User talk:Dstanfor/xeni jardin
Xeni Jardin (IPA: [ʃhɛniː dʒɑːrdæn]) (born August 5 1972 [1]) is an American weblogger and journalist.
Jardin is co-editor of the collaborative weblog Boing Boing, contributor to Wired and Wired News, and correspondent for the National Public Radio show Day to Day.
Family and early life
[edit]Jardin was born in Richmond, Virginia. Her father is artist Glenn B. Hamm Jr. She currently lives in San Francisco. While there, she met Dr. Munir Xochipillicueponi Quetzalkanbalam, whom she considers her mentor.
Formerly known as Xeniflóres Hamm, and Xeniflóres Jardin Hamm, she currently goes by Xeni Jardin. "Xeniflóres" is a Guatemalan name meaning "protector of plants/flowers", and jardin is the French word for "garden."
Career
[edit]From 1999 to 2001 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. In 2002, she began contributing to Boing Boing after Mark Frauenfelder met her at a party and invited her to be a co-editor [2].
In 2003, she began contributing the "Xeni Tech" segment for NPR's show Day to Day [3].
References
[edit]- ^ "Behold the wizard of blogs". Piccalo, Gina (April 10, 2005), Los Angeles Times. Copy at xeni.net. Piccalo 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.
- ^ Breslin, Susannah. Xeni Jardin. via Suicide Girls
- ^ Jardin, Xeni. Xeni Tech. Day to Day, NPR. Retrieved May 1, 2006.
External links
[edit]- Xeni.net: Xeni Jardin's home page
- Xeni Tech columns for National Public Radio
- Stories by Xeni Jardin for Wired
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