Spammer Wins Gold

16 Feb 2006

Luke Welling has been doing a bit of research about his fellow countryman, Dale Begg-Smith, who won an Olympic gold medal last night in the freestyle skiing moguls.

Described as an Internet entrepreneur, Begg-Smith is also known as "Spam Man" and owner of CPM-Media, producer of spyware, malware, and adware. He also has ties to mass email campaigns and popunder ads.

Read Luke's blog for the full story and supporting links.

Photo by John Maeda

Chris Shiflett Boulder-based founder, designer, and developer. Co-founder of Studioworks and Schoolcase, and founder of Faculty, a product studio. Writing about building things on the web since 2000. More about Chris →