Jeffrey Carl

Jeffrey Carl, born 1973, is best known as an Internet Service Provider (ISP) and Open Source Software (OSS) journalist and commentator, and was one of the first general technology publication writers to provide extensive coverage of free/open source software.  He was prominent during the Dot-com bubble era as a columnist for the industry publication Boardwatch Magazine and contributor to other ISP publications including Daemon News, Web Hosting Magazine and CLEC Magazine. He was also a journalist with the Richmond Times-Dispatch, The Richmond State, Westmoreland News, and the University of Richmond Collegian.

He has continued to write for other IT publications such as Processor Magazine, Integrated Solutions for Retailers, Disaster Recovery Journal and others. He is also the author of What Rich People Do.

Notable free/open source and ISP writings

 * "Tracing the Routes" widely cited traceroute tutorial (Boardwatch ISP Directory 1999-2002)


 * "Implementing MPLS For Your ISP" Early article popularizing MPLS (Boardwatch Magazine, March 2002)


 * "Random Ramblings About BSD on Mac OS X" First IT exploration of UNIX subsystem on Mac OS X (Daemon News, December 2000)


 * "Trusting BSD - Ultra-High Security for FreeBSD" Early profile on TrustedBSD (Boardwatch Magazine, August 2000)


 * "FreeBSD 4.0 and beyond" First mainstream review of FreeBSD 4.0 (Linux Today, March 2000)


 * "Freenix Flavors (Three Daemons and a Penguin)" Popular explanation of free UNIX distributions (Boardwatch Magazine, November 1999)


 * "The History of Free Unix Variants" Widely cited history of free UNIX variants (Boardwatch Magazine, October 1999)


 * "Your ISP can Support Macs" Early article on Mac support for ISPs (Boardwatch Magazine, August 1999)

Notable other writings

 * "Odd Job", an Open content play first performed at the University of Richmond in 1996


 * "Washington Post Style Invitational, Week 120", winner of the "worst metaphor" contest