Maggie Mason is the author of No One Cares What You Had for Lunch: 100 Ideas for Your Blog, publisher of Mighty Mighty Media, and a Twitter power user (@Maggie). Her personal blog, Mighty Girl was recently nominated for a SxSW Lifetime Achievement Award, and she was named one of Silicon Valley's Top 50 Influencers by Now Public.
Linsey is the Community Manager for Wise Bread, a community dedicated to helping folks live large on a small budget. Linsey loves savvy tech solutions that help her share the world with her children.
JEAN AW Founder of NOTCOT: Concept, Content & Creative, Editor-In-Chief of the NotEmpire*. . . Design Addict + UX Designer + Shopaholic + Tech Connoisseur + Design Writer + World Traveler *NotEmpire = not an empire, composed of NOTCOT.com, NOTCOT.org, NotCouture.com, and Liqurious.com
Asha Dornfest is the founder of Parent Hacks -- where savvy parents swap clever, often unconventional, parenting tips. Here's the practical, real-world stuff you'll never find in an "expert" book. Featured in Real Simple, Parents, and PC Magazine.
Design*Sponge is a daily website dedicated to home and product design run by Brooklyn-based writer Grace Bonney. Launched in August of 2004, Design*Sponge features store and product reviews, sale and contest announcements, new designer profiles, trend forecasting and store/studio tours. In addition, Design*Sponge features a unique section dedicated to covering student design, national and international design shows. The site is updated constantly throughout the day (with an average of 6-10 posts a day) and attracts a core group of devoted readers. Design*Sponge currently has over 60,000 daily readers.
Juggling an active Internet career with writing, speaking and consulting, Erin Loechner can be found at Design for Mankind, her art/design blog that was recently honored as one of the London Time's top 50 design blogs in the world. She currently hosts a renovation column on HGTV.com where she catalogs her experiences as an impromptu interior designer. Erin's work has been featured in Glamour, Lucky, Dwell, Readymade, Nylon, Print Magazine, Apartment Therapy, The Huffington Post, and she regularly contributes to Readymade Magazine.
Heather Armstrong is an award-winning blogger, New York Times bestselling author and listed as one of the top women in media by Forbes.
"Geek" culture is what we're about, and it's the new cool culture for this generation. Being a geek is all about having a passion for something--films, bands, technology, video games, going green--and that passion makes you totally kick ass! EPIC FU is all about stoking the flames of geek passion, and therefore improves your kick to ass ratio with every viewing. Created by Zadi Diaz and Steve Woolf, EPIC FU is a new way of thinking about popular culture -- it's about conversation and interaction. Entertainment is a two-way street now. EPIC FU is a two-time Webby Award Winner, four-time Webby Award Nominee, a Streamy Award Winner, and is considered one of the most respected original web series on the Internet.
Frank Gruber is well known blogger focused on sharing his Web product expertise and analysis on Web 2.0, social media and emerging technologies in articles and videos online. His works have been featured in TechCrunch, iMediaConnection, ReadWriteWeb Network and on his own blog SOMEWHAT FRANK. He keynotes regularly about social media and his love for the "shiny objects" or Web products across the country at industry events. Frank is a product strategist for AOL in the social networking group, which includes such products as AIM and ICQ. He is currently focused on communications and lifestreaming products. Frank's previous team was also responsible for the launch of the widget driven myAOL personalized homepage/startpage product in 2007. Frank has experience bootstrapping on a variety of startups. Frank is a co-founder of Shiny Heart Ventures, a new technology startup focused on building community driven products that remind people of the joys of life. Frank also co-founded TECH cocktail with Eric Olson, a community building organization which offers events and community-powered projects open to bloggers, technology enthusiasts, entrepreneurs & professionals interested in technology in under served technology communities around the World.
Ariel Schwartz is the editor of Cleantechnica.com, a daily contributor at FastCompany.com, and a former blogger for Greenbiz.com. A graduate of Vassar College, she has previously worked in publishing, organic farming, documentary film, and newspaper journalism. Her interests include permaculture, hiking, skiing, live music, relocalization, and cob (the building material). A New Jersey native, she currently resides in San Francisco, CA.
Mike Chino, Inabitat’s managing editor, is a writer, researcher, and musician based in San Francisco. He left sunny UC Santa Cruz with a B.A. in French and Modern literature and delved into publishing through a stint at ReadyMade Magazine. Inspired by the impact that forward thinking can have on the present, he has cultivated a voracious appetite for developments in sustainable architecture, design, and technology. Mike likes to bike, blog, and build things, and in his spare time he also cooks, produces music, and rocks out.
Jill is the founder of Inhabitat, as well as a freelance designer, green design consultant, and architecture student. She created Inhabitat in the Spring of 2005 as a way to catalog her endless search for new ways to improve the world through forward-thinking, high-tech, and environmentally conscious design. Educated at Brown University, where she received a B.A. in Art Semiotics, and Central St. Martins, where she received an M.A. in Design Studies, she currently resides in New York City, which so far has been good for her obsession with rooftop gardens and vegan junk food restaurants.
Working moms everywhere will hear themselves in the voices of Erin and Kristin, creators and hosts of Manic Mommies, the weekly podcast for moms trying to do it all!
MAKE Magazine brings the do-it-yourself mindset to all the technology in your life. MAKE is loaded with exciting projects that help you make the most of your technology at home and away from home. We celebrate your right to tweak, hack, and bend any technology to your own will. Kipkay has made something of a name for himself with his numerous how-to, hacks, and tech-oriented pranks videos.
Barb Dybwad has been living and breathing the online new media world for the past decade, sporting a patchwork career path from web development to professional blogging to managing virtual teams. She's currently head of content at Tecca, a consumer electronics content startup aiming to simplify personal technology for a mainstream audience. Her work has appeared on Mashable, Engadget, Joystiq, CNN, Forbes, ABC News, WoW Insider, and Massively among other popular online destinations.
Christina Warren is a writer, speaker, podcaster and video host. Before joining Mashable, Christina was the assistant lead blogger at Download Squad and The Unofficial Apple Weblog. She has also written for USA Today and for AOL’s StyleList Blog. You can hear her dulcet tones on an assortment of podcasts at 5by5.tv. A technology, popular culture and Internet media junkie, Christina lives in Atlanta with her fiance and their computer collection. A film major in college, Christina is also a contributor to AMC Entertainment's Script-to-Screen blog.
Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten is well known as one of the first Dutch Successful Serial Internet Entrepreneurs. He started his first company in 1997 and sold it during the hype of 1999. Starting companies, inventing innovative technology and coming up with new ideas is his daily work. A lot of his time is spent on keeping up with new trends on the web, internet and in technology in general and looking for opportunities. He co-founded The Next Web Blog in January 2008 to put that information to good use.
Founded in January 2008, The Art of Manliness is a blog focused on reviving the lost art of manliness. With over 2 million monthly page views, The Art of Manliness represents a new kind of magazine for men, one that focuses on helping men become better citizens, fathers, husbands, friends, and simply all around better men. Husband and wife team, Brett and Kate McKay head up the blog. They live in Tulsa, OK.
Remodelista is a one-stop sourcebook for the considered home, guiding readers through the design and renovation process with features such as Steal This Look, 10 Easy Pieces, and Architect Visits. Founded by four friends with a shared design DNA and appreciation for intelligent design, Remodelista counts architects, design professionals, and style-conscious consumers among its daily audience. The Remodelista aesthetic favors classic and livable over trendy and transient, well-edited interiors over cluttered environments, and thoughtfully designed products over mass-market, disposable goods.
Remodelista is a one-stop sourcebook for the considered home, guiding readers through the design and renovation process with features such as Steal This Look, 10 Easy Pieces, and Architect Visits. Founded by four friends with a shared design DNA and appreciation for intelligent design, Remodelista counts architects, design professionals, and style-conscious consumers among its daily audience. The Remodelista aesthetic favors classic and livable over trendy and transient, well-edited interiors over cluttered environments, and thoughtfully designed products over mass-market, disposable goods.
