Daniel Kehoe has been part of the development of the Web since its beginnings in 1991, as one of the first participants in Tim Berner-Lee’s www-talk forum. At the time, he was working as a technical writer at Steve Jobs’s NeXT Computer (see the post Early Days of the Web). Here’s a timeline of other significant events in his life.
Timeline
- Twitter account @yaxdotcom (Jan 1, 2021)
- Article 30th Anniversary of the Web (Dec 21, 2020)
- Yax.com project for do-it-yourself websites (April 2020 - present)
- living in Bali (March 2020 - present)
- Angat.io mentorship community launch (January 2020)
- Consultant (in Director of Engineering role), First Circle (July - Dec 2019)
- API Architect (remote), Retention Rocket (Sept 2018 - May 2019)
- Y Combinator Startup School (Aug - Nov 2018)
- Senior Ruby Developer (remote), Hatton Point (May 2017 - Dec 2017)
- RubyHack conference speaker, Salt Lake City (April 2017)
- lived in Manila (July 2016 - March 2020)
- Fullstack Videos tutorials project (2016)
- lived in Sydney, Australia (March - June 2016)
- Bali to develop US Patent 15708312 (March 2016)
- Instagram account @danielmileskehoe (March 2015)
- living and traveling in Southeast Asia (March 2015 - present)
- taught Ruby on Rails workshops in Cape Town (Jan 2015)
- left San Francisco and traveled to South Africa (Dec 2014)
- Author, Learn Ruby on Rails (released Nov 2013)
- taught Ruby on Rails workshops in SF (2013)
- nReduce startup incubator (2012)
- Founder, RailsApps Project (April 2011 - April 2017)
- Twitter account @rails_apps (Oct 2010)
- lived in the Sunset District, San Francisco (2010 - 2014)
- consulting CTO (2009 - 2011)
- Twitter account @danielkehoe (Aug 2008)
- CTO, Foodmoves (2006 - 2008)
- Web developer for Abraham-Hicks (2003 - 2005)
- began studying with spiritual teachers in the Advaita Vedanta (non-dualism) tradition (2001)
- dotcom crash (April 2000)
- CTO, MediaImprint (1999 - 2000)
- Web Application Architect, Navis (1999 - 2002)
- Crossbar Java open source project (1999)
- web application developer (in Perl and Java) (1994 - 1999)
- Founder and Developer, Bookport (1994 - 1998)
- meetings with Robert Cailliau, SLAC, and Adobe (1993)
- son Walker Kehoe born (Nov 1993)
- Consultant, Marble Associates (1993 - 1994)
- Author (with Seth Ross), Taking the Next Step: The Buyers’ Guide to Nextstep Computing (released Feb 1993)
- Tim Berners-Lee announces the WorldWideWeb (1991)
- Technical Writer, NeXT Computer (1991)
- met friend and mentor John Perry Barlow
- Contributing Editor, NeXTWORLD Magazine (1991 - 1994)
- lived in Forest Knolls, Marin County, California (1989 - 2010)
- Contributing Editor, PC WORLD Magazine (1989 - 1991)
- worked in the desktop publishing industry (1986 - 1990)
- lived in Rockridge, Oakland, California (1986 - 1989)
- travel around the world (1985)
- VP of sales for a small children’s book publisher (1984 - 1985)
- Stanford Publishing Course (1984)
- Copy Editor, Prentice-Hall, New York City (1983)
- met friend and mentor Martin Sostre
- lived at 109th & Amsterdam, Upper West Side, NYC (1981 - 1984)
- Publisher, Express Music Magazine, Milwaukee (1981)
Travel Timeline
- living in Bali (March 2020 - present)
- relocated from Manila to Bali (March 2020)
- Tokyo, Nagano, and Osaka, Japan (Feb 2020)
- Sagada, Philippines (Feb 2020)
- Taiwan (Nov 2019)
- Boracay, Philippines (Aug 2019)
- Palawan, Philippines (July 2019)
- Hong Kong (July 2019)
- Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia (June 2019)
- Brunei (June 2019)
- Labuan, Malaysia (June 2019)
- Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia (May 2019)
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (April 2019)
- Ho Chi Minh City, Ha Long Bay and Phu Quoc, Vietnam (April 2019)
- Luang Prabang, Laos (Jan 2019)
- Bangkok and Chiang Mai, Thailand (Jan 2019)
- Coron, Philippines (Dec 2018)
- Bali, Indonesia (Nov 2018)
- Taipei, Taiwan (Sept 2018)
- Yogyakarta and Surakarta, Indonesia (July 2018)
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (July 2018)
- Kyiv, Ukraine (April 2018)
- Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (April 2018)
- Coron, Philippines (December 2017)
- Baguio, Philippines (Oct 2017)
- Pangasinan, Philippines (Sept 2017)
- Boulder, Colorado (April 2017)
- Salt Lake City, Utah (April 2017)
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (March 2017)
- Siquijor, Philippines (March 2017)
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Jan 2017)
- Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia (Nov 2016)
- Kyoto, Japan (Sept 2016)
- lived in Manila (July 2016 - March 2020)
- Davao, Philippines (June 2016)
- Manila, Philippines (June 2016)
- Sydney, Australia (March - June 2016)
- Bali, Indonesia (March 2016)
- Singapore (March 2016)
- Davao, Philippines (Feb 2016)
- Cebu, Philippines (Feb 2016)
- Bohol, Philippines (Feb 2016)
- Chiang Mai, Thailand (Jan - Feb 2016)
- Siem Riep, Cambodia (Jan 2016)
- Ko Phi Phi, Thailand (Jan 2016)
- Chiang Mai, Thailand (Jan 2016)
- Bangkok, Thailand (Dec 2015 - Jan 2016)
- Hanoi, Vietnam (Dec 2015)
- Bangkok, Thailand (Nov - Dec 2015)
- Hanoi, Vietnam (Nov 2015)
- Nha Trang and Dalat, Vietnam (Oct - Nov 2015)
- Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (Oct 2015)
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (July - Oct 2015)
- Manila, Philippines (June - July 2015)
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (June 2015)
- Penang, Malaysia (May 2015)
- Bali, Indonesia (April 2015)
- Bandung, Indonesia (March 2015)
- Cape Town, South Africa (Dec 2014 - March 2015)
- Istanbul and Uludag, Turkey (Dec 2014)
- London, England (Dec 2014)
- Stockholm, Sweden (Dec 2014)
- lived in the Sunset District, San Francisco (2010 - 2014)
- lived in Forest Knolls, Marin County, California (1989 - 2010)
- lived in Rockridge, Oakland, California (1986 - 1989)
- lived at 109th & Amsterdam, Upper West Side, NYC (1981 - 1984)
Thank You for reading!
I've been part of building the web since its early days in 1991. Have something to say? Send email to daniel@danielkehoe.com. I'm currently working on the yax.com project for do-it-yourself websites.