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  <title>Episode 11: Andy Baio has been eaten by a grue</title>
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Andy Baio is a veteran of the early web, creator of waxy.org (http://waxy.org), upcoming.org (http://upcoming.org), and playfic.com (http://playfic.com). He was the first CTO for Kickstarter and went on to create the XOXO Festival (https://2018.xoxofest.com/) in Portland Oregon. 
He's also into collecting original 1980s Infocom games and still plays them today despite owning modern computers and video cards that can do so much more. 
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<p>Andy Baio is a veteran of the early web, creator of <a href="http://waxy.org" rel="nofollow">waxy.org</a>, <a href="http://upcoming.org" rel="nofollow">upcoming.org</a>, and <a href="http://playfic.com" rel="nofollow">playfic.com</a>. He was the first CTO for Kickstarter and went on to create the <a href="https://2018.xoxofest.com/" rel="nofollow">XOXO Festival</a> in Portland Oregon. </p>

<p>He&#39;s also into collecting original 1980s Infocom games and still plays them today despite owning modern computers and video cards that can do so much more.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Andy Baio (@waxpancake) | Twitter" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/waxpancake">Andy Baio (@waxpancake) | Twitter</a></li><li><a title="Waxy.org – Andy Baio lives here" rel="nofollow" href="https://waxy.org/">Waxy.org – Andy Baio lives here</a></li><li><a title="XOXO -- Portland, Oregon -- September 6-9, 2018" rel="nofollow" href="https://2018.xoxofest.com/">XOXO -- Portland, Oregon -- September 6-9, 2018</a></li><li><a title="Hari Kondabolu (@harikondabolu) | Twitter" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/harikondabolu?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Hari Kondabolu (@harikondabolu) | Twitter</a></li><li><a title="jonny sun (@jonnysun) | Twitter" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/jonnysun">jonny sun (@jonnysun) | Twitter</a></li><li><a title="demi adejuyigbe (@electrolemon) | Twitter" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/electrolemon">demi adejuyigbe (@electrolemon) | Twitter</a></li><li><a title="Reductress » Women&#39;s News. Feminized." rel="nofollow" href="http://reductress.com/">Reductress » Women's News. Feminized.</a></li><li><a title="Art by Matt Furie" rel="nofollow" href="http://mattfurie.com/">Art by Matt Furie</a></li><li><a title="Ijeoma Oluo (@IjeomaOluo) | Twitter" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/IjeomaOluo">Ijeoma Oluo (@IjeomaOluo) | Twitter</a></li><li><a title="Open Mike Eagle (@Mike_Eagle) | Twitter" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/Mike_Eagle">Open Mike Eagle (@Mike_Eagle) | Twitter</a></li><li><a title="Claire L. Evans — Broad Band" rel="nofollow" href="https://clairelevans.com/">Claire L. Evans — Broad Band</a></li><li><a title="Adam Ruins Everything — truTV - Official Site" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.trutv.com/shows/adam-ruins-everything/index.html">Adam Ruins Everything — truTV - Official Site</a></li><li><a title="Jennifer 8. Lee (@jenny8lee) | Twitter" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/jenny8lee">Jennifer 8. Lee (@jenny8lee) | Twitter</a></li><li><a title="Jean Grae (@JeanGreasy) | Twitter" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/JeanGreasy">Jean Grae (@JeanGreasy) | Twitter</a></li><li><a title="John Hodgman (@hodgman) | Twitter" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hodgman">John Hodgman (@hodgman) | Twitter</a></li><li><a title="This Is Love" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.thisislovepodcast.com/">This Is Love</a></li><li><a title="Criminal | A Podcast About Crime" rel="nofollow" href="https://thisiscriminal.com/">Criminal | A Podcast About Crime</a></li><li><a title="Feminist Frequency Radio by Anita Sarkeesian, Carolyn Petit, Ebony Aster on Apple Podcasts" rel="nofollow" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/feminist-frequency-radio/id1307153574?mt=2">Feminist Frequency Radio by Anita Sarkeesian, Carolyn Petit, Ebony Aster on Apple Podcasts</a></li><li><a title="Friendshipping! podcast" rel="nofollow" href="https://friendshipping.simplecast.fm/">Friendshipping! podcast</a></li><li><a title="Botnik studios" rel="nofollow" href="http://botnik.org/">Botnik studios</a></li><li><a title="Letting neural networks be weird" rel="nofollow" href="http://aiweirdness.com/">Letting neural networks be weird</a></li><li><a title="Francine" rel="nofollow" href="http://diana-adrianne.com/purecss-francine/">Francine</a></li><li><a title="nicole he&#39;s internet realm" rel="nofollow" href="http://nicole.pizza/">nicole he's internet realm</a></li><li><a title="Glitch - The Friendly, Creative