Today is my last day at io9 and Gizmodo. It’s been a long, astounding road, to say the least. I founded io9 back in…
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Annalee was the founding editor of io9. Their latest books are Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age and The Future of Another Timeline.
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