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Maximillian Laumeister
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California, Santa Cruz
OccupationSoftware engineer
Websitewww.maxlaumeister.com

Maximillian Laumeister is a software engineer and open source software programmer. He wrote the open source visualization app BitListen, originally known as Listen To Bitcoin,[1][2][3] which Listen to Wikipedia is based off of.[4] He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science: Game Design from University of California, Santa Cruz.

BitListen

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BitListen is a web application that visualizes and sonifies Bitcoin transactions.[2][5] Laumeister wrote the initial version of BitListen over the course of a week.[6]

Wikimedia Foundation legal counsel Stephen LaPorte and developer Mahmoud Hashemi created the application Listen to Wikipedia, inspired by and based on BitListen[4][7], which has been used for trend spotting and prediction of Wikipedia edits[8]. Listen to Wikipedia reuses the same instruments and chords from BitListen, with the addition of a clavichord[9].

References

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  1. ^ "Max Laumeister and ListenToBitcoin: "nothing led me to believe they would use it for malware"". 99 Bitcoins. 2014-01-28. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
  2. ^ a b Rodgers, Evan (2013-04-01). "'Listen to Bitcoin' generates soothing sounds for every Bitcoin transaction worldwide". The Verge. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
  3. ^ "Lawmakers, Banking Regulators Take On Bitcoin". NPR.org. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
  4. ^ a b "Listen to Wikipedia – Wikimedia blog". Retrieved 2016-06-23.
  5. ^ "Surrender to the soothing sounds of Wikipedia". CNET. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
  6. ^ "This Is What Bitcoin Sounds Like". Motherboard. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
  7. ^ Hashemi, Stephen LaPorte and Mahmoud. "Hatnote Listen to Wikipedia". listen.hatnote.com. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
  8. ^ Nielsen, Finn Arup (June 8, 2016). "Wikipedia research and tools: Review and comments" (PDF). Retrieved June 22, 2016.
  9. ^ "hatnote/listen-to-wikipedia". GitHub. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
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