John Halcyon Styn (born May 28, 1971) is an American blogger, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, web designer, author, and web celebrity,[1] who "pushed the boundaries of online self-expression"[2] through his various online projects.
He is currently the co-founder of 1st Saturdays,[3][4] a homeless outreach project, and the host of Hug Nation.
[6] Styn has won two Webby Awards, the first, as the designer and star of his personal website, cockybastard.com,[7] and the second for a Hug Nation video podcast.
[8] Other projects have included: Styn bought his first URL in 1996 to put his self-published zine, Prehensile Tales, on the web.
He first achieved internet notoriety when one of his stories got him into trouble with Fruit of the Loom,[22] when they sent a cease and desist order on March 2, 1998, demanding that he take down a parody of their logo that he made for a blog post.