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18 articlesFred Mann
Frederick G. Mann hired me when I was a college kid in 1995 and changed the trajectory of my life. He passed away on February 13, 2026.
The Future of Engineering Services: Building and Measuring Human-AI Teams
The client's request seemed impossible: "We need to modernize our entire legacy system, build two new products, and cut our engineering spend by 20%—all w...
ScalePost.AI Emerges as Key Player in AI-Publisher Partnerships
In a recent AdWeek article, ScalePost.AI has been highlighted as a pivotal player in facilitating partnerships between AI companies and publishers. The sta...
Trailblazer: The Power of Business as the Greatest Platform for Change by Marc Benioff (Book Review)
As a fellow alumni of the World Economic Forum (WEF)'s Young Global Leaders (YGL) community alongside Marc Benioff, I have had the privilege of witnessing ...
Tips for Visiting Walt Disney World Orlando with Children
My son and I have been frequent visitors to Walt Disney World Resort (WDW) in Orlando, Florida since he was 2 years old. The four theme parks we visit at W...
My new job at Hearst
Hearst Press Release Rajiv Pant Named General Manager of Technology Platforms and Chief Technology and Product Officer of Hearst Magazines, Hearst Autos, a...
Why I Joined Thrive Global
Sometimes in life, we reach a new starting line where we sense that everything we have experienced and done so far has been preparing us for this next step...
A career is like a garden (farewell memo to nytimes colleagues)
The following is the farewell memo I wrote to my colleagues at The New York Times. Subject: A career is like a garden Dear Colleagues, As you may know, I h...
I Love New York City
I've now been living in Manhattan for two weeks and I love NYC. New York is a wonderful city. I've wanted to live here since I was little. My new job is at...
Moving to Atlanta
I look forward to living in Atlanta, a major city in the southeastern state of Georgia. I will, however, miss being around my friends in the the Philadelph...
Can you hear me now? Good
November 24th was the day I got the freedom to switch my phone service from AT&T Wireless back to Verizon Wireless and this time without changing my number...
Eight Years at Knight Ridder: Building the Digital Newsroom
Reflections on nearly eight years at Knight Ridder, from solving publishing problems at 20 to VP Engineering leading Cofax development for 31 newspapers.
Speaking at NAA NEXPO
Reflections on presenting at the Newspaper Association of America's NEXPO conference about web publishing technology.
Winning the Team Knight Ridder Excellence Award for Cofax
The Cofax team won the Knight Ridder Excellence Award for Technology Innovation. My first award was individual. This one was with my team, and it means more.
Cofax Goes Open Source
Knight Ridder releases Cofax as open-source software on SourceForge, making newspaper web publishing technology freely available.
Moving to San Jose and Becoming a VP at 26
Reflections on moving from Philadelphia to San Jose to become VP of Engineering at Knight Ridder Digital at age 26.
Building Cofax: A Content Management System for Newspapers
How a team at Philadelphia Newspapers built Cofax, a CMS that reduced web publishing time from 8 hours to 45 minutes.
Winning the Knight Ridder Excellence Award
Receiving the Knight Ridder Excellence Award for Technology Innovation at 24, and reflecting on the work and people that led to it.