Serious Eats is a website focused on celebrating and sharing food enthusiasm through blogs and online community.Our unique combination of community and content brings together the distinctive voices of food bloggers, compelling original and acquired food video, and sp irited, inclusive, conversations about all things food- and drink-related.
Serious Eats is a website focused on celebrating and sharing food enthusiasm through blogs and online community.Our unique combination of community and content brings together the distinctive voices of food bloggers, compelling original and acquired food video, and sp irited, inclusive, conversations about all things food- and drink-related.
Serious Eats is a website focused on celebrating and sharing food enthusiasm through blogs and online community.Our unique combination of community and content brings together the distinctive voices of food bloggers, compelling original and acquired food video, and sp irited, inclusive, conversations about all things food- and drink-related.
One of the earliest social media strategists, JD is a consultant to Fortune 1000 companies as well as mid-size companies, startups and nonprofits. He is widely considered one of the world’s leading authorities on social media and the revolution in user-created media. JD is chief executive of Socialmedia.biz, a firm offering social media solutions to businesses and organizations that want to use social media and social networks to build deep customer relationships, promote brands and deliver value.
Suzanne Rowan Kelleher is a family travel expert and mom of three. She is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of WeJustGotBack.com, an award-winning family vacation planning site and one-stop resource for traveling with kids.
Amy is a Frugal Community Manager for Wise Bread, a forum dedicated to helping folks live large on a small budget. Amy is hooked on both technology and saving money, and she loves it when the two go hand in hand. Which they do, more often than not!
Greg is the co-founder and Top Blog Rank Editor of Wise Bread, a blog dedicated to helping readers live large on a small budget. Prior to creating Wise Bread, Greg was a sysadmin with Oscar-winning visual effects firm Rhythm & Hues Studios.
Lynn is the co-founder and Deals Editor of Wise Bread, a blog dedicated to helping readers live large on a small budget. With a keen eye for the best deals and unique tips to keep you from overspending, Lynn makes saving money fabulously easy.
Before joining Mashable as a staff writer, Amy-Mae Elliott covered all things gadget, tech and online news for Pocket-lint.com. Previous to that she worked in magazine publishing for lad's gadget mag "Boys Toys" and the more sedate secretarial title "The PA". Amy-Mae studied photography at The Arts University College at Bournemouth, where she gained her love of the sea-side, now residing near the beach in Devon.
Matt Silverman is our Associate Features Editor and brings his background in creative writing and video production to Mashable. He holds a B.A. in writing from Hofstra University and has worked previously as a paralegal with a prestigious New York law firm. Matt is also a humorist, musician, and Googleophile who labors to make the Internets funnier via The Sick Burn and his YouTube band The B'lights.
Josh Catone joined Mashable in May 2009 and is Features Editor. Before joining Mashable, Josh was the Lead Writer at ReadWriteWeb, the Lead Blogger at SitePoint, and the Community Evangelist at DandyID. He's written about technology since 1998 for magazines, newspapers, and web sites, and he is the co-founder of Rails Forum, the web's largest community for Ruby on Rails developers. He attended the University of Rhode Island and Ithaca College.
Pete Cashmore is the 24 year-old CEO and founder of Mashable.com, a Technorati Top 10 blog worldwide. He founded Mashable in a small Scottish town in 2005 at age 19. In 2009, Cashmore was chosen as one of Inc Magazine's 30 Under 30, Forbes' Top 25 Web Celebs and the Huffington Posts' Top 10 Game Changers 2009. He writes a weekly column on technology and media at CNN. He is one of the top 40 most-followed Twitter users, with more than 1.7 million followers. Mashable itself has been chosen as a must-read by Fast Company and PC Magazine, and BusinessWeek has featured the site as one of the world's most profitable blogs. The site serves over 10 million monthly unique readers and employs 15 full time staff. It has more than 50 regular guest contributors and reports millions of dollars in revenue through its advertising and events businesses. Cashmore now divides his time between Scotland, San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles.
Drink of the Week was born 10 years ago out of a wish to ask a bartender for something other than a gin & tonic. This online celebration of cocktail culture has become a force, attracting more than 150,000 cocktail enthusiasts each month and 5500 subscribers to its weekly newsletter. Drink of the Week includes hundreds of recipes, liquor reviews and bartending advice. Drink of the Week has been mentioned in O Magazine, Family Circle, Night Club & Bar Magazine, the Houston Chronicle, the Arizona Daily Star, the St. Petersburg Times and the Appleton Post-Crescent. More than 1500 blogs and websites link to Drink of the Week. We still don’t know what to order.
Ken Kaplan a broadcast and social media strategist and producer inside Intel Corporation's Global Communications Group. He helps the Consumer and Social Media team tell stories and connect with online media by producing videos, photos and other online communication. Much of his work can be seen on the Intel Pressroom, Channelintel on YouTube, Intel Fan Page, and Intel blogs such as Technology@Intel and Inside Scoop. Prior to Intel, he worked as a publicist for eight years at then NBC-affiliate, KRON-TV. He graduated from California State University, Chico, where he studied journalism, philosophy and economics. More about his approach to public relations in this interview. You can find him on: Twitter, Facebook , and LinkedIn.
Bakerella focuses on fun and easy baking. The site is a place to explore recipes, desserts, and decorating. You'll find ideas for cake pops and other unique treats to make you smile.
Serious Eats is a website focused on celebrating and sharing food enthusiasm through blogs and online community.Our unique combination of community and content brings together the distinctive voices of food bloggers, compelling original and acquired food video, and sp irited, inclusive, conversations about all things food- and drink-related.
BurdaStyle offers copyright-free sewing patterns, step-by-step tutorials, skill sharing, inspiration, project ideas and an engaged, creative community. It takes less than a minute to get started, and there's something for everyone from experts to novices. BurdaStyle is a place for people who sew or would like to learn. Our aim is to bring the traditional craft of sewing to a new generation of fashion designers, sewing hobbyists, DIYers. BurdaStyle has a wide variety of advertising and partnership options including banner ads, weekly newsletter announcements, targeted live events, signature contests and sponsorship of our downloadable patterns. Our vibrant community consists of 270,000+ members, with 170,000 opt-in subscribers to our weekly newsletter
Jolie O'Dell is a journalist and startup veteran with a decade of experience in writing and editing the news. Formerly a writer and community manager for ReadWriteWeb and a freelance writer for tech blogs and various print publications, Jolie now reports on social media and technology for Mashable. Jolie is a recent Bay Area transplant. When she's not blogging, she's cooking, playing bass guitar, rollerskating, or hacking away in/trying desperately to learn Python.
Remodelista is a one-stop sourcebook for the considered home, guiding readers through the design and renovation process with features such as Steal This Look, 10 Easy Pieces, and Architect Visits. Founded by four friends with a shared design DNA and appreciation for intelligent design, Remodelista counts architects, design professionals, and style-conscious consumers among its daily audience. The Remodelista aesthetic favors classic and livable over trendy and transient, well-edited interiors over cluttered environments, and thoughtfully designed products over mass-market, disposable goods.
Sarah Parsons is a freelance writer and editor living in New York City. After learning about deforestation of the rainforest at seven years old, she wrote a strong-worded letter to President H.W. Bush complete with a drawing depicting the plight of homeless gorillas. It was then that her future as an environmentalist became clear. After graduating from Syracuse, she moved to New York and began her career as an environmental journalist. Over the past three years, she’s written about everything from endangered golden lion tamarins to the economic costs associated with unabated climate change. In addition to covering energy and technology for Inhabitat, Sarah has also written for Plenty, Popular Science, Audubon and OnEarth.
Clever Girls Collective is a social media marketing agency founded by women who wanted to use their deep marketing experience and broad social network relationships for good. We know that women who engage in social media are some of the most authentic, connected, trusted, and vocal influencers -- not only online, but "in real life." That's why we've developed The Clever 1000: an ever-growing, beautifully diverse network of professional, thoughtful social media-connected, natural networkers and influencers who want to engage with and enhance their favorite brands.
Shira Levine is a freelance journalist who writes about small business, travel, real estate and pop culture.
