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

You can view Wayne’s Flickr, check his latest tweets on twitter, watch his YouTube videos, peruse his Amazon Wish List, or send him an email.

Editors

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 during the summer of 2007 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 Pro and iPhone 3GS and although he has flirted with other platforms in recent months he keeps coming back to devices running OS X.

Dan began writing for Just Another Mobile Monday and Just Another iPhone Blog in the fall of 2007 and during 2008-2009 he launched and ran the iPhone application review site WhatsOniPhone.com. Dan is also a frequent contributer to iPhone Life Magazine and has two articles in the upcoming Fall 2009 edition.

You can peruse Dan’s Amazon Wish List, or send him an email.

Larry Greenberg – Larry has always had a passion for gear and gadgets. It all started for him with the release of the very first Palm Pilot. He has always had an interest in handheld electronics. From handheld PDAs, to cell phones, Mp3 players, watches and other products, Larry is the first person his friends, family and colleagues call when they need advice on tech.

Larry has roots in the online tech. forum community. He served as the Administrator to Howard Forums.com and as a Moderator at both Treo Central.com and Blackberry Forums.net. Under the screen name “lgreenberg” he’s amassed 50,000+ postings. He’s always eager to help.

As a Blackberry user he ran a web site showcasing accessory reviews for the Blackberry. However that all changed when the iPhone was born, and Larry has since become a Mac user through and through. He recently launched a You Tube channel doing product reviews for the iPhone.

Larry is a trained Chef and a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America. He worked in the food industry as a Chef, Food Researcher, in Sales and Marketing and in Recipe Development for close to twenty years.

While living in NYC Larry was greatly effected by the events of 9/11 and shortly after left the foodservice industry and fulfilled his dream of becoming a firefighter. Larry likes to say that he takes his gear places where most people don’t dream of going and if they do it’s probably a nightmare.

Now living in the suburbs of Philadelphia Larry spends his time with the Ludwig’s Corner Fire Company. When he’s not answering the fire alarm he’s usually caring for his three young daughters. Larry also enjoys running and is planning on running his 10th full marathon in May of ’09.

You may peruse Larry’s Amazon Wish List, or send him an email.

Team Members

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.

You can view Joel’s Flicker, peruse his Amazon Wish List, check out his Think Geek Wish List, or send him an email.

Jason Reese – [Our weekly wrap-up guy!] – Jason has worked in IT and telecommunications the last 12 years, focusing on wireless/mobile technology and applications for the last 5 — which has become his passion. Mobile applications have become the “great new frontier” and our devices (don’t call it a phone or pager) are now just beginning to live up to the promise we’ve been hearing about for so long.

A native of of Johnson City, TN, Jason moved to Atlanta in ‘94 and has been there ever since. Jason was fortunate enough to support emergency teams sent to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina and was able to see how a wide scope of mobile devices and applications made a positive impact to not only restore services to families — but even save lives.

When Jason isn’t working to promote and support new technologies in the enterprise, he is spending time trying (key word) to pick up the latest updates in mobile application development — working on Java/J2ME for BlackBerry, xCode for iPhone, and Android. Maybe one day he’ll have enough time to get proficient and even add some more to the ever growing list.

Jason lives in Atlanta with his wife, Stephanie and their dog. They enjoy traveling, cooking, spending time with family and friends, and — of course — technology.

You can peruse Jason’s Amazon Wish List, or you can send him an email.

Michael Anderson – [Our resident netbook and all-around Gaming Guru!] – Despite living in New York’s ‘Southern Tier’ (more precisely the ‘Crystal City’ of Corning) for nearly a year, Mike and his family still consider themselves Massachusetts natives. They love the vineyards and hiking and climbing offered by the Finger Lakes, but miss the Boston influence on arts and shopping. Mike made the move to work as a Statistician with Corning Incorporated, famous for products such as Pyrex and Corelle, but now the biggest maker of optical fiber, LCD flat panel glass and ceramic filters for car and truck engines.

