Greg Bryant (computer scientist)

Greg Bryant is a computer scientist and community organizer,[1] best known as the founder of Workspot in downtown Palo Alto during the dotcom boom,[2][3][4][5] and editor of RAIN Magazine since 1989.[6] He also acted as a liaison between the computer industry and Christopher Alexander on many projects.[7][8]

Greg Bryant
NationalityAmerican
Occupationcomputer scientist and community organizer
Known forFounder of Workspot

Career

In computing, he was an early promoter of virtual machines,[9] which led to work promoting UNIX and software tools at Intel headquarters during the 80386 project, and the creation of several production domain-specific languages.[10] He built languages and authoring tools for the first consumer in-car navigation systems, and the first mobile traffic app,[11] and built the first fullscreen mobile apps for Google,[12] and for eBay .[13] He introduced the idea of 'unfolding programming sequences',[14] and the category of 'operational grammars' with the programming language 'grogix'.[15] He writes about foundation problems in computing philosophy,[16] and presents on the application of software to urban issues.[17][18]

His community organizing closely follows his research and writing for RAIN Magazine. He co-founded two special-purpose community centers, which were also local business incubators: the Center for Appropriate Transport and the Tango Center in Eugene, Oregon. Defending the Tango Center led to a ballot measure that temporarily defunded Urban Renewal in downtown Eugene, Measure 20–134 in November 2007, which may be the central factor in its rejuvenation.[17][19][20]

References
  1. "One Man's Broadway: Think Small". The Eugene Register-Guard. February 24, 2007.
  2. "Workspot Linux". The Register. January 24, 2003.
  3. "Linux-friendly ASP surfaces". CNN. April 10, 2000.
  4. "Immortal Machines". The Independent. February 28, 2000.
  5. "Linux Desktop". Bruce Sterling's Infinite Matrix. February 6, 2003.
  6. "Rain in the Press". Rain Magazine. Fall 1992.
  7. "The Origins of Pattern Theory". IEEE Software. September–October 1999.
  8. "Gatemaker and the Aspen Summit".
  9. "On writing simulators and the Use of Macros". West Coast Computer Faire. March 1983.
  10. "Happening People". Eugene Weekly. September 18, 2008.
  11. "Location Based Services".
  12. "Google's first mobile product".
  13. "The beginning of eBay mobile".
  14. "Unfolding Sequences". Core Memory. February 5, 2009.
  15. "Applications of Grogix".
  16. "Computing Philosophy".
  17. "PUARL Conference". University of Oregon. November 2013. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  18. "Urbanology".
  19. "Downtown Eugene".
  20. "The Tango Center".
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