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shey.net has been around since 1998, making it one of the longest-running blogs on the web.*

I'm Tim. I design and produce things. Most recently, I co-founded Next New Networks, one of the leading companies making entertainment programming for the web.

Some of the popular web series and networks I've had a hand in producing, creating, or growing include ThreadBanger, Indy Mogul, Barely Political (and the Obama Girl videos), Channel Frederator, Fast Lane Daily, Auto-Tune the News, The Key of Awesome, $99 Music Videos, Epic Fu, TPMtv, Afterworld, and Rocketboom. Before that, I did lots of work with HBO, ABC, FOX, Discovery Channel, NBC, FOX Latin America, and companies like AT&T, Motorola, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Newsweek/The Washington Post at my D.C.-based design company, Proteus.

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* I'm working on getting the '98-'03 archives back up, and '04-'07 is here.

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    April 03, 2008

    I haven’t logged into the Tumblr dashboard in weeks, so it was completely odd to log in just now and find the first item in my dashboard was addressed to me. This is part of why Tumblr is amazing — happy coincidences happen here just like real life.  mills wrote: I love Steve Martin. Tim Shey, if you still read this, thanks for that post on his “Born Standing Up”; I finished it a long time ago and was thoroughly moved, particularly by his relationship with his father. (via lilahjane) Mills, agreed. Steve Martin’s one of my lifelong heroes, along with Jim Henson, John Lennon, Stevie Wonder and a few others. I imprinted hard as a little kid glued to the TV in the late 70’s.  

    I haven’t logged into the Tumblr dashboard in weeks, so it was completely odd to log in just now and find the first item in my dashboard was addressed to me. This is part of why Tumblr is amazing — happy coincidences happen here just like real life. 

    mills wrote:

    I love Steve Martin. Tim Shey, if you still read this, thanks for that post on his “Born Standing Up”; I finished it a long time ago and was thoroughly moved, particularly by his relationship with his father. (via lilahjane)

    Mills, agreed. Steve Martin’s one of my lifelong heroes, along with Jim Henson, John Lennon, Stevie Wonder and a few others. I imprinted hard as a little kid glued to the TV in the late 70’s.  

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      I heard that Steve Martin used to give these to people who asked for his autograph. He seems like a nice guy. I pay...
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      dear steve martin, i’ll always love you, despite your embarrassing recent movie career.
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