Leticia is the founder of Tech Savvy Mama, a site that assists parents in finding the best technology products, websites, and resources for children of all ages. Tech Savvy Mama was started because of Leticia's personal experience of bringing a computer into her home for their now 6 year old daughter. With a background in teaching and a career as a technology specialist who spent years selecting software and online resources for one of the top 15 largest school systems in the country, she figured that if she had concerns about issues like computers vs. free play, finding the best educational sites and software, and internet safety for children, that other parents did too. Leticia uses her knowledge to evaluate the many different kinds of technology that come through her door and loves sharing honest feedback to make recommendations to her readers. Leticia splits her day between the classroom and being a mom and her nights between blogging at her own site, serving as Chief BitMom for BitDefender, writing for The LeapFrog Community, consulting for PBS Teachers, and Tweeting. Frequently asked how she does it all, she replies that she doesn't sleep much!
Rebecca is a designer, portrait painter, installation artist and writer. After receiving her BFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design – Rebecca moved to Los Angeles where she worked as a resident artist for The Hive Gallery and Studios in the emerging downtown art scene. During her time on the west coast she also acted as a Freelance Curator where she produced several art shows converting raw spaces throughout the city into dynamic backdrops for a variety of mediums. Uninspired by the contemporary art market – Rebecca is currently living in Brooklyn and has shifted her career path to focus on sustainable design and architecture. She plans to pursue her Masters degree in industrial design, so she can further her contribution to the field.
A graduate of the University of Virginia, Bianca Male covers small business and entrepreneurship topics for the "War Room" vertical of Business Insider.
Beth Blecherman is the Chief Technologist of CoolMomTech.com - @coolmomtech, blogs at TechMamas.com and twitters @TechMama to discuss parenting, social media, technology and her obsession with consumer electronics.
Sarah Kessler Sarah Kessler joined Mashable as a features writer in August 2010. She is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and a new New Yorker. Before joining Mashable, she freelanced for a wide variety of print and online magazines.
PhoneDog Media is a highly interactive mobile news and reviews resource that attracts a community of more than 2.5 million unique visitors each month. PhoneDog reviews the latest products and services across all carriers and platforms, giving users the resources needed to research, compare prices, and shop from those providers that fit their needs. As the Editor-in-Chief of PhoneDog Media, Noah Kravitz's PhoneDog YouTube channel is among the top five all-time most viewed in the technology vertical. In addition to publishing to the PhoneDog properties, Kravitz has become a regular on CNBC, Fox Business, and TV affiliates in San Francisco, Denver and other major markets. He also makes regular contributions to Huffington Post, Wireless Week and a variety of print and online outlets.
Georgia Getz, a member of the Clever Girls Collective and known online as Bossy, has been blogging since 1966. She struggled with the technology for the first few decades, but that resolved when they invented the Internet. Her humor blog, i am bossy, is currently sweeping the continent. When it's finished, it will dust the lampshades.
Bryan Rhoads is a Sr. Digital Strategist for Intel HQ focused on social and emerging media. As a founding member of Intel’s Social Media Center of Excellence, Bryan is responsible for Intel’s Global social media strategies for Intel’s consumer products and brands. He also served as the curriculum architect for Intel’s award-winning training program, Digital IQ. Bryan is a regular speaker on digital innovation and social media with appearances at the Yale Center for Customer Insights, MIT Center for Digital Business, Innotech, SxSW, the Marketing Sciences Institute, etc. Bryan holds a B.S. in Political Science and is currently adjunct Marketing faculty at Portland State. He sits on the Executive Board of the Center for Consumer Research at St. Joseph’s University, the Marketing Advisory Track at Northeastern University and is a member of the City Club of Portland’s New Leaders Council.
A 12-year veteran of the publishing industry, Jasmin joined Ecouterre from TreeHugger, where she wrote about sustainable fashion and beauty. She has an M.S. in biomedical journalism from New York University and a B.S. in animal biology from the National University of Singapore. In addition to stories published in online and print publications like Alive, Plenty, The Huffington Post, and Sprig, Jasmin has been quoted as a green expert by such publications as The New York Times, BBC Radio, BusinessWeek, Newsweek, and People. Jasmin was previously a copy editor for Computer Shopper and PRINT. (She still reads style guides for fun.)
Sarah Braesch (a.k.a GoonSquadSarah) lives in the suburbs of Washington D.C with her husband, boy/girl twins and two loud cats. She loves football, wine, singing and reality shows about cooking. You can find more of Sarah on Sarah and the Goon Squad, Draft Day Suit, MamaPop and BlogHer or you can follow her on twitter @goonsquadsarah.
Alex Wilhelm is a Chicago-based technology blogger and entrepreneur. He has worked for a number of technology companies in recent years, and has a particular interest in watching the social web monetize. Follow Alex on Twitter, or on Facebook. You can reach Alex via email at alex@thenextweb.com
Brad McCarty started in the technology sector 15 years ago as a Systems Analyst for Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. The years that followed saw him move into the positions of radio personality, corporate marketing executive and finally into a small business owner. Brad is now the editor of TNW Apps, part of The Next Web network.
A member of the Clever Girls Collective, Lisa Frame lives on the outskirts of Charlotte, North Carolina with her husband and 10-yr. old son. She is an aspiring picture book writer, cupcake connoisseur, lip gloss wearing, retro-loving, wine enthusiast. An avid reader, photographer and coffee addict, Lisa also has a knack for coming up with fun ideas for moms and kids, cooking memorable meals (some for the wrong reasons), lives as green as possible, and blogging about whatever comes to mind. You can find more about Lisa over at A Daily Pinch and Mommyality, wrangling city editor duties at Savvy Source or follow her on Twitter @Daily_Pinch and @Mommyality.
Serial entrepreneur and founder of V3 Redirect Services (sold), HubHop Wireless Internet Provider (sold),TwitterCounter.com, PressDoc & The Next Web. Boris is very active on Twitter and would love it if you started following him @Boris. Important facts: Boris can juggle 5 balls and ride a unicycle.
Desmond Williams is a freelance writer and JUNO magazine columnist. He lives in Brooklyn, NY, is half of a mixed-race couple and father to a rambunctious, comedic, and inquisitive preschooler (all great fodder for parenting articles). His writing, with its injected wit and humor, tends to add a light touch to the general gravity of parenting. Desmond is currently working on a graphic novel for mixed-race parents titled 'The Painted Man'.
Jessica Ashley is a senior editor, Healthy Living at Yahoo! Shine, where she writes daily about flat abs while plowing through giant bags of chips (no, not really). Jessica used to sling snark and health info on ParentsConnect, CarePages, AOL's That's Fit, Strollerderby and many other stops along the Internet. Jessica is a runner, single mama of a Star-Wars obsessed son, wearer of inappropriately high heels and author of Sassafrass.
A member of the Clever Girls Collective , Glennia Campbell is a lawyer, writer, photographer, traveler and mother from Palo Alto, California. Her family has traveled the globe since her son (now 10) was six weeks old. They have journied to twenty-five countries together, hitting such hotspots as Greenland, the Galapagos, Easter Island, and Libya. She writes about her family’s adventures, both foreign and domestic, at her blog, The Silent I. She is a co-founder of the progressive women’s blog, MOMocrats, and a contributor to the Korean-American parenting blog, Kimchi Mamas. You can follow her on Twitter @glennia for random rants and insights on travel, politics, reality tv, and parenting.
As a Contributing Editor at Design Sponge, artist Kate Pruitt shares DIY projects each Wednesday. Kate lives in Oakland, California and has a background in art/art history and recently left her job creating window displays to pursue her own work full time. Growing up in New Hampshire, Kate spent a lot of time building machines out of paper and scotch tape, and thus discovered her first DIY impulses.
Shutter Sisters is a collaborative photo blog and thriving community of women passionate about photography. With compelling projects like Picture Hope as well as the recent launch of their first book Expressive Photography: A Shutter Sisters Guide to Shooting From the Heart (Focal Press Fall 2010) Shutter Sisters is committed to honoring and celebrating the beauty that women behind the camera can capture.
