John Styn

John Halcyon Styn is an American blogger, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, web designer, author, and Web celebrity, who "pushed the boundaries of online self-expression" through his various online projects. He is currently the co-founder of 1st Saturdays, a homeless outreach project, and the host of "Hug Nation".
Career.
Styn worked as the first webmaster for Sony's Station e-commerce mall and for CollegeClub.com
Styn has won two Webby Awards, the first, as the designer and star of his personal website, cockybastard.com, and the second for a "Hug Nation" video podcast.
Other projects have included:
Blogging career.
Styn bought his first URL in 1996 to put his self-published zine, Prehensile Tales, on the web. This first autobiographical ezine ran from 1996 to 2000.
He first achieved internet notoriety when one of his stories got him into trouble with Fruit of the Loom. When they sent a cease and desist order on March 2, 1998 demanding that he take down a parody of their logo that he made for a blog post. The post is still up.
He is also a contributor for the Burning Blog, the official blog of Burning Man.