Bio
Dusty Reagan is an entrepreneur, humanist, self-proclaimed “geek”, and lover of technology. He strives to add value to his community and is a proponent of the arts and local small businesses. His deepest desire is to make a substantial positive impact on society.
Prologue
Born and raised in Cleburne, Texas, Dusty was resourceful and had a natural affinity for computers. Through high school, Dusty used his computer skills as a freelancer, providing design and technical support for local businesses. During his junior and senior years of high school Dusty fought a life-or-death battle against Ulcerative Colitis. Always the optimist, Dusty was thankful for the character he developed through his battle and for the insights he gained on life.
Dusty received a bachelor of science in computer science with a minor in business from Texas A&M University in 2003. After graduating, Dusty moved to Austin, where he briefly freelanced as a web developer before landing a full-time programmer position at Direct Impact, an Austin-based direct marketing agency. In early 2007, Dusty left his full-time position to take another stab at freelancing, this time under the guise of Floating Head Studios. Also in 2007, Dusty married his then fiancée of 9 months, girlfriend of 4 years, Sharlee LaLime. Shortly afterward, Dusty founded the Austin spin-off of “Jelly,” a community of mobile workers who desire to work around other like-minded individuals.
Conjunctured
Passionate about turning the typical business model on its head, Dusty then began collaborating with John Erik Metcalf, Ceasr Torres, and David H. Walker on the development of the co-company & coworking space Conjunctured. Conjunctured is a member-based community of entrepreneurs and freelancers who work together under a common brand while maintaining their autonomy. Conjunctured officially opened its doors in Austin on August 4th, 2008 at 1309 E. 7th St. Conjunctured is now home to a variety of working professionals and numerous community technology and entrepreneurial educational events.
Friend Or Follow & Featured Users
On October 6th, 2008, Dusty launched Friend Or Follow a Twitter follower management web application. It’s popularity grew quickly and on Feb. 9th 2009 Dusty launched his second Twitter application, Featured Users. Featured Users is a niche ad network centered around the Twitter ecosystem, where 3rd party Twitter application developers are the publishers and Twitter users are the advertisers.
Authorship
In June 2009, Dusty was approached by Wiley to write Twitter Application Development For Dummies, for their popular For Dummies series. After disappearing for several months to write, Dusty reemerged to celebrate the book’s publication on March 8th, 2010.
To Be Continued…
If you’re in Austin you can find Dusty at Conjunctured building web products and hanging out with other Austinites scheming ways to make Austin and the world a more awesome place.
“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.”
- Albert Einstein
