Gizmodo: Editor

Good News, Everyone!

Jason Chen — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:24:17 EDT

Six thousand, six hundred and sixty-two posts after I first started writing here at Gizmodo, I'm about to type the words that I never thought would ever dribble forth from my keyboard: I'm the new editor of Gizmodo. After working with Joel Johnson, John Biggs and Brian Lam all these years and absorbing all the lessons and insights about blogging they left in this sweat, tear and who-knows-what-else-stained Editor's hat, it's time for me to pick it up and shove my head in.

Brian will of course still be around in his new position as editorial director, but the new title gives me a chance to help take Gizmodo from being the best written, most interesting and most readable gadget blog out there to the site that everybody—even people who are only kinda into tech—can't wait to consume every single day. Of course, there's nobody more responsible than the guys who are working here with me every day (Adam, Adrian, Benny, Chris, Dan, Dave, Elaine, Jack, Jesus, John, John, Kit, Logan, Mark, Matt, Sean and Wilson), who help make Giz my, and your, favorite place to pass the time, be entertained and be informed. How we're going to continue to do this in the future is to go beyond just covering trade shows, gadget news or even writing phenomenal features, but to expand and tap into the entire culture of what it means to be a gadget fan.

The new gig also calls for me taking on more management duties, which means you'll seldom see any more 12-post days from me unless the entire East Coast, Midwest and West Coast teams are wiped out from a sexy robot uprising. But that doesn't mean you won't see me on the site; the number one reason why Gizmodo is the best job I could ever dream of isn't because of all the cool tech we get to see, but because we get to write, and do so in the most unfiltered environment you can imagine for a publication of this size.

Here's what the news hopefully means for you: more of what you like, less of what you don't. My email's always open, so drop me a message when you've got an opinion about how we're doing. Gracias.

Some more good news: that photo above was taken when I was on vacation last week, right before I got engaged to the unlucky lady whose shoulder is the only thing remaining after I cropped the rest of her out (she's shy).

[Dilbert Strip]

Apologies to Professor Farnsworth for aping his phrase.

Nintendo Wii Fit Here

Brian Lam — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:52:29 EDT

Nintendo rang the doorbell at 8:30AM to give me some training in Wii Fit. They calibrated the board to my body by taking my age and measuring my weight. I did some basic yoga stretches, and found them surprisingly hard. My BMI is 25.99, which makes me overweight. My body age, which is much like a brain age score, is 42. Not good. The good news is that between the tracking of fitness, the variety of actual exercises like running in place and pushups and squats, and fun balance games like ski jump and tightrope walking, I might actually get off my ass and use this thing. Often.

P. S. Nintendo, thank you for the grippy Wii Fit socks.

UPDATE: OK, 16 minutes in, I'm tired and my back is spasming a little. The balance exercises have rendered the bottoms of my feet useless. The board's quality is very high, although you're not supposed to jump on it. And the sensors are accurate. I'm not sure what I think of it. Give me a few days to get used to having Fit around.

Help Wanted : Gizmodo Weekend Editor

Mark Wilson — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:30:50 EST

Gizmodo is looking to expand our weekend staff with a seasoned writer (6 months minimum experience required). If you're interested in the position, please send an email titled "Weekend Writer Applicant" to our tips line. Make sure to include:

1. Resume
2. A list of your favorite gadgets (along with why you like them).
3. Three sample posts in the Gizmodo style showing your breadth of ability (one news post, one general gadget post, and one of whatever you want). Links to work you've done in the past is fine, but please don't send us samples of writing that you wouldn't expect to see on Gizmodo.

Good luck!

Brian Lam on The Daily Show

Charlie White — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:59:59 EDT

Don't miss our own Brian Lam, Editor of Gizmodo, appearing on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Comedy Central. The segment originally aired Thursday night (6/28/07) at 11 p.m. Eastern, 10 Central, and 8 p.m. Pacific. If you missed Brian's hilarious segment talking about the iPhone (it starts about 15:00 into the show), the show will be repeated at the following times: 1 a.m. Eastern/10 p.m.Pacific; 10 a.m. Eastern/7 a.m. Pacific; 2 p.m. Eastern/11 a.m. Pacific and 8 p.m. Eastern/5 p.m. Pacific. Or, come back here and we'll have the video posted soon.

Creative Video Blaster Helps Old Lappies Render Video

Louis Ramirez — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:58:46 EDT

Getting your home movies to DVD can be a pain if you've got a geriatric PC/laptop with no FireWire ports. That's the crowd Creative is aiming for with their Video Blaster Editor. The external box offers all the A/V ports you need to get video onto your PC and helps your PC render video to MPEG-2. Though it works as promised, the guys at Laptop found that the unit has steep requirements, which your PC/lappie may not meet. Add to that the $199 price tag and you may want to reconsider. – Louis Ramirez

Creative Video Blaster Editor [Laptop Mag]

Guest Editor: Carlo Longino

gizguest — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 11:59:33 EDT

Howdy everybody, the Gizmodo crew has invited me to post this week on mobile and wireless shiny things. Somebody told them I was "funny," but I'm not sure they meant that I was ha-ha funny. In any case, I'll be on the prowl for anything interesting sans wires this week.

By way of introduction, I'm a Pisces and I enjoy fine wines, snow skiing and long walks on the beach. I'm also one of the brilliant minds behind MobHappy, and I write for Techdirt and run The Mobile Music Blog, all from my global HQ in Austin, Texas.