David Basulto is a graduate architect and founder of ArchDaily.com, the world's most visited architecture website. David works as the Executive Editor of ArchDaily, being in charge of the editorial content, constantly looking for the latest projects around the world and interviewing some of the world's most renowned architects to share their ideas with AD's community. With a wide knowledge on contemporary architecture, David has been a jury for design competitions, architecture awards, and biennales and exhibitions.
Alice Yoo is the founder and editor in chief of My Modern Metropolis, a place where trendspotters and art enthusiasts come to connect over creative ideas. After graduating from UCLA with a Bachelor's in Economics, Alice received her MBA, worked in advertising for MTV and Outdoor Channel and then started My Modern Met in 2008. With over 2.5 million page views per month, My Modern Met has become an art, culture and lifestyle destination for the modern man and woman.
Zachary Sniderman joined Mashable in 2010 as an Assistant Features Editor. An arts and culture writer, Zack previously wrote for Greenshoelace.com, Maclean's Magazine, and a ton of Columbia websites. Zack graduated with an M.S. from the Columbia School of Journalism and has his B.A. from Harvard University. He now lives in New York City and misses pond hockey.
Cool Material is a hobby-turned-profession for online publisher, Tim Jacobsen. After starting a top 300 Internet retailer and holding a couple of SVP positions, his passion for social media, online marketing, and entrepreneurship drove him to branch out on his own. Started in 2008, the men's lifestyle blog covers everything from entertainment and technology, to art and style. Cool Material reaches out to over 600,000 readers each month, but the site’s hip, of-the-moment content and honest reviews continues to grow that number daily. Outside of his Internet world, Tim enjoys bicycling, poker, and traveling with his family.
A member of the Clever Girls Collective, Heather Sokol is the married mother of three beautiful, active girls who have created in her a Montessori mom, Scout mom, allergy mom and avid coupon clipper. Heather is a frugal, gluten free, chocoholic, bubble bath connoisseur. She's a little bit crunchy, always opinionated and sometimes speaks geek, but not fluently.
Kristen Seymour, a member of the Clever Girls Collective, is a freelance writer, blogger and editor based in Gainesville, Fla. She spends her days covering a variety of topics on sites such as Paw Nation, That's Fit, and BlogHer Style>. She works from home, where she's assisted by two dogs and a cat, and although she considers herself quite tech-savvy, she's grateful to have a lovely husband who speaks fluent geek when she gets in over her head. You can follow Kristen on Twitter @kgseymour and read about her travels, insights and latest projects (like her budding photography obsession) at Jeez-o-petes.
Christina Refford is an Associate Editor for Cool Mom Tech and Senior Associate Editor for Cool Mom Picks. In her spare time she homeschools three kids, is part of the Clever Girls Collective and pens her own blog, The Fairly Odd Mother
Adam Cohen, founder of dadarocks.com, is a NYC based daddy blogger. While enjoying the company of his wife and toddler son, he manages to be the Director of Web Services at New York Law School and a social media entrepreneur. Adam has extensive technology and communications experience with non-profit organizations, as well as a New Media Design and Imaging degree from Rochester Institute of Technology. His ability to leverage the Internet to create synergies among his blog visitors comes from his passion for fatherhood, social media and sharing. Follow him on twitter at @dadarocks.
Jason Ratner is Vice President of Sales West for Federated Media. Prior to that, he spent over 10 years at Ziff Davis Enterprise/Media. Jason received his degree in Economics at the University of Michigan (Go Blue!). Outside of work, Jason is an avid road biker, tennis hack, snowboarder and enjoys spending quality time with friends and family. You can follow him on Twitter at Jratner33.
Kristy Sammis is a humor-life-mommy-blogger who's been actively engaged in the social media world since she learned she could use IM to talk to boys in 1993. She is an early adopter, online influencer, and types very, very quickly. Prior to joining the Clever Girls, Kristy managed BlogHer's marketing and events, which included running the largest blogging conference in the world in 2007. Now a WAHM, Kristy is online as much as ever. Following a hilarious series of reader-submitted photos on her personal blog, She Just Walks Around With It, she decided the world needed a website devoted entirely to "awesome" prom pictures and launched Promtacular! Kristy lives in Napa with her husband and daughter, whose birth she live-Tweeted. You can follow her @kristysf
Sheila Bernus Dowd - AKA @xiaolinmama - Gamer, red lipstick lover and finder of lost toy is the founder of Lookiloos, a nationally syndicated home and garden site about Silicon Valley homes and style. Sheila's style articles are featured in the San Jose Mercury News' Home section. She serves on the Yahoo! Mother Board and is an ambassador for Graco Baby Products. She is also founder and partner of Clever Girls Collective. Sheila is a popular conference speaker including presenting at Blog World Expo, Blogalicious and ALT Design Summit. A lifelong music lover, Sheila is also the co-founder of Left Coast Live, a music festival and conference that features the best emerging artists of the West Coast music scene.
Melissa Angert is a full time mom to three children. In 2006, she started her personal blog, Girlymama, where she writes about everyday life. She is also founder and managing editor of the popular fashion and beauty blog, bStylish. Melissa has earned a reputation for offering an honest look at life and the realities juggling motherhood and a business. Through her writing, she shares her passions for family, faith, fashion and travel. She has enjoyed working on campaigns with Ralph Lauren, Loft, Marriott, Kelloggs, Ubisoft and V.Tech. Melissa founded Eliza Grace Design in 2007, and it quickly grew from a small blog design operation into a bustling graphic design business.
April Welch is a Mental Clutter Expert | Mom of 2 boys | Wife to 1 Fireman | Lover of Tutus | Horrible Cook | Loyal Friend | National Public Speaker who gives you permission to be imperfect
Cool Material is a hobby-turned-profession for online publisher, Tim Jacobsen. After starting a top 300 Internet retailer and holding a couple of SVP positions, his passion for social media, online marketing, and entrepreneurship drove him to branch out on his own. Started in 2008, the men's lifestyle blog covers everything from entertainment and technology, to art and style. Cool Material reaches out to over 600,000 readers each month, but the site’s hip, of-the-moment content and honest reviews continues to grow that number daily. Outside of his Internet world, Tim enjoys bicycling, poker, and traveling with his family.
Michelle Martini lives in San Francisco, CA, and loves to tweet as @PowerfulHER, cook, and teach preschool. She runs her own small business offering writing and social media services to nonprofits and companies that empower women.
Sarah Perez, a Feature Writer from ReadWriteWeb is from sunny Tampa, Florida where she had worked as an IT Professional for many years. A technology enthusiast, Sarah's passion and enthusiasm for technology was channeled into blogging, starting with her personal site, sarahintampa.com.
Alexa Stevenson, when not writing for MamaPop, can be found writing online at Flotsam, working on her second book (her first, Half Baked, was published in August 2010) and has been a contributor to NPR's Morning Edition.
Hubert Nguyen is the co-founder and editor of Ubergizmo. He is a retired engineer who programmed special-effects demos at NVIDIA. Hubert also managed the developer education program and edited the GPU Gems 3 book. Before joining NVIDIA, Hubert was at 3dfx interactive. Prior to that, he worked on 3D-Engines in various video games.
Mike Melanson is a writer for ReadWriteWeb, a technomad and an ex-Austinite living in San Francisco.You can follow him at @rwwmike.
Jason Mick has become an integral member of the DailyTech team during his journey with the site over the last few years. He has extensively covered numerous top topics such as Microsoft, Apple, alternative energy, the auto industry, hardware, and cybersecurity. He prides himself on always keeping an open mind, and in providing premiere analysis which gives new life and zeal to everyday news topics. Outside of DailyTech Jason is an avid runner, hiker, gamer and app developer. He prides himself on constantly discovering new music in virtually any nameable genre, be it indie rock, electronica, or rap. He considers himself a futurist and free thinker. And he loves to hear from his readers!
