Isaac Mao

Template:Short description Template:Family name hatnote Template:Infobox person Isaac Mao (Template:Zh) is a Chinese software architect, and social media researcher. He is doing research in social learning and for developing the philosophy of Sharism.

Life and work

Mao is a blogger, software architect, researcher in learning and social technology. Mao has written about on-line journalism. Mao's essay "Sharism: A Mind Revolution" appeared in the Freesouls book project.<ref>Sharism: A Mind Revolution, Isaac Mao</ref>

Blogging and blog advocacy

Mao has visited some conferences (such as Wikimania about Internet culture, in China and more broadly and other global events on Internet culture. In 2009, he was a speaker at the 40th anniversary of The Internet Conference held at UCLA<ref>Isaac Mao, 40th Anniversary of the Internet conference, UCLA</ref><ref>40th anniversary of the Internet</ref> As a trained software engineer, he has a long history of developing both business and consumer software. He worked as a Chief Architect in the Intel HomeCD project and Tangram BackSchool suite.<ref name="linkedin">http://www.linkedin.com/in/isaacmao</ref><ref name="wikimania 2007">Issac Mao on wikimania2007</ref>

As of 2008, Mao published an open letter to Google, challenging the search engine giant to support anti-censorship efforts and change its strategy on China.<ref>http://www.picnicnetwork.org/page/7681/en Template:Webarchive</ref>

External links

• The 'blog' revolution sweeps across China, an article on New Scientists, November, 2004.
• Isaac Mao's blog
• English entries in Isaac Mao's blogTemplate:Webarchive
• Not Losing Facebook in China - The Economist, on Internet in China and Isaac Mao views.