Roger Chang

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website = [http://revision3.com/ "Revision3"]
[http://revision3.com/tekzilla "Tekzilla"]
[http://systm.org/ "Systm"]
[http://www.twit.tv/ "This Week in Tech"]
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Roger Chang (born November 22, 1974) [ [http://www.reunion.com/rogerchang Roger Chang | rogerchang | Reunion.com Member Profile ] ] is a computer enthusiast and American television personality most notably known from his time as a segment producer and appearances on TechTV's "Call for Help" and "The Screen Savers". He is currently a senior producer at Revision3.

Early life

Chang attended Thomas Downey High School in Modesto, California. Upon graduating from high school, Chang continued his education at San Francisco State University. [ [http://www.g4tv.com/techtvvault/features/10077/Focus_On_Roger.html G4 - Feature - Focus On: Roger ] ]

Career

In 1998, Chang was hired by ZDTV(later TechTV) as an Associate Producer. While working at TechTV, Chang was involved with the production of two of the most popular productions; "Call for Help", which was a live call in show for fans seeking technology assistance and "The Screen Savers", a television show centered around computers, new technologies, and their adaptations in the world. He was also an on-air talent at times as well as an occasional fill-in host on "Call for Help". Chang remained in this capacity until the spring of 2004. [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0151804/ Roger Chang (I) ] ]

On March 25, 2004, Comcast's G4 gaming channel announced a merger with TechTV. This move became hugely controversial among loyal fans of TechTV. Around May 6, G4 announced the termination of 250 employees from the San Francisco office by July 10, 2004, allowing approximately 80 to 100 employees to transition to G4's main office in Los Angeles, California if they agreed to relocate there. [ [http://leoville.com/blog/index.php/TLR/comments/comcast_fires_techtv_staff/ Comcast Fires TechTV Staff] ] Chang was terminated and did not make the move to Los Angeles.

In late 2004, an early pre-alpha version of ScopeTech, a technology opinion website founded by Dan Huard with Chang and Robert Padbury, was created. Chang no longer contributes to ScopeTech.

Chang left the gaming website GameSpot in late 2005 to go work for "DL.TV", which covers a wide range of technology related topics and is streamed live every Thursday (it was streamed live twice weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays until episode 189). After serving as a camera operator and frequent guest host, he succeeded Patrick Norton as producer and host for "DL.TV".

From March 2006 to October 2006, Roger appeared on the weekly technology podcast from Ziff Davis media called "Whats New Now" hosted by Jim Louderback. [ [http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1972782,00.asp What's New Now Podcast - Video by PC Magazine ] ]

Chang announced in December 2007 that he would be leaving "DL.TV" to join Revision3 in January 2008. [ [http://www.crankygeeks.com/2007/12/episode_95_when_will_vista_fiz.php Roger Announces "DL.TV" departure] ] .

Chang also frequently appears as a panelist on "This Week in Tech". It was on this show that he explained he was leaving "DL.TV" to join Patrick Norton and Jim Louderback over at Revision3.

At Revision3, Chang has joined "Tekzilla" and "Systm" vidcasts as the senior producer (and probable feature host) [ [http://www.twit.tv/126 "TWIT" Ep. 126-Roger Explains going to Revision3] ] .

Chang also co-hosts a podcast with Tom Merritt, "East Meets West", which deals with various topics such as sports, technology, and politics. [ [http://www.subbrilliant.com/emw/?page_id=2 East Meets West - Podcast » About East Meets West ] ]

A quote of his used by the company UCMore is “I started using it two days ago and I can't stop using it," which his complaints were taken out of context by the Google Adsense advertising system. He explained in an episode of "This Week in Tech" that the quote is misleading since it was taken from an episode of Call for Help that aired several years ago.

ee also

*"DL.TV"
*Revision3
*"East Meets West"
*TechTV
*GameSpot
*Kevin Rose Founder of Revision3

External links

* [http://www.tekzilla.com "Tekzilla"]
* [http://revision3.com/systm "Systm"]
* [http://www.twit.tv/ TWiT]
* [http://www.subbrilliant.com/blog/ "East Meets West" podcast]
* [http://www.scopetech.net/ ScopeTech]
* [http://pownce.com/rogerchang/ Pownce]
* [http://twitter.com/jollyroger/ Twitter]

References