Mike has been a techno-junkie for ages, mixing a love for gadgets, computers, electronic music making, and video games. From the Apple ][ to the HP 200LX to a new Macbook Pro powering Mac & Windows games and music software, he has had his fingers in nearly every generation of device ... except for phones, which have remained fairly utilitarian for him. This hasn't ben helped by restrictions at his last two employers, including a 'no camera' rule at Corning. His main gadgets right now are a new 15" Macbook Pro, a Lenovo s10 netbook, a Dell Axim x51v, a Nintendo DS, a Sony PSP and a Motorola Z6cx phone.

While not crunching numbers for Corning, Mike and the family enjoy spending time outdoors and generally doing stuff together - anything from hiking and biking to watching movies and playing board games or thrashing around playing Guitar Hero World Tour.

You can peruse Michael's Amazon Wish List, or you can send him an email.

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!”

You can peruse Christopher’s Amazon Wish List, or send him an email.

Carly Z - [Our resident eBook Goddess!] Carly blames her sense of humor on genetics and walking into too many things head first as a child. She developed a love of gadgets sometime in college and it has snowballed since then. She loves her macbook, but cheats on it with a windows mobile phone (Samsung Epix). Her non-geek time is spent hanging out with her dog and patient and wonderful girlfriend, reading voraciously, and being a bum around the house. Occasionally she remembers to do her chores.

Carly majored in philosophy in college, a degree that while fun, is generally non-applicable to real life. However, she’s always available for discussions of whether a chair is really a chair, and whether your pinkie can be you if it contains your personality.

She lives in New Jersey, and is one of the few residents of the state who maintains there are good parts to it beyond being close to New York City.

You can peruse Carly’s Amazon Wish List, or send her an email.

Travis Ehrlich – [Blue Plates are his specialty!] – Travis has been a high school teacher and coach in a small South Texas town for eleven years.  His love for gadgets began at a very early age, and he has been a cross between a jock and a geek for most of his life.  He has two boys (ages 4 and 2), and a wonderful wife who lets him be a gadget freak.

In December Travis will graduate with a Masters of Education Administration from Lamar University.  He is a fairly new Mac convert and has drank the whole pitcher of kool-aid!  He is also an avid guitar player and turns handmade pens whenever he can find a spare moment.

You can peruse Travis’ Amazon Wish List, or send him an email.

Jeff Frantz – Like many geeks, Jeff’s interest in computers and technology began by watching too many Star Trek reruns after school. His first computer was a Timex-Sinclair, for which he had the 16K – yes, 16K – add-on pack. His current interest in gadgets was spurred on by the original Palm Pilot; from there it was a slippery slope to Pocket PCs, Archos media players, Sony Cliés, and various Apple products.

Jeff’s non-technology hobbies include listening to music, reading, playing golf very poorly, and spending time with his family. To fund his gadget hobby, he works as an environmental planner for a large engineering consulting firm.

Jeff lives in the Chicago area with his wife and daughter.

You can peruse Jeff’s Amazon Wish List, or send him an email.

Jessica Fritsche – Jessica is a writer, editor, and designer hailing from Dallas, TX.  She is currently the associate editor for So New Publishing, blogs about writing at paper graffiti and about technology at Daily Tech Diva.

Jessica is an Internet junkie-slash-geek. She has been an early adopter since somewhere around the age of 3 or 4, when her father brought home an Apple ][ computer and she became addicted to Frogger.  It was all downhill from there, and now you’ll have to pry her technology from her cold dead hands. She is an avid Apple and Ubuntu user and is always on the prowl for the “next best thing” in gadgets. By day, Jessica works in the eLearning industry writing, designing, and managing corporate adult learning and marketing projects.  The rest of the time you’ll find her blogging, reading, listening to her vast music collection, playing video games, doing something with new media, plugging away on her first novel, or spending time with her husband Shawn and their three cats.

You can peruse Jessica’s Amazon Wish List, or send her an email.