About
I’m Waldo David Landers Jaquith (JAKE-with). I live in Charlottesville, Virginia, with my wife and infant son. I graduated from Virginia Tech in May of 2005 and from the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership in December of 2005.
I’ve hiked most of the Appalachian Trail. I once ran for City Council, but lost by four votes. I own a motorcycle and guns. I ride a unicycle, and I’ve been known to juggle and eat fire. I’ve won two VH1 Music Awards. I saved Al Gore’s life. I received the first-ever e-mailed subpoena. I caught Chris Anderson plagiarizing big chunks of his book, Free: The Future of a Radical Price. I successfully fought off a subpoena that tried to unmask anonymous commenters on my blog. I was a roadie for the Rolling Stones for three days. I won the 2011 Knight News Challenge. President Obama named me a “Champion for Change.”
Brad DeLong says “Waldo Jaquith wins the internet.” Forbes says that I’m a “grizzled veteran of the Internet scene.” The Boston Globe says I’m a “super-blogger.” Some Romanian magazine says of me “Inca un geniu tinar care se manifesta mai degraba in ciuda sistemului decit datorita acestuia? S-ar parea ca da, iar lista n-a ajuns deocamdata la capat.” Max says I’m “a huge tool.”
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