Jason Kottke (born September 27, 1973) is an American

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ger,

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, and web designer known for his blog Kottke.org. He won a Lifetime Achievement Award as a blogger.

Design work

Kottke attended Coe College on scholarship in

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and eventually began a career in design. In 1999, he designed the Silkscreen typeface—since used by

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, and

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among others. His design work has appeared in ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Brill's Content''. Kottke created the iconic Gawker logo in 2002 in what he claims was "whipped up in

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in 30 minutes as a placeholder".

Kottke.org (blog)

Kottke is considered a pioneering blogger and began his blog in March 1998. In 2000, Kottke and his then-girlfriend were profiled in a '' New Yorker'' article, "You've Got Blog", which introduced blogging to a wider audience. His contributions to blogging were acknowledged when he won a Bloggie Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003 after five years of blogging. In 2005 Kottke was able to quit his day job to focus on blogging full-time. Kottke writes that as of 2019, "Probably 60 percent of my revenue is from membership, and the rest is from

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and ads." His blogging got him in trouble with

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when he broke the news of the loss that broke Ken Jennings' ''

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'' win streak.

Personal life

Kottke was married to

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and they have two children. He lives in

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.Woo, Michelle
"I'm Jason Kottke, Creator of Kottke.org, and This Is How I Parent"
''

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'', 6 August 2018. Retrieved on 14 August 2019.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kottke, Jason 1973 births American male bloggers American bloggers Living people Writers from Wisconsin American Internet celebrities Web designers Coe College alumni Place of birth missing (living people) Artists from Wisconsin