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Publisher, Xavier Lanier
Xavier is a gadget and computer enthusiast who’s been using computers, electronics and mobile gadgets for the past 25 years. No, he doesn’t look really young for his age- he just started tinkering with his dad’s Harmon-Kardon quadraphonic stereo system, bought a Sony Walkman and taught himself how to use a Commodore 64 before he was out of first grade.
Xavier’s currently using a MacBook Pro and HP 2730p on a daily basis. He shoots his photos with a Nikon D300 and videos with a Canon Vixia HF100. As publisher of Notebooks.com he plays with notebooks and gadgets for at least 10 hours per day.
He is responsible for managing Notebooks.com and its sister site, GottaBeMobile.com.
Xavier lives and works in San Francisco. You can follow him at Twitter.com/XavierLanier.
Reviewer, Adam Helweh
Adam Helweh lives in Silicon Valley and is a hardcore Mac user. He used an Apple IIe to discover the Oregon trail and currently uses an iPhone, iMac and MacBook Pro to explore the world of social media and design.
Adam is in constant search of interesting Mac, iPhone and iPod Touch applications and accessories.
Reviewer, George Ou
George Ou is an Information Technology and CISSP Security Consultant based out of the Silicon Valley who founded ForMortals.com.
Most recently, he joined Washington DC based think tank ITIF.org as Senior Analyst though he continues to work out of Silicon Valley.
Before ITIF, George served two years as Technical Director and Editor at Large for TechRepublic and ZDNet (now properties of CBS) writing his very popular Real World IT blog where he shared his passion for technology.
Before journalism, he worked as an information technology consultant who designed and built wired network, wireless network, Internet, storage, security, and server infrastructure for various Fortune 100 companies.