Paul Ford
Co-Founder
Paul Ford is a writer, product strategist, educator, programmer, software consultant, and co-founder of Postlight. He has consulted on and managed digital and editorial strategies for organizations as diverse as Harper’s Magazine, where he was an editor for five years, Condé Nast, Credit Suisse, Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, and VICE Media, and for the media consulting firm Activate, where he contributed to editorial and product strategies for global media and finance firms.
Paul is widely known as a writer and commentator for national outlets like Wired and the New York Times, and is often anthologized in “Best of” collections. In 2016, Paul won the National Magazine Award for writing an entire issue of Bloomberg Businessweek to explain programming to a mass audience— an essay called “What Is Code?”
Paul has advised many startups at different growth stages and is an advisor to the publishing platform Medium. He was also an advisor to the White House Office of Digital Strategy during the Obama Administration, and helps out at the Library of Congress. Paul teaches at the School of Visual Arts and has appeared on countless radio programs, TV programs, and podcasts.
Recent Articles
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#340 Our Credible Journey: On Joining NTT DATA
Paul and Rich join Chris and Gina to discuss their Postlight journey
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The Chorus of Complainers
Modern software never stops asking for things. It needs to stop.
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#331 Efficiency Is Highly Overrated: Some Life Advice
Paul and Rich share some Kevin Kelly life wisdom
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#330 Vanity Purchases: On Elon Musk and Twitter
Paul and Rich on the wealthy and their vanity projects
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#328 Kids and Phones: On Parenting and Technology
Paul and Rich on finding the balance between giving your kids freedom and protecting them
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#327 There’s No Escape From Physical Reality: Why Web3 Is Boring
Paul and Rich on why they’re still apprehensive about Web3
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#325 Too Many Monkeys: Handing Back Responsibilities With Tony Haile
Tony Haile on understanding product team dynamics and priorities.
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#324 The Price Tag for Climate Change: With Probable Futures
Probable Futures on the importance of visualizing climate change
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#322 Incremental Revolution: On TypeScript With Orta Therox
Orta Therox on all things TypeScript