DotComGuy, Gone And Forgotten He lived a dotcom existence for a year, promised six figures by a host of sponsors. The year ended on Sunday, and dotcomguy, derided by Net. http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,40940,00.html
Extractions: @import "/css/toolbox_article_bottom.css"; @import "/css/article.css"; @import "/css/google_ad.css"; @import "/css/wiredcomment.css"; Top Stories Magazine Wired Blogs All Wired Culture Lifestyle Michelle Delio Reader's advisory: Wired News has been unable to confirm some sources Geeks across the net are bidding DotComGuy a gleeful and sarcastic goodbye. The silicon shut-in walked out of his front door Monday after spending 365 days inside a house where he was monitored round-the-clock via a couple of dozen webcams that blasted the life and times of DotComGuy over the Internet. Visitors to the site could observe DotComGuy sitting, sneezing, shopping and sleeping. They could watch DotComDog chase a squeaky toy. But now, having completed what some are calling The Most Useless Achievement of Our Time , rumors are circulating that DotComGuy's sponsors pulled out months ago, and poor DotComGuy was left in the lurch without his promised $98,280 paycheck. E-mails to DotComGuy's media representatives return only an automated response, advising that they "may not be able to assist journalists on a tight deadline." But a
DotComGuy - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia dotcomguy was the name of a former computing systems manager who legally changed his name to dotcomguy from Mitch Maddox in 2000. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DotComGuy
Extractions: Jump to: navigation search DotComGuy was the name of a former computing systems manager who legally changed his name to DotComGuy from Mitch Maddox in 2000. His project was to live for one year (beginning on January 1, 2000) without leaving his house in Dallas Texas , ordering all food and necessities off the Internet and having them delivered. The house was monitored and several video feeds were streamed online. The project had a large number of sponsors including United Parcel Service Network Solutions Piper Jaffray Travelocity and Peapod It attracted a lot of attention in the media at first, but gradually public interest faded away. In the end of the project, DotComGuy legally changed his name back to Mitch Maddox and auctioned off http://DotComGuy.com . As of , the domain still exists and is in use by a domain parker Every year on 30 December DotComGuy joins his fans in a day long irc chat session at irc.urgo.org #DotComGuy Mitch Maddox now works in Dallas Texas for Riverstone Residential Group as the Director of Systems Integration.
DotComGuy.Net Hello and welcome to dotcomguy.Net, Your place for the Technogoly and Websites of 2008! . Archives. January 2008 November 2007 October 2007 http://www.dotcomguy.net/
#DotComGuy Fan Pictures And Channel Stats While dotcomguy is always online to be viewed, he is not always online to chat with. The stats from this page are indeed the results of being always http://urgo.org/dotcomguy/
Extractions: Welcome to the DCG Fan Page Reunion Info While DotComGuy is "always online" to be viewed, he is not always online to chat with. The stats from this page are indeed the results of being "always online" in the original DotComGuy chatroom on dalnet. To get into this chatroom you need to download mIRC and join #DotComGuy on irc.dal.net. For help connecting to irc go here. DotComGuy's year is over, but that does NOT mean chat is over! IRC Chat (irc.dal.net #DotComGuy) will be still be going for a LONG time. Also, the java chat room is still up. You can get to it by going to DotComGuy's New Web Site and clicking on Chat. To see the latest info on DotComGuy also check out his new web page. This web page will still continue to be u pdated with stats of the year 2001, and I am still taking additions to the fan section. =] If you were hiding all year, but still were a fan of the project or the guy, get yourself added. Also check out the DotComGuy CD where you can purchase yourself a copy of the entire year's worth of chat logs.
DotComGuy Quits 'internet Life' News24 SciTech News dotcomguy quits internet life A man who has spent four years as dotcomguy is finally ready to leave the internet life behind. http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_1499137,00.html
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Extractions: WEB SERVICES: Aired January 8, 2000 - 9:25 a.m. ET THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Well, this past holiday season showed that a lot of people, when it came to shopping, they went online, they got about anything they wanted. MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Well, it saved our Christmas in the household. PHILLIPS: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) you. O'BRIEN: And I can't go further, because there could be somebody watching which would hear the whole story and... Anyway, thank goodness for the Internet.
