Anil Dash is cofounder and CEO of ThinkUp, the creators of Makerbase, a directory of apps and websites and the people who create them, and ThinkUp, which offers fun personal insights into social media activity. Dash is also cofounder of Activate, the consultancy which defines strategy for the most important companies in technology and media. Described as a "blogging pioneer" by the New Yorker, he has published his blog at anildash.com continuously since 1999, earning recognition as a Webby honoree. In 2013, Time named @anildash one of the best accounts on Twitter, and some of its half million followers agree. Dash serves on the board of Stack Exchange, as well as non-profits like the Data & Society Research Institute, the Lower East Side Girls Club and the NY Tech Meetup, the largest technology trade group in the United States. Dash has been a contributing editor and monthly columnist for Wired and he advises startups and non-profits including Medium and DonorsChoose. Dash's digital works have been exhibited in the New Museum of Contemporary Art and he co-created monegraph, the first system to use bitcoin technology to verify original digital creations. About GitHub Universe: Great software is more than code. GitHub Universe serves as a showcase for how people work together to solve the hard problems of developing software. For more information on GitHub Universe, check the website: http://githubuniverse.com