Senior Editor

Wayne Schulz – Wayne is a born again BlackBerry user (Bold and 8900), new Apple Computer and iPhone convert fan and MAS90 accounting software consultant. In his spare time he likes to check his email, surf the web and check his email just to make sure he didn’t miss anything the first time he checked his email. He lives in  Connecticut with his two children.

When not helping the kids with their homework or pushing their latest school fundraiser off on his co-workers, he is active in hiking, Scuba Diving and investigating all manner of technology. Wayne is the first GearDiary team member to post a space alien video. Social Sites: Facebook , Twitter or LinkedIn

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Editors

Clinton Fitch – Clinton is a member of Mobius, a Microsoft MVP in Mobile Devices, andhas been writing Windows-based mobile device reviews since 1999. Currently Clinton operates Clinton Fitch (Dot) Com! and HPC:Factor, the later being dedicated to the Handheld PC platform.

By day he is a System Engineering Manager for a leading Voice Over IP Call Center implementer and software company. When not at work or at play you can usually find Clinton watching the latest Formula One (go Kimi!) or MotoGP (go Nicky!) race on SpeedTV.

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Dan Cohen – Having a father who was heavily involved in early laser and fiber-optical research, Dan grew up surrounded by technology and gadgets. At some point, however he took a bit of a turn and ended up in the clergy. His passion for technology and gadgets never left him.

A long-time Windows Mobile and Tablet PC user, Dan drank a bit too deeply from the MacKool-Aid last summer and while he prefers the term “switcher” to “lemming” he realizes that both apply. He has since made an all-but-complete platform shift that includes an iMac, unibody MacBook and iPhone 3GS.

Dan began writing for Just Another Mobile Monday and Just Another iPhone Blog in the fall of 2007. During 2008-2009 he launched and ran the iPhone application review site WhatsOniPhone.com. He currently is one half of TheSundayNightLifeguards which can be heard Sunday nights at 7:30PM on WOR radio.

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Doug Goldring – Born in Pittsburgh, PA, Doug fled all the way to Ohio where he received an undergraduate degree in Journalism and Political Science from Miami University (OH). Doug the returned to Pittsburgh where he received his law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He them immediately took up the life of a nomad or more precisely an attorney with the Department of Justice (Federal Bureau of Prisons). In the next five years, Doug would live in Williamsport, PA; Lewisburg, PA; Seattle, WA; and Northern Virginia (what is technically known as the Washington, D.C. commuting area). Doug’s family is anxiously waiting to learn where their next home will be. After almost five years, however, they have grown quite comfortable in Virginia.

Doug is probably the last person you would ever expect to write for a mobile technology website. As an attorney for the United States Department of Justice, Doug negotiates multimillion dollar contracts, and litigates lawsuits from one end of the country to another (from sea to shining sea), all without the aid of even the simplest Blackberry device.

Nonetheless, before he began practicing law, Doug was a writer and journalist dating back to his high school and college days. Writing about mobile technology seemed like the perfect way to dust off those old skills, and he has not looked back. In addition to writing for Gear Diary, Doug is also the News and Review Editor for Just Another Mobile Monday. Doug rounds out the online experience by frequently participating in beta tests of some of the most well known products available for the Pocket PC.

Doug is frequently referred to as the reviewer who never sleeps, as a result of the number of 3:00 am posts that have magically appeared with his name on them. Nonetheless, Doug does have a life outside of writing, or so his wife reminds him. When not writing reviews, Doug enjoys spending time with his two sons and baby daughter. Doug also enjoys playing guitar, digital photography, and watching his stories on the talky-box in the living room.

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Senior Team Members

Christopher Gavula – Chris has been a COBOL programmer, a desktop support technician, network engineer, telecommunications manager, and even a professional musician. Currently, he is focused on deploying Voice over IP technologies in a large, corporate setting. He started working full-time at the tender age of 14, even before there were PCs, and will probably be working and trying to finish “just one more project” as he’s lowered into the grave.

Chris says “the great thing about this business is that it is always changing with new things to learn and do – but then that’s also the hardest thing about this business!”

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David Goodspeed – David is the editor of AutoworldToday at Today Newspapers in the Dallas suburbs. He is also a webmaster and photographer. He got started doing photography for the newspaper while working as a firefighter/paramedic in one of his towns, and he came to the newspaper group full time in 1992.

David entered automotive journalism in 1998 and became AutoworldToday editor in 2002. On the average, he drives some 100 new vehicles each year.He enjoys the great outdoors and as an avid fly fisherman, as is his girlfriend Tish. He especially enjoys nature photography and is inspired by the works of Ansel Adams.

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Joel McLaughlin – Joel is a system admin for a local college in Columbus, OH. He is married and has one son. These people also try to curb his techno gadget lust, but fail, most of the time! His passions in technology are Open Source, UNIX, Handheld computers of all sorts from the Nokia Internet Tablets to Pocket PCs and the new UMPC’s that are coming out.

He also tends to be pretty mobile. When he knows of an issue with one of his servers he wants to fix it NOW! Hence the propensity to go more towards mobile computing. Operating systems he uses are Windows XP, Mac OS X and Ubuntu Linux.

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Chris Spera – Christopher Spera has over 15 years of IT experience in consulting and development roles. He also has over 16 years of experience in manufacturing, sales and marketing and software quality; and is an expert in Process Engineering and System/ Methodology Implementation. He has been a rigorous PDA Advocate since 1997 when he purchased a Casio E10. His current PDA Corral include an iPAQ 6515, i-mate K-JAM, Siemens SX66 and Dell x-50v. Chris has been writing for pocketnow.com since the fall of 2001.

Chris has been writing since 1996 when he helped CMPnet get FileMine off the ground. He’s had a column on the Computing Pro forum of CompuServe since 1999, and has written for ROAM Magazine, CPU Magazine, The Gadgeteer, Pocket PC Thoughts, and WUGNET: The Windows User’s Group Network.

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Kerry Woo - Kerry, aka “WonderDawg”, is a certified gadget nut since he was able to walk and hold a transistor radio. His friends lovingly tease him about perpetuating the Asian stereotype with his love of anything that has an electrical cord or batteries attached including electronics and woodworking tools.

Kerry can’t stand to throw anything away, in the hopes that should he become famous or win the lottery, the WonderDawg Museum of Music, Schwag and Gadgets will serve as a repository of cardboard boxes containing artifacts of life before the dawn of digital such as several thousand LPs, old Macs, electronics and promotional items from the sixties, seventies and eighties. Otherwise, excellent yard sale stuff.

Married to Becky with two grown kids and two dogs, Kerry resides in Nashville, TN. He is heavily wired into the blogging community with his own blog. Kerry loves life, people and especially practical jokes.

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