Notable Blog Mentions
- “Today’s Scuttlebot: Shunning Facebook and Instagram Vision” (New York Times, 2.2013)
- “Facebook Timeline and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” (The Atlantic; 12.2011)
- “The Week’s Best Pop-Culture Writing” (The Atlantic; 12.2011)
- “The best tech writing of the week, December 25th” (The Verge; 12.2011)
- “Curating Your Own Life” (The Daily Beast; 12.2011)
- “There’s You…and Then There’s You on Facebook” (4:36) (Maryland Morning, 4.2012)
- “The 20 best travel blogs” (ninemsn Travel; 2.2012)
- “Top 10 Travel Blogs in July” (Easy Jet Holidays; 8.2011)
Print Journalism Awards
Fourteen Peninsula Press Club awards, primarily for the San Mateo Daily Journal—first or second place in the entertainment review and/or specialty story category since 2002.
Entertainment Writing, Peninsula Press Club, Newspapers
- 2nd Place, 2009 The Ramen King and I by Andy Raskin
- 2nd Place, 2008 Print is Dead by Jeff Gomez
- 1st Place, 2007 I Am America (And So Can You) by Stephen Colbert
- 2nd Place, 2007 Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks
- 1st Place, 2006 Trend Spotting
- 1st Place, 2005 Trend Spotting
- 1st Place, 2003 The Evolution of Creating a Master Race
- Honorable Mention, 2003 Extremists Exist in All Religions
- 1st Place, 2002 Are We Approaching the End of Days?
- 2nd Place, 2002 Just What Is Real These Days?
Specialty Story, Peninsula Press Club, Newspapers
- 1st Place, 2006 Canadians Party Like It’s A Summer Job
- 1st Place, 2004 My Favorite Movie is Steak
- Honorable Mention, 2003 Painter Inaugurates San Mateo Gallery
Technology Story, Peninsula Press Club, Magazines
- 2nd Place, 2005 Pod People
