- Jason Snell
Jason Snell (born
October 6 ,1970 in Oakland,California ) is a writer and editor whose professional career has been spent coveringApple Computer 'sApple Macintosh computers and related technologies. He was also one of the early users of theInternet as a publishing medium, with several magazines and web sites to his credit. He is currently the editorial director ofMac Publishing , the publishers of the U.S. edition of "Macworld ". His column appears monthly in that magazine. In 2006 theMDJ Power 25 , a poll of Mac-industry-watchers, named him the 6th most powerful/influential person in the world of Macintosh computing. [ [http://www.macjournals.com/gcsf/mdj_power_25_2005-2006.html 2005-06 MDJ Power 25 Poll] ] (In the previous poll, Snell had been 11th. [ [http://www.macjournals.com/gcsf/mdj_power_25_2004.html 2004 MDJ Power 25 Poll] ] )Biography
Snell grew up in the small town of Sonora, California, graduating from Sonora High School in 1988. He attended Revelle College at the
University of California, San Diego , working for three years on the staff of the "UCSD Guardian " newspaper.In 1991, while at UCSD, Snell founded "
InterText ", an early Internet-based magazine, which was originally distributed via FTP and e-mail in plain-text and PostScript formats. (It was preceded by several groundbreaking Internet fiction magazines, including David 'Orny' Liscomb'sFSFNet ; Jim McCabe's "Athene"; and Daniel K. Appelquist's science-fiction magazine "Quanta".) "InterText" published hundreds of short stories in various genres until it ceased publication in 2004.Snell graduated in 1992 with a degree in Communication. In 1994 he received a master's degree from the Graduate School of Journalism at the
University of California, Berkeley . In 1994 Snell began working at the U.S. edition ofMacUser magazine, beginning his career writing about the Macintosh computer. In 1996, Snell co-founded Internet humor and commentary site TeeVee.org.He lives in Mill Valley, California, with his wife and two children.
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* [http://www.intertext.com/magazine/ InterText] (published 1991–2004)
* [http://www.etext.org/Zines/Quanta/ Quanta] (published 1989–1995)
* [http://www.etext.org/Zines/Athene/ Athene] (published 1989–1990)
* [http://www.textfiles.com/magazines/FSFNET/ FSFnet] (published 1985–1988)
* [http://www.teevee.org/ TeeVee.org]
* [http://ucsdguardian.org/ UCSD Guardian]
* [http://www.techtalkforfamilies.com/episode_11_mac_to_the_future Tech Talk for Families Interview]
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