Community" rel="nofollow" href="https://glitch.com/">Glitch - The Friendly, Creative Community</a></li><li><a title="Dorris McComics" rel="nofollow" href="http://dorrismccomics.com/">Dorris McComics</a></li><li><a title="Zoë Quinn’s first comic leads DC Comics’ relaunch of Vertigo - Polygon" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.polygon.com/comics/2018/6/7/17435908/dc-vertigo-relaunch-zoe-quinn-comic">Zoë Quinn’s first comic leads DC Comics’ relaunch of Vertigo - Polygon</a></li><li><a title="Games by Infocom" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.infocom-if.org/games/games.html">Games by Infocom</a></li><li><a title="Firewatch" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.firewatchgame.com/">Firewatch</a></li><li><a title="The Interactive Fiction Competition" rel="nofollow" href="https://ifcomp.org/">The Interactive Fiction Competition</a></li><li><a title="Inform 7" rel="nofollow" href="http://inform7.com/">Inform 7</a></li><li><a title="InfocomBot for AOL Instant Messenger – Waxy.org" rel="nofollow" href="https://waxy.org/2004/03/infocombot_for/">InfocomBot for AOL Instant Messenger – Waxy.org</a></li><li><a title="GET LAMP: THE TEXT ADVENTURE DOCUMENTARY" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.getlamp.com/">GET LAMP: THE TEXT ADVENTURE DOCUMENTARY</a></li><li><a title="Playfic" rel="nofollow" href="http://playfic.com/">Playfic</a></li><li><a title="Twine / An open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories" rel="nofollow" href="https://twinery.org/">Twine / An open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories</a></li><li><a title="Most Played games at Playfic" rel="nofollow" href="http://playfic.com/explore/popular">Most Played games at Playfic</a></li><li><a title="Longest/most characters in games at Playfic" rel="nofollow" href="http://playfic.com/explore/length">Longest/most characters in games at Playfic</a></li><li><a title="Mrs. Crabtree&#39;s Geography Class by Andrew Schultz — Playfic" rel="nofollow" href="http://playfic.com/games/AndrewS/mrs-crabtrees-geography-class">Mrs. Crabtree's Geography Class by Andrew Schultz — Playfic</a></li><li><a title="Sherlock Holmes and the Indecipherable Cipher by Allison — Playfic" rel="nofollow" href="http://playfic.com/games/soundofthebaskervilles/sherlock-holmes-and-the-indecipherable-cipher">Sherlock Holmes and the Indecipherable Cipher by Allison — Playfic</a></li><li><a title="Attend XOXO 2018 — XOXO" rel="nofollow" href="https://my.xoxofest.com/attend">Attend XOXO 2018 — XOXO</a></li><li><a title="Podcast Hosting and Analytics - Fireside" rel="nofollow" href="https://fireside.fm/">Podcast Hosting and Analytics - Fireside</a></li></ul>]]>
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<p>Andy Baio is a veteran of the early web, creator of <a href="http://waxy.org" rel="nofollow">waxy.org</a>, <a href="http://upcoming.org" rel="nofollow">upcoming.org</a>, and <a href="http://playfic.com" rel="nofollow">playfic.com</a>. He was the first CTO for Kickstarter and went on to create the <a href="https://2018.xoxofest.com/" rel="nofollow">XOXO Festival</a> in Portland Oregon. </p>

<p>He&#39;s also into collecting original 1980s Infocom games and still plays them today despite owning modern computers and video cards that can do so much more.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Andy Baio (@waxpancake) | Twitter" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/waxpancake">Andy Baio (@waxpancake) | Twitter</a></li><li><a title="Waxy.org – Andy Baio lives here" rel="nofollow" href="https://waxy.org/">Waxy.org – Andy Baio lives here</a></li><li><a title="XOXO -- Portland, Oregon -- September 6-9, 2018" rel="nofollow" href="https://2018.xoxofest.com/">XOXO -- Portland, Oregon -- September 6-9, 2018</a></li><li><a title="Hari Kondabolu (@harikondabolu) | Twitter" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/harikondabolu?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Hari Kondabolu (@harikondabolu) | Twitter</a></li><li><a title="jonny sun (@jonnysun) | Twitter" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/jonnysun">jonny sun (@jonnysun) | Twitter</a></li><li><a title="demi adejuyigbe (@electrolemon) | Twitter" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/electrolemon">demi adejuyigbe (@electrolemon) | Twitter</a></li><li><a title="Reductress » Women&#39;s News. Feminized." rel="nofollow" href="http://reductress.com/">Reductress » Women's News. Feminized.