Veda Hlubinka-Cook[2] (born Robert Cook, on December 26, 1964) is an American programmer and co-founder of Metaweb.[3][4] The company was acquired by Google in 2010.[1]
Veda Hlubinka-Cook | |
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 Cook in 2018 | |
| Born | Robert Cook December 26, 1964 Long Beach, California, United States |
| Occupation | Computer programmer |
| Years active | 2004-present |
| Organization(s) | Metaweb Technologies (acquired by Google in July 2010)[1] |
Career
editCook was a video game programmer at Broderbund in the 1980s. She designed and wrote the games Gumball and D/Generation;[5] was the model for one of the characters in Jordan Mechner's game Prince of Persia; and was technical director for The Last Express.[6]
Personal life
editShe came out as transgender in 2017.[2][7]
References
edit- ^ a b "Metaweb joins Google" (Press release). Metaweb. 2010-07-16. Archived from the original on 2012-05-30. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
- ^ a b "V. Cook's LinkedIn profile". Retrieved 2019-03-06.
- ^ Markoff, John (9 March 2007). "Start-Up Aims for Database to Automate Web Searching". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2022 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "Sharing what matters". The Economist. 7 July 2007. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
- ^ Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers". Archived from the original on 2019-07-13. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
- ^ "Biography of Robert Cook". O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference. O'Reilly Media. March 2007. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2008.
- ^ "Digital Dissent". Berkeley Center for New Media. 25 April 2017. Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
External links
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Media related to Veda Hlubinka-Cook at Wikimedia Commons
- Interview with V. Cook | Technometria | IT Conversations at the Wayback Machine (archived 2 April 2019)
- U.S. patent 6,061,462 "Digital cartoon and animation process"
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