Oatmeal Stout – Justin Thorp’s blog

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About Me

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Hey guys, my name is Justin.  I started seriously making websites 10 years ago, in 1998, when I was 13 years old.

Now, in 2010, I’m the Community Manager for the world’s largest online distribution company Clearspring Technologies. As the Community Manager, I act as the public face and voice of Clearspring and its sharing platform, AddThis.

In this role, I lead customer relations, product evangelism and marketing strategy using traditional methods as well a variety of new media channels. During my time at Clearspring, I’ve seen our AddThis community grow to reach over 672 million unique visitors, 1.5 million websites (ranging from The White House to Budweiser) and sharing capabilities to over 297 online services (including everything from Twitter to Netherland-based Hyves).

While at Clearspring, in 2009, I had the honor of being named as one of the 100 Tech Titans in Washington DC by Washingtonian Magazine.

Before joining Clearspring, I helped advise the Library of Congress on the future of its Web strategy along with some Web development, through the government contractor CACI. During my tenure, we saw the Library of Congress launch it’s blogging strategy, launch a content distribution program with One Laptop Per Child, launch of the Library’s partnership with Flickr to launch the Flickr Commons Project, research into mobile content deliver for developing countries, and much more.

Prior to being in Washington DC, I got my undergraduate degree at the Rochester Institute of Technology. There I got my Bachelor of Science in Information Technology with a minor in Political Science.

During college, I also worked at Michigan State University as web developer for the lead university web team. I helped with the 2006 redesign of the home page (www.msu.edu), helped lead MSU’s efforts for Web Accessbility, and countless other projects.

If you wanna chat sometime, drop me a line

  • personal e-mail – jthorp@gmail.com
  • work e-mail – justin@clearspring.com
  • mobile phone – +1 517/974-5021

Written by Justin Thorp

February 19, 2007 at 11:36 pm

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  1. Hey Justin I didn’t realize you started a new blog site. Then I’m looking around here and I didn’t realize you had so many different web pages. I’m keeping you in my prayers and I hope we will get to see each other soon. There are a ton of people here in Rochester who miss ya.

    Kim

    March 21, 2007 at 10:34 pm

  2. [...] this check it out. I lived in DC for about a year and I’m not supprised at all. My friend Justin moved to DC a couple months back and he had a hard time adjusting.   I remember him telling me on [...]

    Kapusta Brothers » Blog Archive » Song for the Deaf

    April 20, 2007 at 7:11 am

  3. HI,
    Interestd in how to cation videos from a webcam. Trying to organize a group that makes videos (fellowship) Deaf-friendly. I have many friends whom are HH a/o Deaf and am discouraged that resources are not accessible to them which is awful. I’m thinking of going back to school and learning to become a captioner. Until then, how can we make our materials/resources Deaf-friendly?
    Rene

    Rene

    July 21, 2008 at 1:39 pm

  4. Rene, there is a company called PlyMedia that can do this well, but I think it might be aimed at enterprises.

    Chuck Westbrook

    October 1, 2008 at 2:31 pm

  5. Justin,

    Blog Tag! Your it:

    http://www.boomerinthepew.com/2009/01/blog-tag.html

    Have a great time in SanFran.

    David Porter

    January 7, 2009 at 4:39 pm

  6. [...] Justin Thorp envisions a world wherein online community managers are staffers for members of Congress and key government offices and personnel.  I like the way he thinks, What if a Congressman or Government Agency had a Community Manager? What if a congressman or government agencies had a community manager? This would be a person that everyone in the community knew. On the Web site, there’d be a photo of them and every possible way to get ahold of them. They’d hang out at coffee shops, bars, churches, town squares, barbershops, or any public place where their constituency spent their time. I could easily walk up to them and talk to them about what my problem is or what’s on my mind. [...]

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