User:K.Koopa/sandbox/Maximillian Laumeister

Maximillian Laumeister
Maximillian Laumeister
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of California, Santa Cruz
Occupation	Software engineer
Website	www.maxlaumeister.com

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Maximillian Laumeister is a software engineer and open source software programmer. He wrote the open source visualization app BitListen, originally known as Listen To Bitcoin,^[1]^[2]^[3] which Listen to Wikipedia is based off of.^[4] He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science: Game Design from University of California, Santa Cruz.

BitListen

BitListen is a web application that visualizes and sonifies Bitcoin transactions.^[2]^[5] Laumeister wrote the initial version of BitListen over the course of a week.^[6]

Wikimedia Foundation legal counsel Stephen LaPorte and developer Mahmoud Hashemi created the application Listen to Wikipedia, inspired by and based on BitListen^[4]^[7], which has been used for trend spotting and prediction of Wikipedia edits^[8]. Listen to Wikipedia reuses the same instruments and chords from BitListen, with the addition of a clavichord^[9].

References

^ "Max Laumeister and ListenToBitcoin: "nothing led me to believe they would use it for malware"". 99 Bitcoins. 2014-01-28. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
^ ^a ^b Rodgers, Evan (2013-04-01). "'Listen to Bitcoin' generates soothing sounds for every Bitcoin transaction worldwide". The Verge. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
^ "Lawmakers, Banking Regulators Take On Bitcoin". NPR.org. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
^ ^a ^b "Listen to Wikipedia – Wikimedia blog". Retrieved 2016-06-23.
^ "Surrender to the soothing sounds of Wikipedia". CNET. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
^ "This Is What Bitcoin Sounds Like". Motherboard. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
^ Hashemi, Stephen LaPorte and Mahmoud. "Hatnote Listen to Wikipedia". listen.hatnote.com. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
^ Nielsen, Finn Arup (June 8, 2016). "Wikipedia research and tools: Review and comments" (PDF). Retrieved June 22, 2016.
^ "hatnote/listen-to-wikipedia". GitHub. Retrieved 2016-06-23.

External links

Official website

[1] "Max Laumeister and ListenToBitcoin: "nothing led me to believe they would use it for malware"". 99 Bitcoins. 2014-01-28. Retrieved 2016-06-23.

[:0-2] Rodgers, Evan (2013-04-01). "'Listen to Bitcoin' generates soothing sounds for every Bitcoin transaction worldwide". The Verge. Retrieved 2016-06-23.

[3] "Lawmakers, Banking Regulators Take On Bitcoin". NPR.org. Retrieved 2016-06-23.

[:1-4] "Listen to Wikipedia – Wikimedia blog". Retrieved 2016-06-23.

[5] "Surrender to the soothing sounds of Wikipedia". CNET. Retrieved 2016-06-23.

[6] "This Is What Bitcoin Sounds Like". Motherboard. Retrieved 2016-06-23.

[7] Hashemi, Stephen LaPorte and Mahmoud. "Hatnote Listen to Wikipedia". listen.hatnote.com. Retrieved 2016-06-23.

[8] Nielsen, Finn Arup (June 8, 2016). "Wikipedia research and tools: Review and comments" (PDF). Retrieved June 22, 2016.

[9] "hatnote/listen-to-wikipedia". GitHub. Retrieved 2016-06-23.

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