Mike Masnick is the visionary behind Techdirt, building up the core idea into reality and recruiting the management team. In addition to providing the strategic direction for the company, Mike oversees all editorial aspects of the Techdirt’s public and customer sites. Mike's insight into the realms of business and technology are the basis for his frequent posts to the award winning Techdirt blog. The widely followed, often quoted blog was launched in 1997. Prior to founding Techdirt Inc., Mike worked in business development and marketing at Release Software, an e-commerce startup, and in marketing at Intel. Mike has a bachelor's degree in Industrial and Labor Relations and an MBA -- both from Cornell University.
Eliane Fiolet is the co-founder and editor of Ubergizmo.com where she writes about web applications, design and usability. In her parallel life, she owns a Corporate ID design business that helps companies create great brands. Prior to opening her own agency, Eliane worked for a top design firm, Minale Tattersfield Design Strategy, where she created identities for Fortune 500 companies. She also worked in the video game industry as a designer for an award-winning adventure game. Eliane holds a master degree in visual communication from the "Art Decoratifs" college. You can follow her at Twitter and Facebook.
Brent Cox is a contributing writer for the The Awl, a New York City-based web concern established in early 2009. The Awl intends to encourage a daily discussion of the issues of the day--news, politics, culture (and TV!)--during sensible hours of the working week. You can follow Brent @titivil
Alana Gentry is a freelance writer & founder of GirlwithaGlass.com, a popular blog for new to advanced wine & food enthusiasts with an emphasis on wine recommendations, pairing, recipes, global travel and lifestyle articles. She's written for publication for various media for over 20 years. She's a sommelier, blogger, wine judge, Sonoma/Napa expert & social media enthusiast. Her most recent book is Alana's Insider Tips & Picks, Get the Inside Scoop & Save $700, A Guide to Sonoma & Napa Wine Country.
Jamie Villarreal is a twenty something in Chicago, where she works as a freelance writer and blogger. Jamie is a nail polish obsessed, mac and cheese enthusiast with the cutest dog you ever did see. You can find more of Jamie at her blog or follow her on twitter: @jamielovely.
Yuka Yoneda, is a writer and designer from Queens, New York. She received her bachelor’s in Business Management from Stony Brook University, and holds a degree in Exhibition Design from F.I.T. In 2008, Yuka looked in the mirror and didn’t like what she saw. Always feeling like there was something missing from her life, she had turned to excess, amassing a mountain of clothes, shoes, bags and random tchotchkes to fill the void. In an act of desperation, she founded Swyyne.com as a guide for urbanites wanting to change their piggish ways and has been learning and smiling more ever since.
Brandon Hill first jumped into the vast world of online journalism by joining AnandTech, while pursuing a degree in accounting at NC State University in 1999. At AnandTech, he provided daily news updates for the website's "Daily Web News" column along with the requisite Daily Hardware Reviews. Brandon joined DailyTech as the senior editor when the site launched in January 2006. He is now the executive editor of DailyTech and manages day to day operations of the site. Brandon is a diehard car enthusiast and can often times be seen perusing online car forums when not engrossed in DailyTech. He also is an avid outdoorsman and enjoys backpacking, camping, and kayaking -- all of which are remnants of his days as an Eagle Scout.
Choire Sicha is an editor of The Awl who needs to procrastinate a lot. The Awl is a New York City-based web concern established in early 2009 which intends to encourage a daily discussion of the issues of the day--news, politics, culture (and TV!)--during sensible hours of the working week. An "awl," by the way, is a "pointed tool used for punching small holes," often utilized in wood and leather craft.
Adam Schwartz is a serial entrepreneur whose background includes business development, media communications via social media & traditional PR and web product management. He has co-founded two start-ups, theeastend.net, a social networking community for the hamptons and most recently source4style.com, a B2B marketplace where sustainable designers can search and purchase textiles from environmentally friendly suppliers.
Said by Food and Wine magazine to "throw Napa's best parties," Helen Jane Hearn is a home entertaining expert and founder of Cheesewhizzes, a nationwide wine and cheese club based in California's Napa Valley. Helen Jane runs Maplevine, a design consultancy. A speaker at events like SXSW Interactive and EVO Conference, Helen Jane inspires creativity through celebration.
Carlos Rodela is the Producer/Host/Editor of Press Pause at MEVIO. MEVIO hosts networks of personality-driven episodic entertainment to best engage our customers-comprised of viewers, producers, advertisers and partners. MEVIO is one of the fastest growing entertainment sites on the web. MEVIO has over forty shows in production, ranging from technology to comedy and general entertainment. MEVIO currently has an audience of over six million monthly unique visitors and are ranked by comScore as a top twenty site for both general entertainment and music. MEVIO's top networks include technology, music, women's and men's content.
You can follow Carlos at Twitter: @onawa.
Jenny Ingram writes and video blogs at Jenny On the Spot. She is also started vlogging because she discovered a camera on her laptop! She is one of the iVillage iVoices and has a fond affection for coffee and things that sparkle.
Lindsay Maines is a mother of three, blogger, social media consultant, and journalist. She blogs regularly at www.rockandrollmama.com. Lindsay’s work has appeared in The Washington Post, Brain, Child Magazine, as well as many business trade publications. She’s in the process of selling her first non-fiction book, “Rock and Roll Mamas”, about moms keeping their identity post-baby , and is the “Just For Fun” editor of www.lifetimemoms.com.
Laurie White accidentally became a contributing editor for BlogHer.com in 2006, and has not emerged from the internet since. Still a BlogHer editor, she also edits the sports blog Draft Day Suit and is a contributing writer at MamaPop and FoodLush. A journalist with many print and online publication credits, she is also an enthusiastic and somewhat talented photographer who can be found quite frequently @lauriewrites.
Diane Pham, Architecture and Design Editor of Inhabitat, is a freelance writer based in Brooklyn, NY. Like so many people out there she too thought she wanted to be an architect when she grew up. After graduating from USC’s Marshall School, she enjoyed a brief stint at SCI-Arc, then working for the A+D Museum in Los Angeles, Perkins Eastman Architects and Resoultion4: Architecture handling their marketing, PR and graphic work. A native Angeleno, she’s also lived in Milan and Paris, and still has her sights set beyond the borders of the US. In her spare time she enjoys traveling, learning languages, cooking, taking photographs and doing as many new things as she can, every moment she can.
Klint Finley is a Writer for ReadWriteEnterprise, joining the team in May 2010. He has a BA from The Evergreen State College, where he studied communications and mass media. He's the editor of the blogs Technoccult and Mediapunk, and has been writing about technology and culture for over 10 years. He lives in Portland, OR. You can contact Klint at klint@readwriteweb.com.
Liz Patt is the Basics Section Editor for Tecca. She has a background in systems administration, technical support, and documentation writing in a variety of arenas. Liz strongly believes that there's no such thing as too many tech toys, and can be seen in many an airport coffee shop sprouting a variety of devices. She holds B.A. in Women's Studies from the University of Maryland and tries to put it to good use every day.
Audrey Watters is a Writer for ReadWriteWeb. She has a Master's Degree in Folklore and was working on a PhD in Comparative Literature, but chose to become a technology journalist rather than write her dissertation. You can reach her at audrey@readwriteweb.com.
Jules of Mean Girl Garage. When she isn't staring at pictures of her Fake Boyfriend, Jon Stewart, she's devising new ways to sneak onto 'The Amazing Race.' Or she's watching really bad reality tv shows and eating Maple Nut Goodies. That's right, look those up.
Robin Miller, a member of the Clever Girls Collective, is a 20-something, social media enthusiast and self-proclaimed hippie at heart. She is a co-creater and writer for 52 Bands in 52 Weeks and writes on her personal blog, Robin, With An I. She also tweets out of Silicon Valley @RobinWithAnI.
Samuel Axon is a writer with a passion for technology, entertainment, and pop culture. He's currently Senior Editor for Tecca, a site that covers tech for everyone, not just geeks. He also serves as Editorial Director at the social media company Sprout Social, and worked previously at the popular tech and entertainment blogs Mashable, Engadget, and Joystiq.