DotComGuy Emerges From Confinement dotcomguy emerges from confinement LM Otero, AP file The dotcomguy. DALLAS (AP) dotcomguy, who legally changed his name to reflect his online life, http://www.usatoday.com/news/ndstue02.htm
Extractions: from the i-coulda-done-*that*! dept. blurzero writes: "Remember DotComGuy? The Texan who decided to prove that people could buy everything they needed through e-commerce by locking himself in his home for an entire year, and Webcasting the entire thing? Well, DCG made it through all 366 days! F*ckedCompany.com
Welcome To E-Commerce Times dotcomguy laughed and said, No, I don t have a girlfriend. We countered by asking if he would find one online, since he can have visitors. http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/1986.html
Technology & Marketing Law Blog: What Ever Happened To DotComGuy? I had reason to investigate what happened to dotcomguy. You may remember him as the guy who lived in his apartment during all of 2000, ordering all of his http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2005/03/what_ever_happe.htm
Extractions: Movable Type 3.2 Main I had reason to investigate what happened to DotComGuy. You may remember him as the guy who lived in his apartment during all of 2000 , ordering all of his needs from the Internet and webcasting his life. In 2004, he failed to auction his trademark and domain name because the bid didnât clear his reservation price, but claimed that he would work out some deal. I couldnât easily find any further press reports, and I recently checked the website www.dotcomguy.com
Extractions: Content from our trusted partner BNET Get your own CNET Networks Widget. Content provided in partnership with Business Editors/High Tech Writers Spring Internet World 2000 NASHUA, N.H.(BUSINESS WIRE)April 7, 2000 White Pine Software Brings Premier Internet Celebrity to the Spring Internet World Trade Show Via a 3-Day Event in which the Public Can Participate White Pine Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: WPNE), a leading provider of multimedia conferencing applications for the Internet and intranets, today announced that DotComGuy is using the company's CU-SeeMe Web technology this week to interact live over the Internet with visitors to his site. Research and Markets ...
Salon.com Technology | A Poster Child For Internet Idiocy dotcomguy is a human incarnation of the worst the Net has to offer. - - - - - - - - - - - dotcomguy is sitting on his couch, watching television. http://archive.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/08/01/dotcomguy/index.html
Extractions: DotComGuy is sitting on his couch, watching television. I can hear traffic going by his house, a horn honking. The phone rings, and he jumps up to answer it, pacing back and forth like a trapped man. "Oh yeah. Definitely. Awesome!" he exclaims into the receiver, in elevated tones designed to be picked up by a microphone and beamed to the ears of millions of invisible listeners. He hangs up the phone, sits down, stares blankly at the television. A few minutes later, two of DotComGuy's friends show up with a bag of food although the picture is grainy and dim on my computer monitor, I think I can make out french fries. The three sit in silence. They are watching "Seinfeld" reruns.
DotComGuy@Everything2.com dotcomguy is a guy who decided to live off of the internet for one year starting on January 1, 2000. The rules are that he can t leave the perimeter of his http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=710091
DotComGuy = NotComGuy - Boing Boing BoingBoing reader Alex says, The man who legally changed his name to dotcomguy changed it back Tuesday to Mitch Maddox. The trademark and domain name are http://www.boingboing.net/2004/07/16/dotcomguy-notcomguy.html
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SatireWire | Briefs: DotCom Guy Drops DotCom From Name Initially, having DotCom in my name heightened my status, said Guy, who legally changed his name from Mitch Maddox to dotcomguy before entering virtual http://www.satirewire.com/briefs/dotcomguy.shtml
Extractions: Now He's Just 'Guy' DALLAS, TEXAS (SatireWire.com) DotComGuy According to Guy, whose one year in online self-isolation ends Jan. 1, the change more accurately reflects the true nature of his diversifying personal interests. That, and he was worried he wouldn't get laid with a name like DotComGuy. "Initially, having DotCom in my name heightened my status," said Guy, who legally changed his name from Mitch Maddox to DotComGuy before entering virtual seclusion last Jan. 1. "But now it's suddenly like I'm just some loser who is little more than a pathetic symbol of Internet hype." Guy denied the loser label might also refer to being a 27-year-old single male who hasn't left his house for a year.
Extractions: Business Editors/High-Tech Writers DALLAS(BUSINESS WIRE)March 16, 2004 The registered trademark, DotComGuy(R) and the domain name registration http://www.dotcomguy.com, will be offered for sale through an auction at http://www.dotcomguy.com. With more than 2 billion media impressions, DotComGuy(R) is the best-known global Internet trademark on the market. The family-friendly google_ad_client = 'pub-2905054723170537'; // substitute your client_id (pub-number) google_ad_channel = '4353353356'; google_ad_output = 'js'; google_max_num_ads = '3'; google_ad_type = 'text'; google_feedback = 'on'; brand is highly regarded by many demographic markets and was proudly sponsored by United Parcel Service, 3Com, Network Solutions, Piper Jaffrey, Travelocity and other major corporations. Background Four years ago, DotComGuy(R), borne Mitch Maddox, gained worldwide attention by moving into an empty two-bedroom house in Dallas, planning to live entirely off the Internet. Before moving in, Mitch legally changed his name to DotComGuy(R). Transformed from "average Joe" to Internet-guru, DotComGuy(R) became an Internet cyber-celebrity, ushering in the current reality-show craze.
