John Styn

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John Halcyon Styn
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Styn in 2011
Born (1971-05-28) May 28, 1971 (age 54)
San Diego, California, U.S.
Other namesHalcyon Lujah, Halcyon Pink

John Halcyon Styn (born May 28, 1971) is an American blogger, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, web designer, author, and web celebrity, [1] who "pushed the boundaries of online self-expression" [2] through his various online projects. He is currently the co-founder of 1st Saturdays, [3] [4] a homeless outreach project, and the host of Hug Nation. [5]

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Career

Styn worked as the first webmaster for Sony's Station e-commerce mall and for CollegeClub.com. [6]

Styn has won two Webby Awards, the first, as the designer and star of his personal website, cockybastard.com, [7] and the second for a Hug Nation video podcast. [8]

Other projects have included:

Blogging career

Styn bought his first URL in 1996 to put his self-published zine, Prehensile Tales, on the web. [22] This first autobiographical ezine ran from 1996 to 2000.

He first achieved internet notoriety when one of his stories got him into trouble with Fruit of the Loom, [23] when they sent a cease and desist order on March 2, 1998, demanding that he take down a parody of their logo that he made for a blog post.

He was also a contributor for the Burning Blog, the official blog of Burning Man. [24]

Awards and nominations

YearAssociationCategoryResult
2000 Webby Award Best Personal Website — cockybastard.comWon
2007 Webby Award Reality — Hug NationWon

References

  1. ↑ Wilson, Michael (September 18, 2012). "Real Photo, Fake Family". NY Times.
  2. 1 2 Derek M. Powazek (2002). "A Conversation with John Styn". Design for community: the art of connecting real people in virtual places . New Riders. p.  159. ISBN   9780735710757.
  3. 1 2 Morlan, Kinsee (January 19, 2011). "Online Intimacy". San Diego City Beat. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Helping the Homeless in San Diego". 12 October 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  5. 1 2 Bryant, Steve (June 5, 2007). "Taking in the Webby Video Scene". gigaom. Archived from the original on January 22, 2011.
  6. ↑ Hafner, Katie (May 31, 2001). "A Beautiful Life, an Early Death, a Fraud Exposed". New York Times. Archived from the original on 8 February 2002.
  7. ↑ "And the winner is ..." The Independent. May 15, 2000. Archived from the original on May 27, 2014.
  8. ↑ Evans, Jamie (September 2, 2011). "Hugnation Wins The Votes Of People Like Better Reality Site For The 11th Annual Webby Award". Gadgets Radar. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012.
  9. ↑ Albrecht, Chris (March 9, 2009). "Did NBC Regret Its (Post)Secret Web Series Ambitions?". Gigaom.com. Archived from the original on March 10, 2015.
  10. ↑ "How to build a technology company around food – John Styn of FreshRealm". Medialeaders.com. June 13, 2014.
  11. ↑ Becky, Haycox (June 17, 2015). "Meet this year's Economic Outlook Breakfast Speakers". Ventura Chamber of Commerce.
  12. ↑ Olanoff, Drew (September 27, 2011). "AnyBeat is the social network that doesn't even want your real name". The Next Web.
  13. ↑ Sites, Kevin. "People of the Web - Love Warriors". Yahoo. Archived from the original on 2007-07-03. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  14. ↑ Stern, Otto Z. (23 June 2007). "Yahoo!'s pink liberation army a threat to America's youth • The Register". The Register. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  15. ↑ Lewis, Todd (September 30, 2005). "Digital Orgy for Charity Sunday". Adult Video News.
  16. ↑ Lewis, Todd. "PINK+AID Charity Porn DVD Now Available". Adult Video News.
  17. ↑ Barrett, Marty (December 1, 2003). "A Fistful of Porn: The Porn Posse Saddles Up". Adult Video News.
  18. ↑ Senft, Theresa M. (2008). Camgirls: Celebrity and Community in the Age of Social Networks. Peter Lang. ISBN   9780820456942 . Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  19. ↑ Styn, John (2010). Love more. Fear less. Lulu. ISBN   9780557669196.
  20. ↑ Styn, John (2021). Protagonist: 50 Years of Life as Art. BookBaby. ISBN   9781098399764.
  21. ↑ Martinez, Chris (April 24, 2025). "Meet John Halcyon Styn". Canvas Rebel.
  22. ↑ "Halycon". Ambush Interview. March 23, 2005.
  23. ↑ "15 Questions for Halcyon Styn" . Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  24. ↑ "Posts by John "Halcyon" Styn". Black Rock City, llc.
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