About

GeekBeat.TV

GeekBeat.TV is a short video show, hosted by Cali Lewis, about technology news, current gadgets, and amazing research projects that will affect your future. She has a passion for technology, and works hard to find the most interesting, most compelling, most exciting stories out there, and tell you about them in a quick five minutes.

Host, Cali Lewis

An early podcasting pioneer, Cali Lewis began covering tech news online immediately after the release of the first video iPod. She knew it was revolutionary, and expected people would need content for the new format. That’s exactly what happened! Cali Lewis has become a household name in the tech industry and her podcasts have been viewed hundreds of millions of times in the last five years. She’s also a noted industry commentator with regular appearances on CNN, FOX, ABC, NBC, MSNBC, Sirius, and as both a keynote speaker and panel participant at industry events.

She’s also the President of Livid Lobster, Inc, Geek Beat’s parent company. You can find out more about the company (and of course where the name came from!) at LividLobster.com.

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Co-Host, John Pozadzides

Yep, that’s why we call him John “P.”! John P. is the co-host for Geek Beat LIVE and a regular host on the Geek Beat Daily Show. On the LIVE show, you can be sure he’s the comedic relief, he knows what he’s talking about, and he’s a little unpredictable…

He’s also Livid Lobster’s Chief Executive, which means we rely on him to keep the lights on, the cameras rolling and green M&Ms in Cali’s bowl!

He’s also the CEO of the Web Analytics company Woopra, and he runs a little blog you may have heard of called One Man’s Blog.

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Behind the Scenes

I can’t possibly do everything myself, and I’m thrilled to be working with such a talented group of people! These are the people working constantly behind the scenes to make it all happen. When you think of what GeekBeat.TV is, remember them!

Dave Curlee, Producer (Dallas, Texas): Dave produces and shoots Geek Beat, then sits in front of the computer all day drinking coffee and Mountain Dew while editing out all of Cali’s bloopers!  He’s been editing for nearly 20 years with his company, Dave Curlee Media and also produces Cooking with Kat.

Follow him on twitter @davecurlee

Dave Peterson (Seattle, Washington): We can’t say enough about Dave around here! He’s the Editor-in-Chief of the GeekBeat.TV Blog and the “Everything Else” guy! That means he does everything that needs to get done, from posting the shows to moderating our chatrooms, and anything else we can throw his way! Before GeekBeat.TV, Dave ran his own website (still up), Gadgetytech.com.

Follow him at Twitter.com/davepeterson

Scott Ellis (Dallas, Texas): Scott is one of our bloggers, and our resident website designer/developer. Scott heavily customized GeekBeat.TV using the Genesis Theme Framework. When he’s not fixing what we break, Scott runs pixelterra.com, a subsidiary of vsellis.com. Scott is also a co-creator of the Series child themes for Genesis. You can find Scott anywhere online by looking for “vsellis.”

Follow him on twitter @vsellis.

Scott Kublin (Savannah, Georgia): Scott is one of our bloggers and an SEO wizzard. He slaps our wrists when our titles are incorrect! Yep, all the way from Georgia. He’s a powerful one! He’s also a fantastic photographer!

Jude Ng (Manila, The Philippines): You know those awesome opening videos you’ve see through the years on Cali’s shows? Jude is the guy who created them! He’s a motion graphics artist and podcast intro designer for several other shows, such as Ringtonefeeder, the Moxie Mo show and MacMercTV. He’s an editor over in Manila and effects compositor.

Follow him on Twitter @judeng.

Nick Pluim (Dallas, TX): Nick works behind the scenes of GeekBeat.TV, WebBeat.TV and One Mans Blog in the day-to-day operations. He is a Graduate student at the University of Texas studying Emerging Media and Communications.

Follow him on Twitter @nickpluim

Mark Zamora (Dallas, Texas): Mark is one of our producers, a blogger, and in charge of making sure all those review products we get in are handed off to our reviewers and we get those fantastic videos out to you guys! He was born and raised in El Paso, TX but recently moved to attend the University of Texas at Dallas to pursue his dreams of becoming a Video Game Developer and Designer through the ATEC Program. He loves film, video games, music, animation, technology, and a good conversation with those interested in the same things!

Follow him on Twitter @MrMarkZamora

Jack Beavers (Dallas, Texas): Jack uses subjects, verbs and adverbs to form complete sentences for use on GeekBeat.TV . He has produced programs and reports for USA Today & Paramount Television and once fended off a charging bear armed only with a Sport Utility Vehicle. Turn Ons: Bacon & Double Rainbows. Turn Offs: Brussel Sprouts & Blue Screens of Death.

Follow him on Twitter @JackBeavers

Meet the Bloggers

Gord McLeod (Toronto, Canada): Gord is a writer and game designer with a background covering everything from IT work to programming to the graphic arts. He’s intensely interested in everything game, gadget and science related. He publishes fiction at Scribblings From the Mist.

