that Brad L. Graham has died. He was 41.
Graham, a theater publicist for the
, was widely known in technology and social networking circles as a pioneer in the form. He started his own blog, “
” in 1998. As a joke in 1999, he coined the term “blogosphere,”
He was also known for creating a sense of community over the internet. He hosted an annual event, “Break Bread with Brad” during Austin’s SXSW and looked for ways to use the power of social networking
.
In an
, he said, “I’m rather more a web hobbyist, who happens to know just enough about HTML, CSS, Photoshop, browsers and the like to be dangerous. When I present myself at the door of the web designer’s club, the bouncer just snickers and says ‘Go away, kid. You’re buggin’ me.’”
Friends have created
to remember Graham.
There is no word on cause of death. Arrangements have yet to be announced.
