Jeremie Miller
{{short description|American computer programmer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jeremie Miller
| image = File:Jeremie Miller at SXSW 2011 (cropped).jpg
| alt = Jeremie Miller smiles at the camera while attending the SXSW film festival in Austin, Texas during March 2011.
| caption = Jeremie Miller in 2011
| birth_date = {{circa}} {{Birth year and age|1975}}{{cite web |last1=Angwin |first1=Julia |title=The Instant Messager |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1020882444493039840 |website=Wall Street Journal |publisher=Dow Jones & Company, Inc. |access-date=24 October 2023 |date=13 May 2002}}
| birth_place = Cascade, Iowa
| occupation = Software developer
| years_active = 1998–present
| organization = Bluesky Social, PBC
| known_for = Inventor of the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol
| works = Jabber.org, XMPP, Locker, Telehash
| website = [https://github.com/quartzjer GitHub]
}}
Jeremie Miller (born {{circa}} {{Birth year|1975}}) is an American software developer and entrepreneur best known for his role in the development of Jabber and the release of jabberd, an early implementation of an XMPP server, in 1999. His work contributed to the standardization of the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) by the Internet Engineering Task Force in 2004, and variations of XMPP have since been implemented on WhatsApp, Kik Messenger, and Zoom.
In 2007, Miller became the technical lead for Wikia Search, an open-source search engine initiative. He later co-founded Singly, Inc. in 2010, which introduced Telehash and Locker. The company was later acquired by Appcelerator in 2013. Currently, Miller sits on the board of directors for Bluesky, a social media platform.
Biography
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Miller is from Cascade, Iowa, and lives in Denver, Colorado.{{Citation needed|date=June 2017}}
Miller began developing software on his farm in Iowa. He attended Iowa State University where he studied computer and electrical design. He broke off his studies early in 1995 to join an Internet startup company.{{Which|date=April 2017}}{{Citation needed|date=June 2017}}
He began working on Jabber in 1998, and later released jabberd, the first implementation of an XMPP server, on January 4, 1999.{{cite book |last1=Saint-Andre |first1=Peter |last2=Smith |first2=Kevin |last3=Tronçon |first3=Remko |title=XMPP: The Definitive Guide |date=2009 |publisher=O'Reilly Media |location=Sebastopol, CA |isbn=978-0-596-52126-4 |page=7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ChTCQYLIDfoC&dq=Jeremie%20Miller&pg=PA7 |access-date=18 October 2023}}{{Cite journal |last=Saint-Andre |first=Peter |date=September 2005 |title=Streaming XML with Jabber/XMPP |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1510608 |access-date=2023-10-18 |journal=IEEE Internet Computing |volume=9 |issue=5 |pages=82–89 |publisher=IEEE Computer Society|doi=10.1109/MIC.2005.110 }}{{Cite web |date=1999-01-04 |title=Open Real Time Messaging System - Slashdot |url=https://slashdot.org/story/99/01/04/1621211/open-real-time-messaging-system |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=slashdot.org |language=en}} He also wrote one of the first XML parsers in JavaScript. The release of jabberd 1.0 in May 2000, including protocols for real-time XML streaming by Jeremie Miller and the open-source community, were the basis for XMPP when it was standardized by the Internet Engineering Task Force in RFC 3920 and RFC 3921 during October 2004.{{Cite web |title=XMPP - History of XMPP |url=https://xmpp.org/about/history/ |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=xmpp.org}} Variations of XMPP based on Miller's work have since been adopted by WhatsApp, Kik Messenger, and Zoom (software).{{Cite web |title=XMPP Instant Messaging |url=https://xmpp.org/uses/instant-messaging/ |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=xmpp.org}}
In May 2007, he was hired at Wikia to be technical lead for a project to create an open search engine called Wikia Search.[http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/05/01/search-wikia-hires-jabber-founder_1.html Search Wikia hires Jabber founder, expands concept] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013203352/http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/05/01/search-wikia-hires-jabber-founder_1.html |date=2007-10-13 }}
Miller co-founded a company called Singly in 2010, which announced the Locker Project in 2011 and TeleHash projects.{{Citation needed|date=June 2017}}
Singly was acquired by Appcelerator in August 2013 on undisclosed terms.{{cite web |title= Why did Appcelerator buy Singly? Because it wants to be the next Oracle |author= Devindra Hardawar |work= Venture Beat |date= August 22, 2013 |url= https://venturebeat.com/2013/08/22/why-did-appcelerator-buy-singly-because-it-wants-to-be-the-next-oracle/ |accessdate=2017-04-03 }}
References
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External links
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070310223040/http://www.linux-mag.com/id/902 The Messenger: An Interview with Jabber's Creator, Jeremie Miller]}}, Robert McMillan, Linux Magazine, November 15, 2001
- [http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/02/singly-locker-project-telehash.html The Locker Project: data for the people], Tish Shute, Radar O'Reilly, February 2011
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110328191723/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/creator_of_instant_messaging_protocol_to_launch_ap.php Creator of Instant Messaging Protocol to Launch App Platform for Your Life], Marshall Kirkpatrick, February 3, 2011
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