Follow him on Twitter at @GordMcLeod and on Google+

Tracey McCormack (New York, NY): Tracey brings the laughs around here! She’s high-energy and loves to share her passions. Which is why she’s perfect for the Geek Beat team.

Stefan Lubinski (Austin, Texas): Stefan is one of the most enthusiastic geeks we’ve ever met. He loves his technology and wants to make sure you know why!

Wen Duan: Wen studies electrical engineering and computer science at UC Berkeley, works as an IT, and participates in high-performance computation research (Teragrid). Along with consuming an absurd amount of television, movies, and books, she is infatuated with making the web her source of media as well as sharing them with anyone she can!

Follow her on Twitter @copperncherrio

Sarah Kimmel (Utah): Sarah is just a mom who can fix your server or your blog. She has been in the IT industry supporting small businesses for 10 years, and now teaches her little ones how to be on the computer at even 12 months old. As a diehard PC, she can usually be found sparring with Apple fanboy’s or blogging at www.tech4moms.com where she brings tech to the masses.

Follow her on Twitter @tech4moms

Andy Martin (Gilbert, Arizona): Andy is a long time gadget hound, networking architect, musician, and all around media addict. When he’s not working and learning about new ways that technology helps our lives, he’s watching his fish, teaching his kids in the finer aspects of growing up geek, playing guitar, or playing way too much World of Warcraft.

Follow him on Twitter @andymartinaz

Daynah (Riverside, California): Daynah is a geekette from California who enjoys web development, coding in PHP, digital photography, and tinkering with gadgets. She’s currently is Senior Editor at Beatweek Magazine and a Tech Blogger at GeekBeat.TV.

Follow her on Twitter @daynah

Trace Dominguez (Washington, DC): Trace’s love for technology began young. When he was seven, he kept an invention notebook and dropped eggs off the roof attempting to fashion a working parachute. When not geeking out, he escapes the city for camping and hiking. Connect with him on twitter @trace501 and find out more on Trace’s Google Profile. Trace is an Associate Producer for DiscoveryNews and lives in Washington, DC.

Connect with him on twitter @trace501

Ross LaRocco: Background in technology since the age of 3. Evolved into a community focused path. Exercising passion about web content though bacon alfredo and viewers. Seamless between every website and cup of coffee. Cancer Survivor, Tea Drinker, Gold’s Gym Rat, Video Blogger, Wine Drinker, Mac Head

Follow him on Twitter @RossLaRocco

Jenn Castillo (Denver, Colorado): Jenn graduated from the University of Colorado with an M.S. in mechanical engineering after studying robotics and electronics packaging, and has a deeply rooted love for anything that beeps, whirrs, lights up, or runs on a motor. She began writing about technology for CNET’s Appliance and Kitchen Gadget blog, and now works as a hardware engineer while providing content for GeekBeat.TV.

Follow her on Twitter @jenntherobot

Catherine Faas (Toronto, Canada): Catherine is a web journalist, researcher, and freelance writer. She works for MGImedia in Toronto, Alltop.com, and now GeekBeat.TV. When she’s not deep web diving she’s busy covering geeky events around the globe. Catherine is a Web 2.0 sweetheart with a passion for technology. Oh, and she’ll beat you at a video game of your choice.

Follow her on Twitter @catherinefaas

Derick Schaefer (Dallas, Texas):  Derick Schaefer (Dallas, Texas): Having sold a car in college to upgrade his computer, Derick is a geek at heart. When he’s not being a geek as a hobby, he and a small team of talented employees do it for a living as they operate Synthesis WordPress hosting for CopyBlogger Media. GeekBeat.TV his hosted on Synthesis so you know who to blame if things are lightning fast! Derick is also a co-creator of the Series child themes for Genesis.

Prior to his role with Synthesis, Derick spent 10 years at The Microsoft Corporation in a variety of roles.

Nicholas Warsza (Winnipeg, Manitoba): Nicholas is new to the blogging scene, but has been passionate about technology since he has been seven. He loves all things technology, especially things with an ease of use, and new inventions that help people in need. He currently attends Westgate Collegiate, plays piano and trombone. He is a blogger at Webbeat.tv, Geekbeat.tv, and Onemansblog.com. BTW he’s only 13.

You can follow him on Twitter @NicholasWars

Rick Yaeger (Abbotsford, British Columbia): Rick Yaeger is the man behind MacMerc.com, a Mac-centric blog he started in 1999. Since then, Rick’s creativity and unique style has been seen on TechTV’s The Screen Savers and The Lab with Leo Laporte. Rick promises that the MacMerc.TV podcast isn’t dead, it’s just resting.

Follow him on Twitter @rickmacmerc.