</a></li><li><a title="Art by Matt Furie" rel="nofollow" href="http://mattfurie.com/">Art by Matt Furie</a></li><li><a title="Ijeoma Oluo (@IjeomaOluo) | Twitter" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/IjeomaOluo">Ijeoma Oluo (@IjeomaOluo) | Twitter</a></li><li><a title="Open Mike Eagle (@Mike_Eagle) | Twitter" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/Mike_Eagle">Open Mike Eagle (@Mike_Eagle) | Twitter</a></li><li><a title="Claire L. Evans — Broad Band" rel="nofollow" href="https://clairelevans.com/">Claire L. Evans — Broad Band</a></li><li><a title="Adam Ruins Everything — truTV - Official Site" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.trutv.com/shows/adam-ruins-everything/index.html">Adam Ruins Everything — truTV - Official Site</a></li><li><a title="Jennifer 8. Lee (@jenny8lee) | Twitter" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/jenny8lee">Jennifer 8. Lee (@jenny8lee) | Twitter</a></li><li><a title="Jean Grae (@JeanGreasy) | Twitter" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/JeanGreasy">Jean Grae (@JeanGreasy) | Twitter</a></li><li><a title="John Hodgman (@hodgman) | Twitter" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/hodgman">John Hodgman (@hodgman) | Twitter</a></li><li><a title="This Is Love" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.thisislovepodcast.com/">This Is Love</a></li><li><a title="Criminal | A Podcast About Crime" rel="nofollow" href="https://thisiscriminal.com/">Criminal | A Podcast About Crime</a></li><li><a title="Feminist Frequency Radio by Anita Sarkeesian, Carolyn Petit, Ebony Aster on Apple Podcasts" rel="nofollow" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/feminist-frequency-radio/id1307153574?mt=2">Feminist Frequency Radio by Anita Sarkeesian, Carolyn Petit, Ebony Aster on Apple Podcasts</a></li><li><a title="Friendshipping! podcast" rel="nofollow" href="https://friendshipping.simplecast.fm/">Friendshipping! podcast</a></li><li><a title="Botnik studios" rel="nofollow" href="http://botnik.org/">Botnik studios</a></li><li><a title="Letting neural networks be weird" rel="nofollow" href="http://aiweirdness.com/">Letting neural networks be weird</a></li><li><a title="Francine" rel="nofollow" href="http://diana-adrianne.com/purecss-francine/">Francine</a></li><li><a title="nicole he&#39;s internet realm" rel="nofollow" href="http://nicole.pizza/">nicole he's internet realm</a></li><li><a title="Glitch - The Friendly, Creative Community" rel="nofollow" href="https://glitch.com/">Glitch - The Friendly, Creative Community</a></li><li><a title="Dorris McComics" rel="nofollow" href="http://dorrismccomics.com/">Dorris McComics</a></li><li><a title="Zoë Quinn’s first comic leads DC Comics’ relaunch of Vertigo - Polygon" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.polygon.com/comics/2018/6/7/17435908/dc-vertigo-relaunch-zoe-quinn-comic">Zoë Quinn’s first comic leads DC Comics’ relaunch of Vertigo - Polygon</a></li><li><a title="Games by Infocom" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.infocom-if.org/games/games.html">Games by Infocom</a></li><li><a title="Firewatch" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.firewatchgame.com/">Firewatch</a></li><li><a title="The Interactive Fiction Competition" rel="nofollow" href="https://ifcomp.org/">The Interactive Fiction Competition</a></li><li><a title="Inform 7" rel="nofollow" href="http://inform7.com/">Inform 7</a></li><li><a title="InfocomBot for AOL Instant Messenger – Waxy.org" rel="nofollow" href="https://waxy.org/2004/03/infocombot_for/">InfocomBot for AOL Instant Messenger – Waxy.org</a></li><li><a title="GET LAMP: THE TEXT ADVENTURE DOCUMENTARY" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.getlamp.com/">GET LAMP: THE TEXT ADVENTURE DOCUMENTARY</a></li><li><a title="Playfic" rel="nofollow" href="http://playfic.com/">Playfic</a></li><li><a title="Twine / An open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories" rel="nofollow" href="https://twinery.org/">Twine / An open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories</a></li><li><a title="Most Played games at Playfic" rel="nofollow" href="http://playfic.com/explore/popular">Most Played games at Playfic</a></li><li><a title="Longest/most characters in games at Playfic" rel="nofollow" href="http://playfic.com/explore/length">Longest/most characters in games at Playfic</a></li><li><a title="Mrs. Crabtree&#39;s Geography Class by Andrew Schultz — Playfic" rel="nofollow" href="http://playfic.com/games/AndrewS/mrs-crabtrees-geography-class">Mrs. Crabtree's Geography Class by Andrew Schultz — Playfic</a></li><li><a title="Sherlock Holmes and the Indecipherable Cipher by Allison — Playfic" rel="nofollow" href="http://playfic.com/games/soundofthebaskervilles/sherlock-holmes-and-the-indecipherable-cipher">Sherlock Holmes and the Indecipherable Cipher by Allison — Playfic</a></li><li><a title="Attend XOXO 2018 — XOXO" rel="nofollow" href="https://my.xoxofest.com/attend">Attend XOXO 2018 — XOXO</a></li><li><a title="Podcast Hosting and Analytics - Fireside" rel="nofollow" href="https://fireside.fm/">Podcast Hosting and Analytics - Fireside</a></li></ul>]]>
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