Meg Hourihan

Meg Nut – www.megnut.com
Meg’s Personal Blog – meg.hourihan.com

30 Second Rundown:

Hourihan is a co-founder of Pyra Labs, the company that created Blogger before it was acquired by Google in 2003. Nowadays, Hourihan concentrates in running her food blog, Megnut.com on which she described herself as a “food enthusiast”. Hourihan is married to Jason Kottke who was ranked in the top 20 on the NxE’s Fifty Most Influential Bloggers list back in 2007.

Why She Matters:

Hourihan has been blogging since 1999, which makes her one of the earliest and longest-standing bloggers in the world. The blogging platform, Blogger, that she helped built is one of, if not, the most well known blogging platform on the internet today. She is also a well-known technology author and speaker, who makes frequent appearances at many of the large conferences. In 2003, Meg was named a “Young Innovator Who Will Create the Future” by MIT’s Technology Review magazine. PC Magazine recognized Meg as one of its 2004 People of the Year.