Greg Bryant
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)computer scientist and community organizer
Known forFounder of Workspot

Greg Bryant is a computer scientist and community organizer,[1] best known as the founder of Workspot in downtown Palo Alto during the dotcom boom,[2][3][4][5] and editor of RAIN Magazine since 1989.[6] He also acted as a liaison between the computer industry and Christopher Alexander on many projects.[7][8]

Career

In computing, he was an early promoter of virtual machines,[9] which led to work promoting UNIX and software tools at Intel headquarters during the 80386 project, and the creation of several production domain-specific languages.[10] He built languages and authoring tools for the first consumer in-car navigation systems, and the first mobile traffic app,[11] and built the first fullscreen mobile apps for Google,[12] and for eBay .[13] He introduced the idea of 'unfolding programming sequences',[14] and the category of 'operational grammars' with the programming language 'grogix'.[15] He writes about foundation problems in computing philosophy,[16] and presents on the application of software to urban issues.[17][18]

His community organizing closely follows his research and writing for RAIN Magazine. He co-founded two special-purpose community centers, which were also local business incubators: the Center for Appropriate Transport and the Tango Center in Eugene, Oregon. Defending the Tango Center led to a ballot measure that temporarily defunded Urban Renewal in downtown Eugene, Measure 20–134 in November 2007, which may be the central factor in its rejuvenation.[17][19][20]

References

  1. ↑ "One Man's Broadway: Think Small". The Eugene Register-Guard. February 24, 2007.
  2. ↑ "Workspot Linux". The Register. January 24, 2003.
  3. ↑ "Linux-friendly ASP surfaces". CNN. April 10, 2000.
  4. ↑ "Immortal Machines". The Independent. February 28, 2000. Archived from the original on December 6, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Linux Desktop". Bruce Sterling's Infinite Matrix. February 6, 2003.
  6. ↑ "Rain in the Press". Rain Magazine. Fall 1992.
  7. ↑ "The Origins of Pattern Theory". IEEE Software. September–October 1999.
  8. ↑ "Gatemaker and the Aspen Summit".
  9. ↑ "On writing simulators and the Use of Macros". West Coast Computer Faire. March 1983.
  10. ↑ "Happening People". Eugene Weekly. September 18, 2008.
  11. ↑ "Location Based Services".
  12. ↑ "Google's first mobile product".
  13. ↑ "The beginning of eBay mobile".
  14. ↑ "Unfolding Sequences". Core Memory. February 5, 2009.
  15. ↑ "Applications of Grogix".
  16. ↑ "Computing Philosophy".
  17. 1 2 "PUARL Conference". University of Oregon. November 2013. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Urbanology".
  19. ↑ "Downtown Eugene".
  20. ↑ "The Tango Center".
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