Catherine Schwartz

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name = Catherine Schwartz
birth_date = birth date and age|1977|5|27
birth_place = San Francisco, California, US
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occupation = co-host, producer
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website = http://www.hitechmommy.com
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Catherine Michelle Schwartz (often called Cat for short) (born May 27, 1977) is an American television personality perhaps best known for her former role as co-host on the TechTV television program "Call for Help" with Leo Laporte.

Early years

Schwartz earned degrees in Broadcast Communication Arts and Sociology from San Francisco State University. Fact|date=September 2008

Career

After a stint on TechTV's "The Screen Savers", Schwartz became co-host of "Call for Help" in 2002 with then co-host Chris Pirillo. After Pirillo left TechTV in April 2003, former host Leo Laporte returned to co-host with Schwartz. "Call for Help" was cancelled in May 2004 after TechTV's merger with G4, resulting in G4techTV.

In the period after the cancellation of "Call for Help", Schwartz appeared as a G4techTV technology expert on the "Today Show" segment [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5281872/ "Gender Wars"] . She also made guest appearances on short segments of "The Screen Savers". She later signed-on as a columnist with "Stuff Magazine", with a column entitled, "Ask the Tech Chick".

She also appears in the music video "Strange New Element" by the band [http://www.lowwatermusic.com Low Water] . Near the end of the video, she makes an appearance with fellow TechTV personalities Morgan Webb, Sarah Lane, Chi-Lan Lieu and Sumi Das.

Schwartz also claims to have invented the Swiffer during her days as a college intern. Schwartz has said that she receives no royalties and signed away her rights to the product as part of Procter & Gamble's policy.Fact|date=May 2008

In the early part of 2005, Schwartz and her friend Wynter Mitchell ("Screen Savers" teleprompter operator) started a podcast, which stopped on May 10, 2005 but got updated with two posts - one in July 31, 2007 and August 5, 2007 but hasn't been updated since. [cite web| url=http://catschwartz.libsyn.com| title=Cat Schwartz's Podcast| publisher=libsyn.com]

In 2008, Schwartz became a gadget and toy director for eBay Insider, a blog which claims to give consumers information from experts in their field, based on searches for products found on eBay. [ [http://ebayinsiderblog.com/author/cschwartz/ eBay Insider Blog] ]

Personal life

In June 2003 Schwartz became the subject of a stir in the Internet community when it was discovered that at least two cropped photographs of herself she had posted on her personal blog contained hidden Exif thumbnail images clearly showing her bared breasts, because the program she used to edit them, Photoshop, did not create replacement thumbnails. [cite web| url=http://graphicssoft.about.com/b/2003/07/26/techtvs-cat-schwartz-exposed-is-photoshop-to-blame.htm| title=Graphics Software Blog| date=2003-07-23]

On November 25, 2005, Schwartz married South Park editor Keef Bartkus in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her married name is Catherine Michelle Bartkus but she retains the last name "Schwartz" in professional contexts.Fact|date=May 2008

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