Penelope Trunk was included on TechCrunch's list of "30 Women Who Have Revolutionized A Male-Dominated Industry" in 2015.
10 Facts About Penelope Trunk
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Once the internet became public domain, her boyfriend taught her HTML and in 1993 Penelope Trunk created her own website where she posted her hypertext works.
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In 2001 Penelope Trunk published Making Scenes with Alt-X, which is a book based on pages previously published on her website.
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Penelope Trunk co-founded Brazen Careerist, a now defunct social networking site aimed at millennials entering the job market.
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Since moving to Darlington, Wisconsin, Penelope Trunk co-founded Quistic, an online learning company.
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Penelope Trunk moved with her family from New York City to Madison, Wisconsin in 2006, before relocating to a farm near Darlington, Wisconsin.
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Penelope Trunk is very open about her life and has received media attention for tweets about her divorce and miscarriage.
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In 2009, Penelope Trunk was preparing to have an abortion, but suffered a miscarriage during a company board meeting.
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Penelope Trunk tweeted about the incident, which received widespread media attention.
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Penelope Trunk told Magazine Electronique du CIAC that the name Adrienne causes her emotional discomfort and reminds her of negative experiences during her childhood.