John Colagioia is a software engineer in Long Island, New York. He received his Masters of Science Degree in Computer Science from NYU Poly in 1996, and is an adjunct professor of Computer Science at NYU Poly.
Colagioia authored the Thue, *W, and RUBE II: Das Klickenklacker programming languages. He is also the co-designer of Wierd. He was a judge for the first, and judge and organizer of the second, Esoteric Awards.