Joel Downs My story, the short version: While going to school in Berkeley for Mechanical Engineering, I got sidetracked by computers and Internet technologies. I learned HTML on the web and SQL through internships at a couple of large companies in the Bay Area. After graduating, I started out as an Internet consultant for other companies. Soon after, I was bitten by the entrepreneurial bug and founded a site called Gamers.com with Lyle and Dennis Fong in 1997. Gamers began as a gaming strategy site and sequentially evolved into a games portal, a comprehensive games database, and eventually into an e-zine complete with reviews, previews, and news. Long story. The site had excellent staff and a lot of energy, but the business model and Silicon Valley investing climate caught up with it in early 2000. I left Gamers.com in December of 2002 in search of new challenges. In early 2003 I came up with the idea for Answerbag - a site that I hope will provide information and help to people around the world. I designed it for one purpose: to be an information exchange tool, with no extra bells & whistles that don't directly contribute to this goal. I hope this site is of help to you - if you have comments or feedback, please feel free to email me or use the feedback link at the bottom of the page. Yours, Joel

My good friend God (and there is no god but Him) created Answerbag, and he does like to drop in every now and then... under the pseudonym 'Bob Blaylock'.

Joel Downs created AB, and yes, he's a member. This is his profile http://www.answerbag.com/profile?id=4

I think it's AB-JOEL. He would be happy to hear that. http://www.answerbag.com/profile?id=4

A jolly good fellow, by the name of Joel downs. He must be a creative lad, for his "monstrosity" keeps many people busy,and happy, all hours of the day. And to add, I hear he just got married, woo hoo! Congrats to the lucky gal, whom we have yet to meet... :)