I am, primarily, a writer. You can see a portfolio of my freelance work at Contently. Want to get in touch about something I've written? Email me.

Writing

I am currently a full-time writer at The Wirecutter/The Sweethome. I was a freelance writer before that for nearly 5 years, writing most often about personal technology, but also:

• Obsessive video game modders
• Secretive moneyed social clubs
• Accidental type design heroes
• The "Phantom King of Buffalo"
• Caffeine, alcohol, and other nerdy things.

I wrote a regular blog on mobile and wireless topics for ITWorld, and contributed to Fast Company and Fortune's's site. I wrote a post for Fast Company about what successful people do with the first hour of their day that has become almost frighteningly viral: 7,700 comments, more than 25,000 impressions each on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google+, and my reply column in Twitter sees it every single day. Quite the thing.

Before freelancing, I was an editor at Lifehacker for more than three years, writing over 5,800 posts on news, apps, and productivity.

I've written two books: The Complete Android Guide (3Ones) and Google+: The Missing Manual (O'Reilly). They were, at the time, extensive and inclusive guides to each platform, but have since fallen out of date, because personal technology now moves much faster than edition printing. I may revisit the Android guide at some point, but it's a tall order.

Podcasts

I co-hosted In Beta, a weekly podcast on Dan Benjamin's 5by5 network, from the first episode through #127. The first 75 episodes had my good friend Gina Trapani as co-founder and co-host, and Christie Koehler was my brave and wonderful second co-host. I enjoyed all the discussions. Even those in which Dan made me feel things.

Before In Beta, I hosted In Pod Form with Phil Dzikiy. It is a silly show, but you might enjoy it.

I have made quite a few appearances on This Week in Google, This Week in Tech, Tech News Today, All About Android, and other TWiT shows, as well as Adam Dachis' Supercharged. My cats appear in many of them, too, unbilled.

Events & Businesses

I've launched a few events and projects in Buffalo, and helped out on a few more. Namely:

The annual TEDxBuffalo conference, a TED-licensed all-day event with 18-minute talks about ideas worth spreading (founder/program director/sometimes organizer).

CoworkBuffalo, a coworking space in downtown Buffalo (co-founder/Executive Vice President of Caffeine).

The off-the-cuff Ignite Buffalo, an evening of informal 5-minute talks. With a bar (founder/speaker wrangler).

Other people's things I like to help out on: Nickel City Ruby, BarCamp Buffalo, TEDxBuffaloWomen.