Josh Harris (internet)
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Josh Harris is the founder of JupiterResearch and Pseudo.com
, a live audio and video webcast
ing website founded in 1993, which filed for bankruptcy following the end of the dot-com bubble
in 2000.
Josh Harris grew up in Ventura, California
, majored in communications at UC San Diego and later was a graduate student at the University of Southern California's (USC) Annenberg School for Communication. In 1986, he founded the technology consulting firm Jupiter Communications.
Harris owned and operated Livingston Orchards, LLC, a commercial apple farm in Columbia County, New York from 2001–2006.
Harris was the CEO of the African Entertainment Network, based in the Sidamo
region of Ethiopia
., where he lived after leaving New York.
Harris is the CEO of The Wired City, an internet television network based in New York City.
's documentary film
, We Live In Public, an entry at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival
. The documentary was awarded the Grand Jury Prize award in the US documentary category at the festival.
Among Harris' experiments featured in the film is the art project "Quiet: We Live in Public," an Orwellian
, Big Brother type concept developed in the late '90s which placed more than 100 volunteers in a human terrarium under New York City, with many webcam
s following and capturing every move they made. The project was forced to shut down on January 1, 2000 by order of the New York Police Department.
On the Swedish TV show Kobra, Harris stated that he had been widely influenced by the 1998 movie The Truman Show
. He strongly believes that the technological singularity
will be reached and the human being will cease to be an individual, while the machine becomes the new king of the jungle.
A few months later, Harris started weliveinpublic.com, a project that entailed himself and his then girlfriend, Tanya Corrin, living at home under 24 hour internet surveillance viewable by anyone. After a few months Corrin left Harris and the project citing mental and emotional stress. Harris continued "living in public" for a few more weeks, finally ending the site due to the mental, personal, and financial losses the project caused him.
In 2001, an episode of director Errol Morris
' First Person
television series centered on Harris and the weliveinpublic.com project.
Pseudo.com
Pseudo.com was a website for live audio and video webcasting. Founded in late 1993, its parent company Pseudo Programs Inc. filed for bankruptcy following the end of the Dot Com Bubble in 2000. Its assets were purchased by INTV in 2001...
, a live audio and video webcast
Webcast
A webcast is a media presentation distributed over the Internet using streaming media technology to distribute a single content source to many simultaneous listeners/viewers. A webcast may either be distributed live or on demand...
ing website founded in 1993, which filed for bankruptcy following the end of the dot-com bubble
Dot-com bubble
The dot-com bubble was a speculative bubble covering roughly 1995–2000 during which stock markets in industrialized nations saw their equity value rise rapidly from growth in the more...
in 2000.
Josh Harris grew up in Ventura, California
Ventura, California
Ventura is the county seat of Ventura County, California, United States, incorporated in 1866. The population was 106,433 at the 2010 census, up from 100,916 at the 2000 census. Ventura is accessible via U.S...
, majored in communications at UC San Diego and later was a graduate student at the University of Southern California's (USC) Annenberg School for Communication. In 1986, he founded the technology consulting firm Jupiter Communications.
Harris owned and operated Livingston Orchards, LLC, a commercial apple farm in Columbia County, New York from 2001–2006.
Harris was the CEO of the African Entertainment Network, based in the Sidamo
Sidamo Province
Sidamo was a province in the southern part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Irgalem, and after 1978 at Awasa. It was named after an ethnic group native to Ethiopia, called the Sidamo, or more particularly, Sidama, who are located in the south-central part of that country...
region of Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
., where he lived after leaving New York.
Harris is the CEO of The Wired City, an internet television network based in New York City.
We Live in Public
Harris is the focus of director Ondi TimonerOndi Timoner
Ondi Timoner is an American film director, producer and editor.-History:Ondi Timoner is the only director to win the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival twice. Born in Miami, Florida, Timoner graduated cum laude from Yale University, with a double major in American Studies and Theater...
's documentary film
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
, We Live In Public, an entry at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
. The documentary was awarded the Grand Jury Prize award in the US documentary category at the festival.
Among Harris' experiments featured in the film is the art project "Quiet: We Live in Public," an Orwellian
Orwellian
"Orwellian" describes the situation, idea, or societal condition that George Orwell identified as being destructive to the welfare of a free society...
, Big Brother type concept developed in the late '90s which placed more than 100 volunteers in a human terrarium under New York City, with many webcam
Webcam
A webcam is a video camera that feeds its images in real time to a computer or computer network, often via USB, ethernet, or Wi-Fi.Their most popular use is the establishment of video links, permitting computers to act as videophones or videoconference stations. This common use as a video camera...
s following and capturing every move they made. The project was forced to shut down on January 1, 2000 by order of the New York Police Department.
On the Swedish TV show Kobra, Harris stated that he had been widely influenced by the 1998 movie The Truman Show
The Truman Show
The Truman Show is a 1998 American satirical comedy-drama film directed by Peter Weir and written by Andrew Niccol. The cast includes Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank, as well as Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Ed Harris and Natascha McElhone...
. He strongly believes that the technological singularity
Technological singularity
Technological singularity refers to the hypothetical future emergence of greater-than-human intelligence through technological means. Since the capabilities of such an intelligence would be difficult for an unaided human mind to comprehend, the occurrence of a technological singularity is seen as...
will be reached and the human being will cease to be an individual, while the machine becomes the new king of the jungle.
A few months later, Harris started weliveinpublic.com, a project that entailed himself and his then girlfriend, Tanya Corrin, living at home under 24 hour internet surveillance viewable by anyone. After a few months Corrin left Harris and the project citing mental and emotional stress. Harris continued "living in public" for a few more weeks, finally ending the site due to the mental, personal, and financial losses the project caused him.
In 2001, an episode of director Errol Morris
Errol Morris
Errol Mark Morris is an American director. In 2003, The Guardian put him seventh in its list of the world's 40 best directors. Also in 2003, his film The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.-Early life and...
' First Person
First Person (TV series)
First Person was an American TV series produced and directed by Errol Morris. The show engaged a varied group of individuals from civil advocates to criminals....
television series centered on Harris and the weliveinpublic.com project.