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