damien stolarz blog

Damien Stolarz is an inventor, entrepreneur and writer who has spent
most of his life making electronic devices talk to each other.

Damien loves email and is good about responding: me@damienstolarz.com

AIM: DamienStolarz | ICQ:
7104553 | MSN Messenger: robotarmy@hotmail.com | Yahoo: robotarmy@yahoo.com

Damien is currently the Chief Technology Officer of MP3Car.com,
developers of the StreetDeck car
PC software and the leading worldwide forum, designer, and online retailer
of car PC parts and accessories.

In 2004, Damien founded CarBot,
Inc., an acclaimed designer of in-car entertainment computers, software,
and middleware.

In 2002, Damien founded Robotarmy
Corp., a software consultancy and R&D house that develops large-scale
media delivery software, amongst other secret projects.

In 1995, Damien co-founded Static.com (later, Blue Falcon Networks) which
eventually became Akimbo. In his long tenure as Chief Technology
Officer he led the development of numerous technologies, including a direct-dial
online service, networked multiplayer games, and peer-to-peer cost-reduction
software for video streaming.

Damien is the author of Mastering
Internet Video (Addison-Wesley, 2004) and
Car PC Hacks (O’Reilly, 2005) and Hands-On
Guide to Video Blogging and Podcasting (Focal Press, 2006). He is
currently co-authoring a book on Mathematics.

He also writes for the technology magazines Make:
and Streaming
Media Magazine.

• Blog: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/179
• Streaming
  Media Sourcebook (2006)
• Make: Magazine: Volume
  3 (2 articles) Volume
  6
• Linux Journal: Reducing
  Boot Times for in-car computers (part 1) (part
  2) (part 3)
• MP3Car.com:
  CarBot
• IEEE: P2P Streaming Media Delivery
  

Damien is a frequent speaker at conferences relating to online media
and emerging technologies. Speaking requests should be directed to the
contact information above. Some of his past speaking engagements have
included:

• Corporate Podcasting Summit: “Podcasting 101″ (Jun 20 2006) Video Blog & Podcast Tutorial (ppt)  (pdf)
• Telematics Update Conference (2006) Trading Revs for MHz: The Car PC Revolution (ppt) (pdf)
• Streaming Media East (2006) Video Blog & Podcast Tutorial
• Streaming Media West (2005) Creating
  Your Own Media Empire with Podcasts & Video-Blogs
• Streaming Media West (2005) Podcasting
  & Video-Blogging: The Best Thing to Happen to Streaming Media
  
  and WORKSHOP:
  Mastering Windows Media Streaming
• O’Reilly Emerging Technology Conference (2005): Hack
  Sci-Fi Features into Your Car
• O’Reilly Emerging Technology Conference (2004): Carbot:
  Geoblogging With WiFi & GPS Enabled In-car Computers – For
  the Mass Market!
• O’Reilly OS X Conference (2003): Put
  Up Your Internet TV Station Cheaply with QuickTime Streaming Server
• O’Reilly P2P Conference (2001): P2P
  Content Delivery (PPT)

Damien holds a B.S. in Computer Science/Engineering from UCLA.

Damien Stolarz Resume (PDF)
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