American writer (born 1974)
Paul Ford (born August 11, 1974) is an American writer, programmer, and entrepreneur, based in New York City.[ 1] [ 2]
In 1997, he started Ftrain.com , one of the earliest blogs . He wrote for Harper's Magazine from 2004 to 2010[ 3] and as of July 2023[update] is a regular contributor to Wired Magazine ;[ 1] he has been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, MIT Technology Review, and NPR.[ 2]
In 2015, he published a 38,000-word article in Bloomberg Businessweek titled "What is Code",[ 4] a "deep dive into the meaning, practice, culture, and business of software", and the longest article ever run in the magazine.[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] The piece won a National Magazine Award in 2016,[ 9] was included in The Best American Magazine Writing 2016 published by the American Society of Magazine Editors and Columbia University Press ,[ 10] [ 11] and Ford, together with Bloomberg editor Josh Tyrangiel , appeared on Charlie Rose to discuss it.[ 12]
Ford is the author of The Secret Lives of Web Pages first published in 2016, with an updated edition forthcoming in 2025.[ 13] [ 14]
He is a co-founder of Aboard, an AI startup, and Postlight, a design and digital strategy consultancy that was acquired by NTT Data in 2022.[ 15] He served as an advisor to the White House Office of Digital Strategy during the Obama Administration .[ 16]
^ a b "Paul Ford: Contributor" . WIRED . Retrieved 2023-08-08 .
^ a b "Author Profile: Paul Ford" . Macmillan Publishers .
^ "Author: Paul Ford" . Harper's Magazine . Retrieved 2023-08-08 .
^ Ford, Paul. "What Is Code? If You Don't Know, You Need to Read This" . Bloomberg.com . Retrieved 2023-12-31 .
^ "Why you should read "What is Code?" " . Network World . Retrieved 2023-12-31 .
^ Hare, Kristen (2015-06-11). "Bloomberg Businessweek's latest issue is devoted to code" . Poynter . Retrieved 2023-12-31 .
^ Nguyen, Clinton (2015-06-12). "What Is 'What Is Code?' " . Vice . Retrieved 2024-01-02 .
^ Oremus, Will (2015-06-11). "To Understand Code, Don't Read 38,000 Words. Just Start Coding" . Slate . ISSN 1091-2339 . Retrieved 2024-01-02 .
^ "ELLIE AWARDS 2016 WINNERS ANNOUNCED" . www.asme.media . Retrieved 2023-12-31 .
^ Holt, Sid, ed. (2016). The Best American Magazine Writing 2016 . Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-54364-4 .
^ Holt, Sid (2016). The best American magazine writing 2016 . American society of magazine editors. New York: Columbia University press. ISBN 978-0-231-54364-4 .
^ "WHAT IS CODE? Josh Tyrangiel and Paul Ford" . Charlie Rose . 2015-06-11.
^ Ford, Paul (2016-06-16). The Secret Lives of Web Pages . Penguin Books, Limited. ISBN 978-0-241-26256-6 .
^ "The Secret Lives of Web Pages" . Macmillan Publishers . 2023-12-31.
^ "NTT DATA Announces Intent to Acquire Postlight to Offer Creative High-End Design and Digital Transformation Services" . us.nttdata.com . Retrieved 2023-11-02 .
^ "Speaker – Paul Ford" . SND/NYC 2018 (Society for News Design) . Retrieved 2023-12-31 .