stop by, take a look and ask questions. I won't hound you like your mom does to eat vegetables (I've noticed other authors doing that, and it's generally pretty scary.).
(All times EST, unless noted)
TBA
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Who I'd like to meet:
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