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ABOUT FIFTYTHINGSfiftythings had its genesis during a typical morning commute down Interstate 280 from San Francisco to Palo Alto in 1998. Looking over at the second growth redwood trees on the west side of the freeway and wondering what it had all looked like before the logging and the damming of the coastal creek that has since become a reservoir -- an idea blossomed -- what kinds of things should we be saving as we enter the new millennium? The Internet was growing in influence and it seemed the perfect forum to pose the question. 50 things seemed like a reasonable place to start. Since launching the site in 1998, it has had over 4 million visitors. In the year 2000, fiftythings had its fifteen minutes in the spotlight with Yahoo, USA Today, NPR, Popular Science, Christian Science Monitor and thousands of website links. The website continues to evolve over time. Visitors are encouraged to send email about other "things" that should be included in fiftythings.
ABOUT THE AUTHORSKeith J. Foxe, co-editor and writer, was born in Springfield, MA, and grew up in Enfield, CT. He graduated from Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. He worked for U.S. Congressman Bruce Morrison. At Crown Publishers, a division of Random House, in New York City, he was a publicist for Deepak Chopra, columnist Dave Barry, and many noted rock 'n' roll artists and critics. He served as the communications director for the ICSC, a retail and real estate trade association in New York City. Moving to San Francisco in 1994, he was the project manager for a joint retail venture with The Good Guys and Tower Records. He was Senior Director of Production and Creative for Internet Shopping Network, the first Internet shopping site. He worked at a number of Internet start-ups, including eBay, and is presently the Director of Business Development with Entertainment, an IAC/InterActive Corp. company. He is a faculty member of the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, and an occasional swimmer and rower in San Francisco bay. Jill Foxe, co-editor and designer, was born in St. Louis, MO, and grew up in Overland Park, KS. She graduated from the University of Kansas in 1986 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism. She has worked as a magazine production manager for Vance Publishing in Kansas City, Dance Magazine in New York City, and Ziff-Davis (MacUser magazine) in San Francisco. She has also worked as a marketing manager in the retail industry in Kansas City and New Hampshire. She is currently raising their eight-year-old son, Graham; is an active
parent at the French-American International School; and manages a home organizing
and design business in San Francisco.
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