The School of Education
Cordially invites you to an evening with

Blake Ross

Co-founder of FireFox
with
An Introduction by Dave Barry

Monday, October 30, 2006
6:00 p.m. VIP Reception
McLamore Dining Room

7:00 p.m. Presentation
Storer Auditorium
5250 University Drive

 

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The School of Education will mark the arrival of Dean Prilleltensky with an event to raise funds for a Dean's Endowment that will support scholarships for students, faculty research, community collaborations, and enhanced facilities in the School of Education

Wines by Wolfe's Wine Shoppe
Hors d’oeuvres by Restaurant Brana
Autographed copy "Firefox for Dummies"
Books available by Books & Books

Tickets to presentation only are available for $25.00. VIP Tickets are $100.

Students attend for free and receive Firefox for Dummies with pre-registration (must bring Cane ID to event)

For more information or to purchase tickets, email: Lois Heffernan or call  305.284.5879

Click here for Sponsorship Opportunities and Ticket prices

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About Blake Ross

Blake Ross is the cofounder of Firefox, an open-source web browser downloaded by over 220 million people. (His grandfather takes credit for half of them.) He also founded the grassroots SpreadFirefox initiative to market the browser on a shoestring budget, which propelled Firefox into Interbrand's list of top ten brands in the world alongside Starbucks and Google.

In 2005, Ross was featured on the cover of Wired and nominated for the magazine's top award, Renegade of the Year, opposite Jon Stewart, Howard Stern and the founders of Google. He lost to Howard Stern. He also made Rolling Stone's 2005 hot list as the "hot geek," marking the first time those words have ever appeared together. Ross has appeared on ABC World News Tonight, Bloomberg News and hundreds of other television programs and publications worldwide to discuss how we can make computers easier to use for everyone. He was even profiled by the National Enquirer, but he has no comment on the Brad-Blake-Jennifer triangle at this time.

Ross began working at Netscape at age 14 while attending Gulliver Preparatory in Miami, Florida. Last year, he published Firefox for Dummies and founded a new company with fellow Firefox engineer Joe Hewitt. Now 21, he is currently on leave from Stanford to build out this startup.

When he's not working, Ross enjoys writing fiction, playing the piano, producing films, and losing contests to Howard Stern.