Xeni Jardin

Infobox Person
name=Xeni Jardin

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birth_date=birth date and age|1972|8|5
birth_place= Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
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occupation=Journalist
parents=Monica Rumsey
Glenn B. Hamm Jr

Xeni Jardin (pronEng|ʃɛniː dʒɑːdæn) (born August 5 1972)"Behold the wizard of blogs". Piccalo, Gina (April 10, 2005), "Los Angeles Times". Copy at [http://xeni.net/lat/041005.htm xeni.net] .] [Piccalo "op cit", reports that Jardin's father "died a few weeks after Jardin's 10th birthday." Social Security Death Index gives his death as August 1980, which would put Jardin's birthdate at 1970. The same article stated Jardin was 32 prior to her 2005 birthday, which puts her birthdate at 1972.] is a journalist and weblogger in the United States. She is known for her position as co-editor of the collaborative weblog Boing Boing; as a contributor to ""Wired" magazine" and "Wired News", and as a correspondent for the National Public Radio show "Day to Day". She has also worked as a guest technology news commentator for television networks such as CNN, Fox News and ABC.

Life and work

Jardin was born in Richmond, Virginia. Her father, artist Glenn B. Hamm Jr., died in August 1980 of ALS. She left home at age 14, but remained in school in Richmond. Xeniflores is not her given name, but rather a nickname that stuck during her travels through Mexico and Guatemala.Xeniflores is a Guatemalan nickname that means "protector of flowers", and "jardin" is the French word for "garden."] For some time after she returned, she used the name Xeniflores Jardin Hamm and now uses a shortened version, Xeni Jardin. Prior to becoming a journalist, she was site editor for travel agency Traveltrust, [Hamm, Xeniflóres (1997). [http://web.archive.org/web/19970221005757/www.traveltrust.com/index2.html Traveltrust.com] via Internet Archive] then Supervisor of Enterprise Web Technology for Latham & Watkins [Hamm, Xeni Jardin (July 14, 1999). [http://www.chinwag.com/uk-netmarketing/archive/archive-jul-1999/msg00143.shtml UKNM: That pesky Euro symbol.] via chinwag.com] before working at Quaartz, an internet calendaring startup. [Kirkpatrick, David and Daniel Roth (January 10, 2005). [http://jcgi.pathfinder.com/fortune/technology/articles/0,15114,1011763,00.html Why There's No Escaping the Blog.] "Fortune"]

Her career as a journalist began in 1999 when she was associated with Jason Calacanis's "Silicon Alley Reporter", first as a contributing editor, and later as Vice President of "Silicon Alley"'s parent company, Rising Tide Studios. In 2001 she became a freelance writer for "Wired" and other magazines, and in 2002 she began contributing to Boing Boing after Mark Frauenfelder met her at a party and invited her to be a co-editor. Jardin has also written op-ed pieces for the New York Times [Jardin, Xeni (March 9, 2006). [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0E1FFA39550C7A8CDDAA0894DE404482 Exporting Censorship.] "New York Times"] and the "Los Angeles Times". [Jardin, Xeni, (September 25, 2006), [http://msl1.mit.edu/furdlog/docs/latimes/2005-09-25_latimes_xeni_google.pdf You authors are saps to resist Googling] , " Los Angeles Times".] She has also been the main source of an article in "The Age" talking about the cultural relevance of Wikipedia articles, [ [http://www.theage.com.au/news/icon/wikipedia-worries/2005/08/23/1124562860192.html?oneclick=true "Wikipedia Worries"] , Rob O'Neill, "The Age".] and the source for a "New York Times" article discussing Boing Boing's part in the creation of the Flying Spaghetti Monster internet meme. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/29/arts/design/29mons.html&OQ=_rQ3D1Q26exQ3D1126584000Q26enQ3D1c36980b0e5f2dcaQ26eiQ3D5070&OP=576d86aaQ2FQ2ByVEQ2BQ51qQ5DiQ26qqPdQ2BdAAQ25Q2BAQ60Q2BdQ2FQ2BRQ26PiQ2BQ51Vin2bQ2BdQ2F)qbiguP)e But Is There Intelligent Spaghetti Out There?"] , Boxer, Sarah, "New York Times".]

Jardin is also involved in television and radio work. In 2003, she began contributing the "Xeni Tech" segment for NPR's show "Day to Day", [Jardin, Xeni. [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4465031 Xeni Tech] . "Day to Day", NPR. Retrieved May 1, 2006.] and has appeared as a guest on the "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" to discuss the "Washington Post"'s decision to remove their comments section (a step Boing Boing had also taken). [Lehrer, Jim (January 24, 2006). [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/jan-june06/post_1-24.html Post Web Site Silences Public Comments After a Flood of Complaints.] "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer"] She has also made appearances on CNN, Fox News and "ABC World News Tonight". and featured on the BBC Radio 5 show "Pods and Blogs" discussing her work at Boing Boing. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/networks/fivelive/aod.shtml?fivelive/pods_blogs BBC Radio 5] , Pods and Blogs.]

Her work at Boing Boing has provoked some critical response. In March 2005, Jesse Andrews created a script for GreaseMonkey that filters out Boing Boing posts by Jardin. [Jardin, Xeni (March 18, 2005). [http://www.boingboing.net/2005/03/18/howto_dexeni_boingbo.html HOWTO de-Xeni BoingBoing] , Boing Boing] [Andrews, Jesse (April 28, 2006). [http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/870 de-Xeni (Release 0.0.1).] via userscripts.org, retrieved May 1, 2006.] In March 2006, Matthew N. Sharp created XeniSucks.com, which criticizes and parodies Jardin's posts on Boing Boing. Jardin posted a link to the site on Boing Boing and described it as "a total hoot" (the link is now removed). [Jardin, Xeni (March 27, 2006). [http://www.boingboing.net/2006/03/27/xenisuckscom.html xenisucks.com] , at Boing Boing, URL accessed on 17 May, 2006. BoingBoing has since removed this post, which can be seen at [http://web.archive.org/web/20060327234548/http://www.boingboing.net/ web.archive.org/web/20060327234548/http://www.boingboing.net/] ] A June 2008 controversy over Jardin's "unpublishing" of posts and links associated with sex blogger Violet Blue in the wake of a falling-out led to discussions about journalism ethics and standards and media transparency.Cohen, Noam (July 7, 2008). [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/07/business/media/07link.html Poof! You’re Unpublished.] "New York Times"] Sarno, David [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/webscout/2008/07/xeni-jardin-and.html BoingBoing's Xeni Jardin on unpublishing the Violet Blue posts] "Los Angeles Times"] Sarno, David [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/webscout/2008/07/boingboing-blog.html BoingBoing bloggers talk about Violet Blue controversy's implications] "Los Angeles Times"]

References

External links

* [http://www.xeni.net/ Xeni.net: Xeni Jardin's home page]
* [http://public.fotki.com/XeniJardin/] Xeni photo albums
* [http://boingboing.net/ BoingBoing] Blog for which Jardin is a co-editor.

Persondata
NAME=Jardin, Xeni
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Xeniflóres Jardin Hamm
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Journalist
DATE OF BIRTH=1972-08-05
PLACE OF BIRTH=Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=