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[[File:Denise_Paolucci.jpg|thumb|300px|Denise Paolucci]]
 
 
'''Denise Paolucci''' is one of the founders of [[Dreamwidth]], a journalling site and open source project forked from Livejournal, and one of only two majority-female open source projects.
 
 
Denise worked on LiveJournal for 2001 to 2007, including leading the volunteer support team, and as of 2011 still leads the support team's activity scoreboard despite having not worked in LJ support for several years.
 
 
In 2009 Denise and business partner Mark Smith launched the LiveJournal fork Dreamwidth. She originally identified as "The Suit" (business) part of the Dreamwidth partnership but is increasingly making code contributions.
 
 
[[File:3743734175_b1f3575993_o.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Dreamwidth]] developer shots, by [[User:Skud|Skud]]]]
 
 
Denise has written a great deal about Internet business and managing Internet communities:
 
*[http://denise.dreamwidth.org/23600.html Teaching people to fish] about recruiting and mentoring project contributors
 
*[http://denise.dreamwidth.org/60359.html Real name policies: they just don’t work] about policies requiring the use of [[Wallet name|wallet names]] on websites
 
*[http://denise.dreamwidth.org/57248.html Technical debt and the making of payments on it]
 
*[http://synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/234496.html Why Monetizing Social Media Through Advertising Is Doomed To Failure]
 
*[http://synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/477886.html IP logging, internet privacy, geolocation, and you: facts to consider]
 
*[http://synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/238054.html Internet business numbers for the layperson]
 
*[http://synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/208234.html Why I’m worried about IJ’s long-term sustainability] (on running a large-scale website)
 
*[http://dw-suggestions.dreamwidth.org/229267.html Why more options are generally bad UI]
 
She is also [[Disability|disabled]] and occasionally writes about [[Intersectionality]] on her personal blog.
 
 
Denise has appeared at multiple open source conferences to speak about Dreamwidth, including [[Women at OSCON 2010|OSCON 2010]] and [[Women at linux.conf.au 2010|linux.conf.au 2010]].
 
 
Denise is a board member for the [[Ada Initiative]].
 
==External links==
 
*[http://denise.dreamwidth.org/ Denise's official Dreamwidth blog]
 
*[http://synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/ Denise's personal blog]
 
*[http://geekfeminism.org/2011/10/05/wednesday-geek-woman-denise-paolucci/ Wednesday Geek Woman: Denise Paolucci, founder of Dreamwidth]
 
[[Category:Women in Open Source]]
 
[[Category:Women tech company founders]]
 

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