Gina Trapani, tech writer and web developer

Recently

April 2008
- Keynoted the Lifehacking Academy in Amsterdam on April 17th.
- Published Organize Your Life With Free Online Tools at PC World magazine.
- Slate includes Lifehacker in their roundup of the best books, articles, and web sites for helping you organize your life. (Also appeared in The Washington Post.)
- TIME.com includes Lifehacker in their 2008 Top 25 blogs list.
March 2008
- The second edition of the Lifehacker book, entitled Upgrade Your Life, is now available! Order your copy now from Amazon or check out the official Upgrade Your Life book web site.
- Lifehacker.com takes home the Best Computer or Technology Weblog Award at the Eighth Annual Weblog Awards.
- Appeared on G4's Attack of the Show in a live interview about Lifehacker. View the video clip.
- The Associated Press interviews me on multi-tasking and email overload.
- The Austin American-Statesman interviews me about how Lifehacker was born and being nice on the internet.
- Presented a talk entitled "Personal Productivity is Personal: Choosing What YOU Need to Overclock Your Workday" at O'Reilly's Emerging Technology conference in San Diego, California.
- Author Tim Ferriss interviews me about my work styles, routines, and the lines between life and work.
- Sat on a panel entitled Social Network Coups: The Users are Revolting! at the 2008 South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas.
- BlogTalkRadio interviews me about Upgrade Your Life.
February 2008
- The March issue of Real Simple magazine includes Lifehacker in their list of Best Organizing Blogs (page 127).
January 2008
- Presented a talk at Web Directions North about the Firefox extension I compiled, Better Gmail. (Full session description, slide deck and transcript)
- CBC Radio's Nora Young interviews me about resolutions and New Year's life hacks.
- Bruce Barber interviews me on his NPR show, "The Real Life Survival Guide."
December 2007
- Forbes.com includes me in their "Web Celeb 25" list, alongside folks much more deserving of the title "web celeb" than I am.
- The Miami Herald names Lifehacker one of the best business books of 2007, alongside Mark Frauenfelder's Rule the Web.
November 2007
- O, The Oprah Magazine cites my "Trusted Trio" system in a piece on how to organize your email.
- Released the Better Gmail 2 Firefox extension.
- Featured in Michael A. Banks' new book, Blogging Heroes: Interviews with 30 of the World's Top Bloggers. View a PDF of my interview for the book.
- Tech reporter Sree Sreenivisan recommends Lifehacker.com on Channel 4, WNBC News in New York. (Video clip.)
- The International Mentoring Network Organization (IMNO) interviews me about goals and blogging.
- Released the Better YouTube Firefox extension.
October 2007
- PC Magazine includes Lifehacker in its list of the Favorite 100 Blogs.
- Lifehacker raises over $4,500 for educational projects at DonorsChoose.org's LitLiberation campaign.
- Geek Illustrated interviews me about my early experiences with tech and why smart is the new sexy.
- Conversation Agent's Valeria Maltoni interviews me for her "Meet the (New Media) Editor" series on traditional publishing and online media.
September 2007
- Published "Toolkit for Type A's" feature story in the Oct/Nov issue of ReadyMade magazine (page 68).
- The Globe and Mail interviews us for an article on the productivity media boom entitled Too busy organizing to be productive. Here's the full interview transcript.
- Wired News covers Lifehacker's participation in Blog Action Day.
- Writer Shanna Trenholm includes Lifehacker on her list of recommended web sites in the San Diego Tribune.
August 2007
- Contributed to Macworld magazine's September issue cover feature on managing your money on your Mac with alternatives to Quicken (page 72).
- Published Maximum PC magazine's September issue feature on getting organized with a personal wiki (page 40).
- Sourced by the Wall Street Journal in an article entitled Ten Things Your IT Department Won't Tell You.
- Interviewed live on WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show with WSJ reporter Vauhini Vara about her story, Ten Things Your IT Department Won't Tell You.
