Jeremy Burge
| Jeremy Burge | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 14, 1984 Australia |
| Residence | London, England, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Founder of Emojipedia |
| Known for | Entrepreneur, Blogger |
Jeremy Burge (born 14 July 1984)[1] is the Australian founder of Emojipedia[2] and creator of World Emoji Day.[3] He is responsible for all the descriptions, blog posts, and other content on Emojipedia.[1]
Burge is a member of the Unicode Emoji Subcommittee[4] and cited as an emoji expert.[5][6] In 2016 La Vanguardia referred to Burge as “The Lord of Emojis”[7] and Business Insider listed him in the UK Tech 100.[8]
Writing
In July 2013, Burge started Emojipedia and the associated Emojipedia Blog which now have over 140 million pageviews each year.[1] In April 2016 Burge told BBC Mundo that Emojipedia has "become his full-time job".[9]
Podcasting
Burge is the host of the Emoji Wrap podcast[10] which has featured notable guests such as Unicode Consortium President Mark Davis.
World Emoji Day
World Emoji Day is a “global celebration of emoji” created by Burge[11] in 2014.[12] According to the New York Times, he created this on "July 17 based on the way the calendar emoji is shown on iPhones”.[3][13]
Guest appearances
- Fry's English Delight with Stephen Fry: Season 8 Episode 1 "Words Fail Me”.[14] August 11, 2015.
- Let's Drink About It (podcast) with Benjamin Ahr Harrison and Chris Bowman: Episode #85: "Beagles and Donuts with Jeremy Burge".[15] November 12, 2015.
- The Project (TV program) with Waleed Aly, Carrie Bickmore, Peter Helliar, and Fifi Box: "Emoji Life".[16] January 19, 2016.
- BBC Radio 5 Live: The Hit List with Emma Barnett.[17] January 31, 2016.
- The Journey (podcast) with Fab Mackojc: Episode #11 "Jeremy Burge, creator of Emojipedia".[18] April 8, 2016.
- W Radio (Colombia) with Carlos Montoya: "La Hora del Regreso".[19] April 19, 2016.
- Radio National with Patricia Karvelas: "Call for new 13 new female emojis".[20] May 11, 2016.
- BBC Breakfast with Roger Johnson (TV presenter) and Sian Lloyd (news presenter): "New emojis are on the way".[21][22] June 6, 2016.
- Three Broke Mice (podcast) with Kara Tabor: "The Emoji Show-ji".[23] Jul 14, 2016.
- CNN International with Zain Asher: "Apple Replaces Pistol Emoji With Water Gun".[24] Aug 8, 2016.
- The New Screen Savers with Leo Laporte: "Episode 79: New Emojis".[25] Nov 12, 2016.
References
- 1 2 3 Price, Rob (17 Jan 2016). "Interview with Jeremy Burge, founder of Emojipedia". Business Insider. Retrieved 29 Jan 2016.
- ↑ Salim, Ayesha (26 May 2015). "Emojipedia creator on non-human emojis & Twitter disputes". IDG. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- 1 2 Varn, Kathryn (17 July 2015). "Letting Our Emojis Get in the Way". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ↑ Luckerson, Victor (25 Mar 2016). "The Inside Story of Why the World Is Being Blessed With a 'Colbert Emoji'". Time (magazine). Retrieved 2 April 2016.
- ↑ Hamill, Jasper (21 Sep 2015). "Samsung risks racism storm as it introduces new non-diverse emoji that 'make everyone white'". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 21 Apr 2016.
- ↑ Price, Rob (21 Sep 2015). "Apple has invented a mysterious new emoji — this is what it looks like". Business Insider. Retrieved 21 Apr 2016.
- ↑ Molins Renter, Albert (13 Feb 2016). "El señor de los emojis". La Vanguardia. Retrieved 10 Apr 2016.
- ↑ "The 100 coolest people in UK tech". Business Insider. Retrieved 20 Feb 2016.
- ↑ "El verdadero significado de algunos de los "emojis" más populares". BBC Mundo. 15 Apr 2016. Retrieved 21 Apr 2016.
- ↑ "You'll love this new podcast by Jeremy Burge". Twitter. 26 Aug 2016. Retrieved 1 Sep 2016.
- ↑ Levin, Sam (10 May 2016). "Google proposes new set of female emojis to promote equality". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ↑ O'Neill Deighan, Emma (17 July 2015). "It's World Emoji Day, how will you celebrate?". Belfast Live. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ↑ Varn, Kathryn (25 April 2016). "The emoji inspired by a work of art". Universo Online. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ↑ Fry, Stephen (11 Aug 2015). "Words Fail Me". BBC Radio. Retrieved 2 Nov 2015.
- ↑ "Beagles and Donuts with Jeremy Burge". Let’s Drink About It. 12 Nov 2015. Retrieved 18 Dec 2015.
- ↑ "The Project TV panel discuss Twitter's Australia Day koala and get a lesson in emoji from Emojipedia's Jeremy Burge!". Facebook. 19 Jan 2016. Retrieved 10 Feb 2016.
- ↑ "BBC 5 Live Hit List 31 Jan 2016". BBC Radio 5 Live. 31 Jan 2016. Retrieved 2 Apr 2016.
- ↑ "Episode 11 - Jeremy Burge, creator of Emojipedia". The Journey with Fab Mackojc. 8 Apr 2016. Retrieved 9 Apr 2016.
- ↑ "'Emojipedia', el diccionario que le explica el significado real de los emoticones". W Radio Colombia. 19 Apr 2016. Retrieved 21 Apr 2016.
- ↑ "Call for new 13 new female emojis". ABC Radio National. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ↑ "New emojis are on the way". BBC Breakfast / YouTube. 5 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
- ↑ "Avocado and bacon emojis are coming with 70 others". Newsbeat. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
- ↑ "Three Broke Mice: The Emoji Show-ji". KBIA. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ↑ "Apple Replaces Pistol Emoji With Water Gun". YouTube. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ↑ "Episode 79: New Emojis". TWiT. 12 November 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
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