Meg Favreau is the Senior Editor for Wise Bread, a community dedicated to helping folks live large on a small budget. She's a frugal-living, deal-hunting, food-loving lady.
Miles Klee of The Awl is a writer, critic and improviser living in Hell's Kitchen, New York City, where he frequently charges into unsuspecting flocks of pigeons. His fiction has been featured in Contrary, Elimae, McSweeney's and Yankee Pot Roast. He is the author behind the blogs Hate The Future and The Notes, cult hits amongst people he knows personally. You may view his full portfolio of work here and spam him with job offers at milesklee@gmail.com.
Sarah Kimmel is the author of The Organized Mom which has tools, tips, and tricks to help get you and your family organized, healthy and happy.
Monica Barnett, a member of the Clever Girls Collective, runs an Image Consulting & Personal Styling Company and a style blog called Blueprint for Style. Monica helps busy executives, budding entrepreneurs, up-and-coming rock stars and anyone else without enough time or style savvy to go it alone. By the time she’s done going commando on your closet, you’ll be able to name your personal style (think “Sexy Chic”, “Uptown Sophisticate”, “Dressed-down Dapper”), and curate a new image around that identified style. She doles out advice to the Style Network, consults with Neiman Marcus, is part of Vogue magazine’s Influencer Network and a Lucky magazine Alpha Shopper, and is a bona fide clothing connoisseur and lover of all things stylish!
Sebastian Anthony, a contributor to Tecca has been taking apart consumer electronics since the ripe old age of 18 months, when much to the chagrin of his mother he dismantled his very first VHS machine. Since then, he has soldered circuits, engineered aircraft, built computers, administered networks, and sold several dot-com bubble start-ups. Despite his love of gadgets and gizmos, he currently writes about software. When he isn't writing, he travels the globe and takes photos, which hang on walls around the world and are exhibited in his home country, the United Kingdom.
Taylor Hatmaker is a writer with a keen eye for mobile tech, social media, and all manner of emerging web flora. She's currently the Senior Associate Editor of Tecca, Taylor graduated from New York University and hails from the South, but these days she can be found on the leftmost coast. You can read more of her writing on Autostraddle, or catch up with her micro-thoughts on Twitter.
Freelance writer, blogger and editor Brooke Dowd Sacco can be found at Incredible Things. Also active in all aspects of social media, she works from home, spending about 38 hours a day online. When she is not curating the site that's dedicated to the weird and wonderful, she's writing for Slice of Style, KidCrave and JetSetta. Brooke looks forward to life as a WAHM, after her first baby/future personal assistant arrives in May 2011.
Sharon Castellanos is a San Francisco-based freelance writer, editor and creator of Grouchy Puppy, a pet-centric online community sharing stories, photos and interviews that inspire, educate or just make you feel good. Her work has been published on travel site Uptake and good-news site Tonic. While she enjoys a wired house in the city that allows her to work from home, Sharon can also be found capturing city images and story ideas on her smartphone while out walking her very large rescue dog Cleo. You can follow all the adventure on Twitter @grouchypuppy, join the pack on Facebook and even see Sharon's occasional travel story on her blog Everywhere Travel.
Lindsay Maddox is the chic geek behind Designer Wife, a blog dedicated to her attempts at designing a healthy, balanced & beautiful life. Her words were first published at age 8 when she was accepted in to a Poetry Society's annual publication-- since then she's always craved seeing her work in black & white. Most recently, she contributed a chapter to a healthy living book that will be on bookshelves in the summer of 2011. She's an espresso addict, frequent flier, proud member of the Clever Girls Collective, and social butterfly. When she's not blogging her entire life story, she works as a freelance writer, designer and amateur photographer. Mostly, she just stands around being fantastic. You can connect with her on twitter and facebook
Cat Lincoln is a respected marketing professional, lifestyle blogger and co-founding principal of Clever Girls Collective, Inc., a social media consultancy. Cat has nearly 20 years of corporate marketing experience, leading major strategic, brand, and creative programs for Fortune 500 companies. She has blogged for several AOL lifestyle sites, as well as on her own blog, wishbone clover, and is a member of the Bare by Solo Product Advisory Board. She is based in San Francisco, where she likes to take pictures, work on her novel, watch her husband do karaoke, and Tweet scathing commentary about "reality" TV.
Back in the halcyon days of yore (i.e., high school in the early 1990s), Katherine Gray was part of a crack team of bleeding-edge tech geeks, music nerds, and writers convinced they were the next Tolkien. Now she has a day job as a desktop publisher for a government contractor in the Washington DC area, a master's degree in publishing that she hopes will someday prove to be useful, and a job history that includes everything from technical writer to barista to cemetery intern. She babbles about books and shows off her photography in her personal blog at Museful.com, and is building a portrait and event photography business, which can be found at Build Your Wings Photography. She lives on the side of a mountain with her husband, a dog, several cats, and the occasional wild turkey.
Kim Lachance Shandrow is a Los Angeles-based freelance journalist and mama of three. She currently pens Tech-Savvy Mom, BlackBerry Tips, and Green Your Tech columns for Tecca.com. Her health, parenting, environmental, and entertainment industry articles and columns have appeared on or in: the Los Angeles Times, MSNBC.com, NBC.com, SuperEco.com, DrDrew.com (of KROQ's Loveline radio show), PsychCentral.com, HealthCentral.com, ImperfectParent.com, LAYoga Magazine, and LA CityBeat. When she's not running around like a chicken with her head cut off chasing kids and deadlines, she gets her kicks dodging bamboo combat sticks and polishing her right hook at her local mixed martial arts dojo.
Xeni Jardin is an editor of Boing Boing and a tech culture journalist whose intergalactic adventures are chronicled online, on radio, in print, and on television. Boing Boing is a pioneering blog that offers an eclectic blend of of tech culture, gadgets, entertainment, business, and more -- a "geek's eye view" on the world.
Edith Zimmerman is the editor of The Hairpin, a blog for women that features original content and general-interest stories of the day.
Dan Mendes is an artist, musician and writer who is currently pursuing a Business Degree with a Minor in Studio art from Stony Brook University. Dan is also working to start his own organic apparel company focused on Men’s wear. A newcomer to the Inhabitat and Ecouterre team, Dan is eager to find his footing in the world of sustainable design, and he can’t wait to see what tomorrow will bring!
Rob Beschizza lives in Pittsburgh, where he writes about technology, video games, puppies and injustice. He is the managing editor of Boing Boing, where such combinations remain in high demand. Boing Boing is a pioneering blog that offers an eclectic blend of of tech culture, gadgets, entertainment, business, and more -- a "geek's eye view" on the world.
TheCoolist is a design, lifestyle and luxury magazine focused on the finer things in life. Every day, TheCoolist covers the latest in design, gadgets, style, cars and more for a community of influential trendsetters and early adopters. Mike Payne is the Publisher of TheCoolist.com. He is also an energy policy nerd, Detroit Pistons fan, beer snob, dog lover and Rachel lover. You can follow him @TheThinkTank.
Amethyst Wang is the editor of Chictopia,'s Everybody Is Ugly, a daily fashion news blog dedicated to seeking the hottest trends, reporting runway coverage and giving style and fashion blogging advice to its readers. Outside of fashion editorial, Amethyst likes to read up on Asian American issues, follow internet memes and make inappropriate jokes.
As co-editor of Boing Boing, David Pescovitz is a collector of online anomalies, esoterica, and curiosities. He is also a research director at Institute for the Future.
Dan Rowinski is a Writer for ReadWriteWeb, joining the team in April, 2011. Chef turned journalist turned tech geek, he is always willing to talk anything culinary or the intricacies of the newest smartphone. He has a BA in English from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Master's degree in Journalism from Boston University. When not traversing for bleeding edge web trends, Dan is a sports writer who can often be found haunting the ballparks and arenas of Washington, D.C. Contact Dan on Twitter @Dan_Rowinski or email at dan@readwriteweb.com.
Kristin Marshall -- @kristin -- is a California-based freelance writer and editor with a passion for tech, sci-fi and travel. You can find her ramblings on fashion and lifestyle at Search & Dresscue.
