Nick Bradbury (born May 11, 1967)[1] is an American software developer and entrepreneur. Bradbury is noted for creating the early web-development editors HomeSite and TopStyle, and FeedDemon, the RSS news aggregator for Microsoft Windows. Currently, he is a mobile developer at the software company Automattic.[2] He is a graduate of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and currently resides in Knoxville, Tennessee.[3]
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 Nick Bradbury, 2006 | |
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HomeSite
editBradbury developed HomeSite in 1995 as a tool for direct editing, or "hand coding," of HTML and other website languages. HomeSite was acquired by Allaire Corporation in March 1997. Bradbury left Allaire in 1998. HomeSite was later acquired by Macromedia in 2001. Macromedia was acquired by Adobe Systems in 2005.[4]
TopStyle and FeedDemon
editAfter Bradbury left Allaire in 1998, he began work on creation of TopStyle, a CSS/XHTML/HTML editor and on FeedDemon, an RSS news aggregator. Both programs operated on the Microsoft Windows operating system. TopStyle and FeedDemon were purchased by NewsGator Technologies in May 2005. In 2008, TopStyle was acquired by Stephan Van As and is still available as TopStyle 5.[5]
See also
edit- HomeSite
- FeedDemon
References
edit- ^ "Nick Bradbury: Top 40?". 11 May 2007. Retrieved 2014-09-27.
- ^ "SmallBusiness.com: An Inside Look at Automattic's No Office Approach". 25 September 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-29.
- ^ "LinkedIn: Nick Bradbury". Retrieved 2014-09-30.
- ^ "Adobe - Adobe completes acquisition of Macromedia". Retrieved 2014-09-27.
- ^ "Nick Bradbury: ANN: TopStyle Acquired by Stefan van As". Retrieved 2014-09-29.
External links
edit- Nick Bradbury's Blog
- TopStyle - Official website