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{{Nice article}}{{Infobox character|name = Jeremy Winterrowd|image = Jeremy Winterrowd.gif|title = Jeremy Winterrowd|gender = Male|race = White|location = Dallas, Texas|website = [[Winterrowd.com]]|birth = 1975}}
{{Quote|"I've been doing house music for the last 8-9 years. I moved into the break house around 1995 and love mixing the two. I'm from Dallas, Texas, and I used to play at S.O.A. club and many parties.|Jeremy Winterrowd's quote as a DJ.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010723161300if_/http://www.djjeremy.net:80/ a statement] on djjeremy.net by Jeremy Winterrowd.</ref>}}
{{Infobox Makers
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|image = jeremywinterrowd.png
|imagecaption = Jeremy Winterrowd at Old Mission Santa Barbara.<ref>Original photo of [https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10151334106470647&set=ecnf.794125646 Jeremy Winterrowd] Santa Barbara (February 20, 2012)</ref>
|full name = Jeremy R. Winterrowd
|birth date = {{Birthdate|1976|2|25}}
|nationality = American
|known for = [[The Maze]] and other screamers.
|website = [[Winterrowd.com]], DJJeremy.net, Bloggits.
|alias = DJJeremy
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'''Jeremy R. Winterrowd''' (born February 25, 1976) is an American software programmer, game designer, electronics inventor, music producer, DJ, photographer, video editor, paranormal investigator, and world traveler. He gained popularity in the [[screamer]] community for his well-known games and videos hosted on [[Winterrowd.com]], making him a household name among fans.
==Background==
Winterrowd was born in Dallas, Texas to Debby Winterrowd and Bobby Winterrowd. He grew up with his brother, Joey Winterrowd, and his cousin, Bonnie Meeder. His education is unknown, although he attended the ''[[wikipedia:University of Texas at Arlington|University of Texas at Arlington]]'', as per his ''[[wikipedia:LinkedIn|LinkedIn]] profile.


== '''Jeremy Winterrowd''' ==
In 2000, Winterrowd started his career as a DJ on the internet, launching his website at ''djjeremy.net'', where he produced 17 songs until 2010.<ref>'''<nowiki>https://twitter.com/djjeremy</nowiki>'''</ref><ref>'''<nowiki>https://web.archive.org/web/20101222141308/http://www.facebook.com/DJJeremyMusic</nowiki>'''</ref><ref> Jeremy Winterrowd's [https://web.archive.org/web/20101222141308/http://djjeremy.net/ DJJeremy website] Retrieved: December 21st, 2010</ref> Winterrowd pursued a career as a Windows Server Administrator from 2001 to August 2003 before transitioning to become a software consultant in September 2003.
''Jeremy Winterrowd'' is an American developer who is currently living in Dallas, Texas. He is the creator of multiple popular Flash games, one of which is [[The Maze]], also known as the ''Scary Maze Game''. This game made a huge success and is one of the most popular [[screamer]] games of all time.


In 2001, Jeremy launched his website, ''[[winterrowd.com]]''. The website contains all his famous Flash pranks and games, such as [[The Maze]], [[Simon Says]] and [[Optical Illusions]]. These were three of his most successful games.
He became a web developer and created Winterrowd.com along with ''Winterrowd Solutions'' in 2001, which published online games via social and privately owned websites using Adobe Creative Suite Software.<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/company/winterrowd-solutions/about/</ref><ref>Winterrowd's [https://www.linkedin.com/in/winterrowd LinkedIn profile]</ref> His website, which initially hosted his resume, later became known for hosting his popular game, [[The Maze]], which became an Internet trend. He later removed his personal blog in 2010 and only hosted his screamer creations.


In 2007, Jeremy held a contest called the ''Winterrowd Prank Contest'' where people could prank their friends with his games, record their reaction and submit the videos to the website. He uploaded the selected videos to a channel called [http://youtube.com/user/prankcontest prankcontest], where you can still view them to this day.
Winterrowd also founded Bloggits in 2006 as the counterpart to his original website. The website was discontinued, and he held a ''[[Reaction videos#History|Winterrowd Prank Contest]]'' in 2006, where contestants had to record someone's reactions to a prank and upload them to the website.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070406172347/http://www.winterrowd.com/ The Announcement] of the contest.</ref>


Winterrowd.com grew in popularity, despite being controversial for its scary games and videos. It can be considered the father of all screamers and was announced as such in April 2007. Winterrowd posted two screamers on his channel, [[Loading Page]] and [[Safari]].<ref>Jeremy Winterrowd "[https://www.youtube.com/user/prankcontest prankcontest]" 2007</ref> He currently resides in [[wikipedia:San Francisco, California|San Francisco, California]], where he works as a DJ.
==References==
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==External Links==
*[https://www.facebook.com/DJJeremy/ Jeremy's Facebook Page]
*[https://www.instagram.com/djjeremyproductions/?hl=e Jeremy's Instagram Account]
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Latest revision as of 09:56, 13 December 2023

“ "I've been doing house music for the last 8-9 years. I moved into the break house around 1995 and love mixing the two. I'm from Dallas, Texas, and I used to play at S.O.A. club and many parties. ”
Jeremy Winterrowd's quote as a DJ.[1]

Jeremy R. Winterrowd (born February 25, 1976) is an American software programmer, game designer, electronics inventor, music producer, DJ, photographer, video editor, paranormal investigator, and world traveler. He gained popularity in the screamer community for his well-known games and videos hosted on Winterrowd.com, making him a household name among fans.

Background

Winterrowd was born in Dallas, Texas to Debby Winterrowd and Bobby Winterrowd. He grew up with his brother, Joey Winterrowd, and his cousin, Bonnie Meeder. His education is unknown, although he attended the University of Texas at Arlington, as per his LinkedIn profile.

In 2000, Winterrowd started his career as a DJ on the internet, launching his website at djjeremy.net, where he produced 17 songs until 2010.[3][4][5] Winterrowd pursued a career as a Windows Server Administrator from 2001 to August 2003 before transitioning to become a software consultant in September 2003.

He became a web developer and created Winterrowd.com along with Winterrowd Solutions in 2001, which published online games via social and privately owned websites using Adobe Creative Suite Software.[6][7] His website, which initially hosted his resume, later became known for hosting his popular game, The Maze, which became an Internet trend. He later removed his personal blog in 2010 and only hosted his screamer creations.

Winterrowd also founded Bloggits in 2006 as the counterpart to his original website. The website was discontinued, and he held a Winterrowd Prank Contest in 2006, where contestants had to record someone's reactions to a prank and upload them to the website.[8]

Winterrowd.com grew in popularity, despite being controversial for its scary games and videos. It can be considered the father of all screamers and was announced as such in April 2007. Winterrowd posted two screamers on his channel, Loading Page and Safari.[9] He currently resides in San Francisco, California, where he works as a DJ.

References

  1. ↑ a statement on djjeremy.net by Jeremy Winterrowd.
  2. ↑ Original photo of Jeremy Winterrowd Santa Barbara (February 20, 2012)
  3. ↑ https://twitter.com/djjeremy
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20101222141308/http://www.facebook.com/DJJeremyMusic
  5. ↑ Jeremy Winterrowd's DJJeremy website Retrieved: December 21st, 2010
  6. ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/company/winterrowd-solutions/about/
  7. ↑ Winterrowd's LinkedIn profile
  8. ↑ The Announcement of the contest.
  9. ↑ Jeremy Winterrowd "prankcontest" 2007

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