Amy Edelman is the founder and editor of IndieReader, the essential guide to indie books and the people who write them. IR's original content is a mix of Gawker-type commentary and Rolling Stone-type profile stories combined with news, reviews, best-of rankings and more. Indie Reader also features a Library of professionally reviewed books, linked to sales sites for easy purchase.
Shell Fruscione is the blogger behind {Not Quite} Susie Homemaker, a blog about being a twenty-something sorority-girl-turned-stay-at-home-mom. Having never taken Home Economics or been born with the talent of domesticity that most women seem to possess, the transformation has been quite, well, blogworthy. What she lacks in homemaking prowess, she makes up for with anecdotes and pictures of her 20-month-old son, Shane, her too-smart-for-her-own-good dog Bella Notte, &her fiancée Justin. You can follow her metamorphosis through her blog, {Not Quite} Susie Homemaker, on Twitter or on Facebook.
Carla Koency is a professional translator, writer and all around traveler, currently based in France. You can find out where she is and what she is up to, through her blog The Globetrotting Texan or by following her on Twitter @globetrottertex.
Jackie and Martina are popular MeVIO hosts whose shows, Celebrity Crush, Music Video Reform School and Emo Girl TV have been seen by millions of viewers and that dedicated number continues to grow! MeVIO is the largest independent online video entertainment network, producing and delivering short form video to audiences interested in sports, celebrity, music, money, comedy, gossip, tech, trending topics, latest news, best of, Top 5, health & fitness and so much more...
Sarah W. Caron is a writer, editor and recipe developer whose work appears regularly on BettyCrocker.com, Tablespoon.com, SheKnows.com and others. She writes the popular food blog,
Sarah's Cucina Bella and is a devoted BlackBerry user.
Author of the book Best Hikes with Kids: San Francisco Bay Area, Laure Latham moved from France in 2001 after an intense tax attorney career. She is now an active travel and outdoors blogger for families at Frog Mom and writes for several websites such as The Red Tricycle or the Examiner.com. To connect families with the outdoors, she also runs a Facebook page Best Hikes for Children in the Bay Area. You can follow her tweets at @frogmomblog or find her in the San Francisco bay where she swims every week - just enough to get her yearly Alcatraz fix. Whenever she can, she roams the western and eastern Sierras with her two girls and husband.
Lisa Robertson is a Disneyland expert and author of the book, Babes In Disneyland: The ultimate Disneyland Resort guide for families with young children (available at Amazon.com and Lulu.com). Lisa worked at the Disneyland Resort as a tour guide and then writer for five years and regularly works directly with Disney to provide her website and blog readers with up-to-date information and videos about the Disneyland Resort. In addition to being a Disneyland Resort expert and mother to three small boys, Lisa is a freelance writer and communications consultant.
Joshua Russell works for a nonprofit leadership network during the day and during all other times eats, breathes and lives sports. He blogs about the Oakland A's on rantsports.com, and the Warriors on WarriorsCourt.com (Bloguin). Josh has been a regular guest on the DSD Podcast talking all Bay Area sports and has guest blogged for FoxSports.com.
Wendy Hammond blogs at The Local Cook, where you can read her adventures in learning how to cook using local produce and meats. Her husband (DH), is the grillmaster in the family and would love any one of these gadgets.
Mandi Reading is the author of Trainer Momma, a fitness and nutrition site for busy women and their families.Trainer Momma dives head first into the nuts and bolts of effective exercise, and provides healthy recipes that you will actually want to eat, and endless ideas on how to work in the workout. She is a fitness and nutrition writer, speaker, certified personal trainer and nutrition consultant specializing in weight management. Her favorite workouts include doing wind sprints to catch her three children, running stairs with armfuls of dirty laundry, and impatiently watching her core as expand as Baby #4 develops (due in the fall!).
Meredith Winn is a sometimes writer and an everyday photographer. Meredith’s creative nonfiction has been published in various magazines including Midwifery Today, Motherverse, Literary Mama, and Hip Mama. Her photography has been on exhibit in TX, VT, and NYC. Meredith is a contributing editor and photographer to Shutter Sisters and is also a contributing photographer for Getty Images. Her photography portfolio can be found online on her website www.meredithwinnphotography.com.
Lori Cunningham is the founder of the Well Connected Mom and the Well Connected Home . The Well Connected Mom makes technology simple for busy moms and the Well Connected Home demystifies and simplifies home technology. An avid technology lover from her youth (can you say ATARI and Commodore 64?), Lori continues to delve into the latest and greatest technologies for families. Self-dubbed the "touchscreen Queen," Lori investigates touchscreens from phones to computers to help navigate families through the abundance of devices on the market.
Michael Gray is an operations manager and a writer. The two things might not seem like a perfect pair, but they’ve married wonderfully over the years to a well-rounded, effective dude. At least, that’s what he tells himself when he hauls his caracass out of bed each morning.
Britt Reints is a professional blogger and passionate traveler. She writes about happiness and her decision to move her family of four into an RV for a year at In Pursuit of Happiness.
Jessica Maceda from Wayfaring Wanderer works as a freelance photographer and graphic designer in the NW mountains of North Carolina. She possesses an unruly appetite for travel, and adventure beckons on a continuous basis. Her journeys are shared through photography and stories on the Wayfaring Wanderer blog.
Sara Ost is a seasoned new media executive and the founding EIC of EcoSalon.com, currently the #1 green website for stylish, conscious women online (and in her opinion, the coolest green site online). Her personal motto: Have a heart. She resides in San Francisco, where she indulges her inner foodie when not discovering new vintage fashion shops and resolving to be less of a yoga slacker.
Stefania Pomponi Butler is a long-time blogger and blog editor/producer as well as a principal and co-founder of Clever Girls Collective, Inc. In addition to founding the popular and successful cooking, parenting, and design blog CityMama™ in 2003, Stefania is one of the Founding Editors of Kimchi Mamas™ and the MOMocrats™.
Ashley O'Neill is the editor in chief for The Savvy Source and a dedicated reader of all kinds of fiction. Before joining with The Savvy Source, she was an English professor and spent her days teaching college freshmen the finer points of reading and writing about literature. These days, you can find her talking books on Twitter (@akoneill) or follow her ever-growing To Read list on Goodreads.
Elena Sonnino is an Advanced Academic Resource teacher in Northern Virginia. She spends most days laughing at the outrageous "isms" spoken by her almost seven year old daughter and enjoying wine with her rocket scientist husband. Elena writes about the roller coaster of life at Ciao Mom and about celebrating ourselves at Just.Be.Enough.
Alejandra Carvallo is currently Manager of shopping marketing with responsibility for demand generation in the US. Alex joined Intel Americas in 2005, as Manager of the Consumer Marketing Campaign for Hispanics in the USA. She has over 15 years of hi-tech marketing experience creating successful campaigns for a electronic products. She has worked in both South America and the US for Alcatel, Stanford Telecom and Bell Canada. A native Venezuelan, she earned her bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering from the Simon Bolivar University, Caracas, and obtained her MBA from Regis University, Denver. Alex spends her days being a marketing expert for intel and being a wife and mom of two for her family, always striking the work/life balance - trying to, at least. You can follow her at @AlexAtIntel.
A self-proclaimed “pragmatic idealist,” Cliff Champion is constantly on the prowl for news about ideas that are shifting our global culture in a more positive direction. He recently graduated from Pepperdine University with a double major in French and Intercultural Communications, and is trying to adjust to life outside of the proverbial nest. Next year, he will attend the Associated Colleges in China program in Beijing to perfect his Mandarin, and to better acquaint himself with the growing Chinese environmental movement. He also hopes to one day unify his jumbled array of interests with a graduate degree in the field of sustainable design. Until then, he will be spending his summer months in Connecticut and NYC before setting off for the far east.
Kathryn Anne Flynn freelances from Canada's national capital, Ottawa, Ontario and is working diligently on her new project ellegentsia, a blog for modern ladies to share bright ideas. Aside from wordsmithing, she has a passion for dinner parties, renovated heritage homes & Barolo.