July 2007
- Contributed to the Geek Factor section in the August issue of Macworld magazine.
- Contributed to Wired magazine's second annual HOWTO issue.
- Released version 1.0 of the Better Gmail Firefox extension, which is now available in 25 languages, includes over 30 Gmail enhancements and has been downloaded from Mozilla Add-ons over 70,000 times.
- The Work It, Mom! web site interviews me about life hacks for busy Moms.
June 2007
- Time magazine introduces its readers to life hacking, with nice mentions of Lifehacker.com and Lifehacker the book.
- PC World includes Lifehacker.com in their list of "100 Blogs We Love."
- BoingBoing's Mark Frauenfelder interviews me on his call-in radio show, Rule the Web (podcast available).
- Contributed a small piece in Mark Frauenfelder's new book, Rule the Web.
- Joe Wikert of Wiley (Lifehacker the book's publisher) interviews me on on book authoring and blogging.
- Published "Stuff That Simplifies" story in the July/August issue of Women's Health magazine.
- Gave a "Life Hacks 101" presentation at the Law School Admission Council's Annual Meeting in Tucson, AZ.
- Weblog LifeTwo interviews me on happiness, productivity and self-improvement.
- May 2007
  - Launched my new monthly "Essential Wisdom from Gina Trapani" column in Women's Health magazine's June issue (page 56).
  - Released the Better Flickr, Better GReader, and Better Google Calendar Firefox extensions.
  - Life coach Paula Gregorowicz interviews me about Lifehacker and being a woman in technology.
- April 2007
  - Released the Better Gmail Firefox extension.
  - ProBlogger talks with me about the inner workings of Lifehacker.com in a two part interview.
- March 2007
  - Paul Gillin interviews me on an episode of Ziff Davis' Innovations podcast.
  - The Zen Habits weblog interviews me on goal-setting, habits and productivity.
  - Arts and humor mag Quirkee.com interviews me with 20 fun questions, like "When was the last time you spoke to your mother?"
  - Moderated the Self-marketing for the Freelance Geek panel at SXSW Interactive in Austin, Texas. Podcast available.
  - Lifehacker.com takes home a 2007 Bloggie Award for Best Group Weblog at SXSW Interactive.
- February 2007
  - WNYC's Brian Lehrer show hosts myself and Marian Bateman from the David Allen Company to discuss personal productivity. (MP3 available)
  - The New York Times covers Lifehacker in an article entitled Consumers Have Allies on the Web.
  - Mario Armstrong interviews me about Lifehacker the book in his public radio segment, The Digital Cafe.
- January 2007
  - The Wall Street Journal Online profiles me in Lifehacker Draws Visitors With Time-Saving Tech Tips.
  - Newsweek interviews me about Lifehacker in an article entitled Free Your Mind.
  - The BBC publishes my hot tech pick of 2006, Parallels.
  - Published "How 2.0: 5 Things... That Can Help You Control Your Finances" in the January issue of Popular Science.
- December 2006
  - Developer Scott Hanselman interviews me on an episode of the HanselMinutes podcast. Here are links to what we chatted about.
  - The Boston Globe quotes me in an article entitled Take control of your career in time. (Author's blog.)
  - The Miami Herald calls Lifehacker.com "one-stop shopping for simplifying and speeding up your digital life."
  - The CenterNetworks blog interviews me about Lifehacker.com and Lifehacker the book.
- October 2006
  - My first book, Lifehacker: 88 Tech Tricks to Turbocharge Your Day, is now available for pre-order on Amazon.
  - Personal finance blog Queercents interviews me.
- September 2006
  - Served as a judge at Yahoo!'s first Open Hack Day event.
- August 2006
  - TIME magazine interviews me in their Q&A: The Coolest Bloggers feature.
  - Published "Ask a Geek: How (and why) should I encrypt my data?" in the September issue of Popular Science.
