<s>
Brad	O
Templeton	O
(	O
born	O
June	O
1960	O
near	O
Toronto	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
Canadian	O
software	O
developer	O
,	O
internet	O
entrepreneur	B-Application
,	O
online	O
community	O
pioneer	O
,	O
publisher	O
of	O
news	O
,	O
comedy	O
,	O
science	O
fiction	O
and	O
e-books	O
,	O
writer	O
,	O
photographer	O
,	O
civil	O
rights	O
advocate	O
,	O
futurist	O
,	O
public	O
speaker	O
,	O
educator	O
and	O
self-driving	O
car	O
consultant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Templeton	O
played	O
an	O
active	O
role	O
over	O
the	O
life	O
of	O
Usenet	B-Application
,	O
including	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
software	O
tools	O
for	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
most	O
notable	O
activities	O
involved	O
the	O
creation	O
and	O
moderation	O
of	O
the	O
newsgroup	O
"	O
rec.humor.funny	B-Library
"	O
,	O
a	O
moderated	O
newsgroup	O
devoted	O
to	O
comedy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
USENET	B-Application
statistics	O
reported	O
by	O
Brian	O
Reid	O
reported	O
rec.humor.funny	B-Library
as	O
the	O
most	O
widely	O
read	O
online	O
publication	O
starting	O
in	O
1989	O
,	O
continuing	O
in	O
that	O
position	O
into	O
the	O
mid-1990s	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
estimated	O
440,000	O
readers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Templeton	O
began	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
employee	O
of	O
VisiCorp	O
(	O
then	O
called	O
Personal	O
Software	O
Inc	O
.	O
)	O
the	O
first	O
PC	O
applications	O
software	O
company	O
,	O
where	O
he	O
published	O
several	O
games	O
and	O
tools	O
and	O
assisted	O
on	O
Visicalc	B-Application
the	O
first	O
spreadsheet	O
and	O
personal	O
computing	O
productivity	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
was	O
CEO	O
and	O
Founder	O
of	O
Looking	O
Glass	O
Software	O
Ltd	O
.	O
in	O
Ontario	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
software	O
specialty	O
has	O
been	O
languages	O
,	O
tools	O
and	O
spreadsheets	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
software	O
for	O
USENET	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Templeton	O
has	O
been	O
a	O
keynote	O
speaker	O
at	O
many	O
conferences	O
and	O
events	O
,	O
including	O
Wired	O
UK	O
,	O
Pioneers	O
Festival	O
Vienna	O
,	O
University	O
of	O
British	O
Columbia	O
Master	O
Mind	O
Class	O
,	O
Web	O
Summit	O
,	O
Next	O
Berlin	O
,	O
The	O
Next	O
Web	O
Amsterdam	O
,	O
Ontario	B-Architecture
Centres	O
of	O
Excellence	O
Toronto	O
,	O
USI	O
Paris	O
,	O
Australian	O
Unix	O
Users	O
Group	O
(	O
AUUG	O
)	O
Sydney	O
,	O
Korean	O
Global	O
Leaders	O
Forum	O
,	O
CLSA	O
Forum	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
and	O
Tokyo	O
,	O
Baidu	B-Application
Big	O
Talk	O
,	O
Beijing	O
,	O
Singularity	O
Summit	O
Chile	O
(	O
also	O
Buenos	O
Aires	O
,	O
Christchurch	O
,	O
Budapest	O
,	O
Seville	O
,	O
Johannesburg	O
,	O
Milan	O
,	O
Amsterdam	O
,	O
Berlin	O
and	O
Copenhagen	O
)	O
and	O
Innotown	O
Norway	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Templeton	O
was	O
a	O
director	O
of	O
Bittorrent	B-Protocol
Inc	O
.	O
Bittorrent	B-Protocol
's	O
software	O
was	O
the	O
largest	O
driver	O
of	O
internet	O
bandwidth	O
use	O
during	O
the	O
early	O
21st	O
century	O
.	O
</s>
