Jeremie Miller
Encyclopedia
Jeremie Miller is the inventor of Jabber/XMPP
technologies and was the primary developer of jabberd
1.0, the first XMPP server. He also wrote one of the very first XML parsers, in JavaScript
. He began working on Jabber
in 1998.
He began developing the software on his farm in Iowa
. Later, he attended Iowa State University
where he studied computer and electrical design. He broke off his studies early in 1995 to join an Internet startup company.
Miller is founder of Singly and currently working on the Locker Project and TeleHash projects and also acts in an advisory capacity on other startups.
In May 2007, he was also hired at Wikia
to be technical lead for a project to create an open search engine
called Wikia Search
.
He is from Cascade, Iowa
where he lives with his wife and three sons.
Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol
Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol is an open-standard communications protocol for message-oriented middleware based on XML . The protocol was originally named Jabber, and was developed by the Jabber open-source community in 1999 for near-real-time, extensible instant messaging , presence...
technologies and was the primary developer of jabberd
Jabberd
jabberd14 is a cross-platform XMPP server daemon. It is free, licensed under open source JOSL and GPL. jabberd2 was intended to be jabberd 1.4's successor but in 2006 the jabberd 1.4 project was still being developed....
1.0, the first XMPP server. He also wrote one of the very first XML parsers, in JavaScript
JavaScript
JavaScript is a prototype-based scripting language that is dynamic, weakly typed and has first-class functions. It is a multi-paradigm language, supporting object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles....
. He began working on Jabber
Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol
Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol is an open-standard communications protocol for message-oriented middleware based on XML . The protocol was originally named Jabber, and was developed by the Jabber open-source community in 1999 for near-real-time, extensible instant messaging , presence...
in 1998.
He began developing the software on his farm in Iowa
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
. Later, he attended Iowa State University
Iowa State University
Iowa State University of Science and Technology, more commonly known as Iowa State University , is a public land-grant and space-grant research university located in Ames, Iowa, United States. Iowa State has produced astronauts, scientists, and Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, along with a host of...
where he studied computer and electrical design. He broke off his studies early in 1995 to join an Internet startup company.
Miller is founder of Singly and currently working on the Locker Project and TeleHash projects and also acts in an advisory capacity on other startups.
In May 2007, he was also hired at Wikia
Wikia
Wikia is a free web hosting service for wikis . It is normally free of charge for readers and editors, deriving most of its income from advertising, and publishes all user-provided text under copyleft licenses. Wikia hosts several hundred thousand wikis using the open-source wiki software MediaWiki...
to be technical lead for a project to create an open search engine
Search engine
A search engine is an information retrieval system designed to help find information stored on a computer system. The search results are usually presented in a list and are commonly called hits. Search engines help to minimize the time required to find information and the amount of information...
called Wikia Search
Wikia Search
Wikia Search was a short-lived free and open-source Web search engine launched by Wikia, a for-profit wiki-hosting company founded in late 2004 by Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley....
.
He is from Cascade, Iowa
Cascade, Iowa
Cascade is a city in Dubuque County and Jones County, Iowa, United States. The Dubuque County portion is part of Dubuque Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Jones County portion is part of Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,958 at the 2000 census, but is now...
where he lives with his wife and three sons.
External links
- YES.com
- Jabbercon Fest, August 19, 2001
- The Messenger: An Interview with Jabber’s Creator, Jeremie Miller, Robert McMillan, Linux MagazineLinux MagazineLinux Magazine is a European professional journal. It addresses itself to readers who work professionally with operating systems based around the Linux kernel. Linux Magazine is published by Linux New Media AG and was born after the great success of Linux-Magazin...
, November 15, 2001 - The Locker Project: data for the people, Tish Shute, Radar O'Reilly, February 2011
- Creator of Instant Messaging Protocol to Launch App Platform for Your Life, Marshall Kirkpatrick, February 3, 2011