  - Dan Portnoy interviews me on an episode of The Drop podcast, along with Grammy-nominated former frontwoman of pop band Sixpence None the Richer, Leigh Nash.
- July 2006
  - Contributed to WIRED Magazine's August issue's HOW TO section.
- June 2006
  - Writer Susie Bright interviews me on her excellent Audible.com radio show, In Bed.
  - How Stuff Works features Lifehacker as their Blog of the Week, including an interview.
  - Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera features me in their Technologia & Passioni section. (See the print layout.)
  - The Economist mentions Lifehacker alongside 43 Folders in an article entitled "Reprogram your life." (June 10-16 issue.)
- May 2006
  - WIRED magazine gives Lifehacker a 2006 Rave Award. (See the print magazine layout.)
  - Published "How 2.0: 5 Things... You Can Use to Find Music You Never Knew You Liked, Free" in the June issue of Popular Science.
- April 2006
  - Google Current TV interviews Keith Robinson and myself about Lifehacker. (Watch the video).
- March 2006
  - Participated on a panel entitled "DIY Now More Than Ever" at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas. (Listen to the podcast.)
  - Quoted in Getting Real, 37 Signals' popular e-book about building web applications with small teams.
- February 2006
  - JANE magazine calls Lifehacker "Unbelievably fascinating" in the reviews section of their February issue (page 37).
- January 2006
  - Interviewed on New York's 99.5FM WBAI Wakeup call radio show on getting organized for the New Year.
  - Lifehacker nominated for three 2006 Bloggie awards: Weblog of the Year, Best Group Weblog and Best Computers or Technology Weblog.
  - Attended Microsoft Search Champs event at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington.
- November 2005
  - Presented a talk entitled "From computer hackers to lifehackers: personal productivity in the digital age" to Yahoo! employees at Yahoo! headquarters in Sunnyvale, California
  - Published "Top 25 Software Upgrades" story in the November issue of Laptop Magazine.
- October 2005
  - PC Magazine lists Lifehacker in its Top 101 Web sites.
  - Attended MSN Search Champs at the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington; eWeek coverage entitled Microsoft Camp Studies Blog Search quotes me.
  - CNET News.com includes Lifehacker in the Digital Lifestyle section of their Blog 100 list.
  - Relocated to San Diego, California from Brooklyn, New York.
- September 2005
  - Published a short piece in the October issue of Popular Science in the How 2.0 secion called Your Gear.
  - Two permanent associate editors join me at Lifehacker, upping the editorial team to three.
- August 2005
  - Published "Ask the Geek" column in September issue of Laptop magazine.
  - Published Lifeblogging with the Nokia 7610 review at The Digital Journalist.
  - Took a posting sabbatical from Lifehacker, managing guest editors from afar.
- July 2005
  - The Christian Science Monitor calls Lifehacker "A good way to waste time online."
  - Published "Ask the Geek" column in August issue of Laptop magazine.
  - Published "Hot Weather Hacks" feature on E! Online.
  - Forbes magazine lists Lifehacker in its 2005 "Best of the Web."
- June 2005
  - Time magazine lists Lifehacker as one of its "50 Coolest Web Sites 2005."
- May 2005
  - The New York Times stops by Gawker and quotes me in "A Blog Revolution? Get a Grip."
  - The Morning News awards Lifehacker a 2005 Editors' Award for Online Excellence.
- March 2005
  - Spoke on the "DIY Now Or Someone Else Will" panel at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival.
  - Published "Ask a Geek: Can I Use My Own Songs as Ringtones?" in the March issue of Popular Science.
- February 2005
  - PC Magazine mentions a Firefox extension I wrote, About This Site, in their "Top 15 Firefox Extensions."
- January 2005
  - Launched Lifehacker, a Gawker Media weblog on productivity, software, tips and tricks.
  - The BBC quotes me in an article entitled "IT support for your parents" for an article I wrote called "How to fix Mom's computer."
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