Sandie Angulo Chen is the senior movie critic for Common Sense Media and a contributing writer to Daily Variety, Aol's Moviefone Blog, TV Squad, and MTV's NextMovie.com. She’s been covering pop culture for more than 12 years as a reporter and writer based in New York City and Washington, D.C. She lives in the DC area with her movie-loving husband and three young children, and you can find her on Twitter @urbanmama.
Erica Swallow is an Assistant Editor at Mashable, working primarily on writing, editing and managing supported feature content, with a particular focus on business and marketing. Prior to joining Mashable, she managed the social media marketing strategy for The New York Times. Erica is a graduate of New York University Stern School of Business with a Bachelor of Science in International Business and Marketing. While at NYU she also studied Mandarin Chinese, studied abroad in Shanghai, China, and co-founded NYU China Care, a club that raises funds for disabled Chinese orphans. When she’s not tweeting, tumbling and blogging, she enjoys the finer things in life: friends, food, wine, chocolate, traveling and dancing.
Laura Selby is a writer at Tecca. A professional background ranging from ESL teaching to real estate appraisal has given her many unique talents, including first-rate gesturing skills and the ability to drive and take pictures at the same time (don't try this at home). Her interests include travel, education, information, and tech solutions that enhance real-life experiences.
Jessica is the Founder of Modern Day Moms. She is married and resides in a beautiful coastal town on the eastern side of the United States. She is a mom to a sassy little preschooler who keeps her on her toes, all day long. When she isn't blogging, responding to e-mails, working or being involved in some sort of crafty affair, she is spending time at the beach and playing with the latest phone app. One who loves to try new things, she is often found on spontaneous road trips with her family discovering new beaches & food joints or spending time taking care of her garden & laying in the hammock with her little family.
Whether the driving force was language or fashion, Kestrel Jenkins' interest in global issues has led her around the world. After growing up in a little Mississippi River town in Wisconsin, she worked as a journalist with El Diario Austral in Chile, did PR for People Tree in London, and taught English on a Fulbright in Madrid, Spain. She found all of her interests collide in ethical fashion and sustainability, where her energy and spirit inspire a thirst to understand more and more about the field. She has a B.A. from Hamline University in global studies, international journalism, and Spanish. She currently works as a PR & Research Associate for Global Action Through Fashion. In honor of her pledge to only be ethical in her clothing purchases for 365 days, she posts weekly “looks” on her blog, Make Fashion Fair.
Fitz Koehler is a celebrity fitness expert, author of The Everything Flat Belly Cookbook, renowned speaker, and TV news personality who has a Master's Degree in Exercise and Sports Sciences. Visit her site Fitzness.com for training videos, advice, healthy recipes, original celebrity interviews and the scoop on the latest fitness, fashion and beauty tools.
Olivia Speranza has been hosting on-air content for cable television and the internet since 2007. She began her career working with an Asian American music and lifestyle channel, MYX. Olivia currently works on her blog, OliviaTech.com where she writes and produce/hosts video reviews for photography, video and audio. Aside from her blog and work on Mevio's Money Team, Olivia also is the host for Nvidia's digital magazine, NVision.
Nikki Nash is a Marketing Manager at Intel by day and the Editor in Chief of The Rising Professionalista, a fashion and lifestyle site for career women, by night. Prior to Intel, Nikki worked at Starcom-MediaVest where she managed print media for a number of Kraft Foods brands and at magazines such as Travel + Leisure and InStyle in sales and marketing. She has also completed consulting projects for global companies based in China and India. Nikki earned her B.A. in English from St. Joseph’s University and her M.B.A. from Howard University. To hear more from Nikki, you can follow her on Twitter @NashNikki.
Trina Finton is the CEO/Founder of GamingAngels, the largest female gaming community online. She is also hard at work at launching the first women's media network focused on the geekier topics in life. Trina volunteers with young girls to encourage them to consider careers in technology. Trina has appeared on panels and been interviewed about her strong opinions about women in gaming and technology fields. If she’s not working on GamingAngels.com, she might be cheering on the Vikings, playing videogames or reading Twitter. Find her on Xbox Live with Gamertag, GamingAngel or on Twitter as GamingAngel.
Peter Rallis started his movie news show Movie Buzz back in 2007 while attending college in New York City. Since then, he moved to Los Angeles where he continues to grow his show and audience. Peter's passion for movies and the film making process has contributed to his success.
Chelsey Andrews is the writer and creator over at thepapermama.com. Mama to her beautiful daughter, blogging addict, photography lover, and oh so much more.
Emily Price writes for Tecca and TechnoBuffalo. In other lives she has also written for PC World, Slashgear and Download Squad, and was a video editor and producer for her local CBS/FOX station for 5 years. When she's not tinkering with new gadgets she likes to geek out about craft beer, take pictures at rock shows, and play vintage arcade games.
Robin Miller, a member of the Clever Girls Collective, is a 20-something, social media enthusiast and self-proclaimed hippie at heart. She writes at Robin, With An I, and tweets out of Silicon Valley @RobinWithAnI.
Randy Nelson, a writer at Tecca has spent most of his waking life since the age of five playing video games, and the last 14 years writing about them professionally. In the rare moment he's not playing or writing about games, he can be found checking out the latest iOS apps, streaming inappropriate amounts of TV and movies, and obsessing over his home theater settings. Randy has written for IGN, Next Generation, Official Dreamcast Magazine, PSM, and Joystiq. He also loves cats.
Mark Boyer is a freelance writer, photographer and videographer based in Chicago. A native of Buffalo, NY, he came to the Midwest to study literature at the University of Chicago. Hungry to learn where our food comes from, he co-founded OrganicNation.tv in 2009, and spent the next year and a half traveling around the country and reporting on the organic food movement. He is currently the editor of Curbed Chicago. When he's away from his keyboard, Mark is probably cruising around Chicago on his bike, photographing old buildings.
Jennifer Jolly is an Emmy Award-winning on-air contributor and writer who delivers funny, thoughtful, journalistic and helpful consumer technology and lifestyle content across multiple platforms. Tecca is a next-generation personal electronics information and shopping service. We bring together the web's leading content, commerce, and community features to provide comprehensive solutions for consumers' ever-growing technology needs. Think of us as that tech savvy friend who helps you when you have questions about what to buy, what to pay, how to make the most of you already have, and when it's time to upgrade. Get to know us on YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook.
Ashley Esqueda is a fiesty tech personality, blogger, cupcake aficionado, and mobile guru. She hosts video for Tecca and Mobile Nations, and writes about mobile gaming for G4. She currently resides in Southern California with her husband, two dogs, and two cats. She also may or may not be a time-traveler sent back from 2327.
Based in Texas, Michael Arcand has been a full-time freelance writer since 2007. Currently writing for Tecca.com, his articles have appeared in numerous places online, including Myspace, Lalawag, and Mobile Roadie. He completed his CompTIA A+ certification in 2005.
Actor, musician, and personality Alex Farnham of the YouTube channel DamItsGood808, hails from Hawaii and is part of the Maker Studios network. Known for his quick wit, multiple characters, spot-on impressions and pop culture parodies, Alex delights his audience with his upbeat and positive humor and personality. Maker Studios was founded by top YouTube talent who wanted to create a collaborative Studio/Network specifically designed for independent content creators. The Maker Network consists of more than 125 YouTube channels with 21 million subscribers and 300 million monthly views. Our diverse set of partner channels include 16 of the top 100 on YouTube.
Ben Parr is a respected technology commentator and journalist, web entrepreneur and aspiring world changer. In a previous life, he was the Editor-at-Large of Mashable, the world’s largest independent digital news website focused on social media and web technology. Ben is also a startup advisor (NerdsUnite Productions, Tracks.by, Code Academy, Women 2.0 and more) and is currently working on a yet-to-be-announced project. Ben is a graduate of Northwestern University and earned a B.A. in Science in Human Culture, Political Science, and Business. He is a recent transplant to Silicon Valley and San Francisco.
