Finally, a look at YouTube's third cofounder! He's boring.

Jawed Karim - Valleywag With co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, Jawed Karim founded YouTube. That, and making a few million here and there, are the only interesting things about him.

Not that there's anything wrong with that — boring guys built this industry. Just that the profile of Karim is the second-most painfully dull New York Times article I've ever read (after the Weddings section). An excerpt:

On Wednesday, during a walk across campus and a visit to his dorm room and the computer sciences building where he takes classes, Mr. Karim described himself as a nerd who gets excited about learning. Nothing in his understated demeanor suggests he is anything other than an ordinary graduate student, and he attracted little attention on campus in jeans, a blue polo shirt, a tan jacket and black Puma sneakers.

Last time a newspaper described someone this dull, the next paragraph read "No one suspected he'd murder an entire family."

With YouTube, Grad Student Hits Jackpot Again [NY Times]

10:59 AM on Thu Oct 12 2006
By Nick Douglas
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ray johnson at 10:21 AM on 10/12/06
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"No one suspected he'd sell to Google."
regine at 10:37 AM on 10/12/06
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He's giving a talk (and possibly signing body parts) at Stanford today. Bring Sharpies:

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"YouTube: From Concept to Hyper-growth"
Jawed Karim, YouTube Co-founder and Stanford CS MS Student
Thursday, October 12
5 PM
Gates 104

Abstract: Less than two years after launch, YouTube has become one the most-visited destinations on the web. With more than 100 million videos served daily, it may be the fastest-growing entertainment website in the history of the World Wide Web. Jawed Karim will explain the thought process and the events that led to the development of YouTube.

Bio: Jawed Karim is the co-founder of the popular video sharing website YouTube. In 2005 Karim co-founded YouTube with two friends, developing the concept and product, and raising money from Sequoia Capital. He subsequently acted as an advisor to the company and is a graduate student in computer science at Stanford University and an investor in early-stage startups.
ResearchZilla at 12:01 PM on 10/12/06
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clarification just came from stanford (alert)

"...correction: not currently an investor in early stage startups until the transaction closes, though will fund up to 200 dollars via paypal...spent all of his paypal related money buying bootleg copies of the janet jackson wardrobe malfunction video (yes, the seedling behind youtube, per this dude, is his search for high quality nipple shots...what does that mean? is he now suckling at the breasts of the mother of current internet hotness? should we be reading into this further?)
ResearchZilla at 12:05 PM on 10/12/06
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...oh yeah, also, is that jacket members only in that pic above?
regine at 01:37 PM on 10/12/06
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The talk's been moved to a bigger room, Psychology (building 420), room 40.
regine at 03:14 PM on 10/12/06
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Uh oh--now it's cancelled. Things must be wholly out of hand. Modify the link to navigate for analogous events at future dates.
http://forum.stanford.edu/events/calendar/abstract.php?eve...