Bio

Xeni Jardin (say: /SHEH-nee zhar-DAN/) is a tech culture journalist, co-editor of the collaborative blog Boing Boing, and host and executive producer of the daily internet video program Boing Boing tv.

She is a Contributing Writer for WIRED, technology contributor for National Public Radio's "Day to Day," and host of NPR's "Xeni Tech" podcast.

Frequently quoted as an expert on technology issues in news outlets including CNN, ABC World News Tonight, Fox News, G4TechTV, Fine Living, NBC Today, and PBS News Hour.

Her work has appeared in online and print venues including the Los Angeles Times, MSNBC, WIRED News, Playboy, Popular Science, Gotham, Nerve, Grammy Magazine, Make, and elsewhere.

Photo: Jacob Appelbaum.

Online culture projects include the SENT phonecam art show, and the digital culture event "Live From the Blogosphere."

She has hosted, produced, and/or created tech culture events including Wired Magazine's Nextfest, and the Investment Capital Conference (which, in its 15th year, is the world's longest-running venture capital conference)

Previously, she was Vice President of Rising Tide Studios (RTS), the publishing company behind Silicon Alley Reporter, Digital Coast Reporter, and other tech publications. Xeni served as Senior Writer and oversaw the company's annual conference series, which included The Rising Tide Summit (hosted by Charlie Rose of "The Charlie Rose Show" and "60 Minutes II"), Silicon Alley 2001, Wireless 2001, The International Network, Internet Healthcare 2001, The Venture Capital Summit, Digital Coast 2000, as well as a series of invite-only CEO gatherings

Participants and speakers included CEOs, authors, artists, and thought leaders from business, media, academia and government.

Playing video games on mobile phones with actor, blogger, and gaming nut Wil Wheaton, at the E3 electronic game convention in LA. Image: Jacob Appelbaum

Before joining RTS, she worked with former executives from Sun and BEA to launch an internet technology company in Silicon Valley.

She was previously Supervisor of Enterprise Web Technology at Latham & Watkins, one of the world's largest law firms. The online litigation support projects she directed were cited as industry-leading examples of legal technology.

Based in Los Angeles, she travels extensively, and has studied over a dozen languages including Maohi (Tahitian), Quiché and Kakchikel Maya (Guatemala), Nahuatl (an indigenous language of Mexico), Mandarin Chinese, and Yoruba (Nigeria).

Floating in lunar gravity with Dr. Buzz Aldrin, on the Sep. 15, 2004 debut of Zero Gravity Corp.'s parabolic flight service. Before this moment, the last time Dr. Aldrin had experienced lunar gravity was when he walked on the moon with Neil Armstrong on July 20,1969. Image: Jim Campbell