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Owen Thomas


Owen Thomas was the founding executive editor of the Daily Dot before becoming the editor in chief of Read Write. A former managing editor for Valleywag, Thomas also was an executive editor for VentureBeat and now serves as business editor for the San Francisco Chronicle.

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SOPA headed for complete rewrite

Rep. Lamar Smith, who championed the controversial antipiracy bill, now says "we need to revisit the approach."

On Jan 20, 2012 by Owen Thomas

Tech
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Dot Dot Dot: The Internet needs a leader

The Internet has proven it’s a real community. What do we do now?

On Jan 19, 2012 by Owen Thomas

Tech
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Ashton hacked!

A naughty check-in has the "Two and a Half Men" star on the hunt for the person who allegedly broke into his Foursquare account.

On Jan 16, 2012 by Owen Thomas

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Dot Dot Dot: A Path in the storm

We don’t need Google’s Search Plus. We need a refuge from the Web crawlers.

On Jan 12, 2012 by Owen Thomas

Internet Culture
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Dot Dot Dot: Why it’s naughty to be nice

Be Nice on the Internet Week: What idiots came up with that idea?

On Jan 5, 2012 by Owen Thomas

Internet Culture
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Twitter in Arabic: “Top priority”

Twitter's hundreds of thousands of users in the Arab world will have to wait a little longer.

On Jan 3, 2012 by Owen Thomas

Internet Culture
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The Daily Dot’s best of 2011

Voting with your pageviews, you told us what mattered this year.

On Dec 30, 2011 by Owen Thomas

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Pick the 10 most influential Twitter users of 2011!

It's all on you now: We're putting our list of 2011's most influential Twitter users up for a vote.

On Dec 30, 2011 by Owen Thomas

Internet Culture
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Dot Dot Dot: My predictions for 2012

Google will screw up YouTube, Facebook will fix itself, and Twitter will continue to give us something to tweet about.

On Dec 29, 2011 by Owen Thomas

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YouTube right now! Christmas doesn’t have to be a drag

Before you declare this video blasphemous, remember, at least it celebrates Jesus's birthday.

On Dec 25, 2011 by Owen Thomas

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Dot Dot Dot: How the Internet makes the holidays better than ever

We’re never that far apart when we’re online. A Christmas card from a boss to his team.

On Dec 22, 2011 by Owen Thomas

Internet Culture
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Dot Dot Dot: Friends for sale

How much for that blogger in the window, the one with the inexplicable clout?

On Dec 15, 2011 by Owen Thomas

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Dot Dot Dot: Are you naughty or nice on new social networks?

The Daily Dot’s executive editor indulges in some Pathive-aggressive behavior.

On Dec 8, 2011 by Owen Thomas

IRL
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YouTube right now! The one Christmas lip dub you need to watch

All that YouTube dance freaks Zachary Hammer and Alexandra Karigan want is for you to have a gendertastic Christmas.

On Dec 2, 2011 by Owen Thomas

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Dot Dot Dot: Start spreading the virus

Are we lurkers in the stories of our online lives? 

On Dec 1, 2011 by Owen Thomas

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