Marco Arment
American software developer
Marco Arment (born June 11, 1982) is an American iOS developer, web developer, podcaster, restaurateur, technology writer and former magazine editor. As a developer, he is best known for being chief technology officer for Tumblr and creating Instapaper and Overcast.
Early life and education
Marco Arment was born on June 11, 1982, in Columbus, Ohio. He attended Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania, and graduated in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science.
Career
Software Development
Arment worked as lead developer and chief technology officer (CTO) of the Tumblr microblogging platform and social networking website from its inception in February 2007 until September 2010, when he left to concentrate fully on Instapaper, a tool for saving web pages to read later. Arment announced on April 25, 2013, that he had sold the controlling interest in Instapaper to Betaworks.
In October 2012, Arment released The Magazine, an electronic, biweekly publication. In May 2013, one month after the sale of Instapaper, Arment announced he was selling The Magazine to Glenn Fleishman, its editor.
In July 2013, Arment released Bugshot, an iOS application for marking up screenshots, to help people report software bugs. Arment transferred ownership of Bugshot to Lickability and the app was renamed to Pinpoint in 2015.
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