Brief

Gina Trapani created ThinkUp and Todo.txt apps, hosts This Week in Google, is the founding editor of Lifehacker, and authored four technology books. She lives in sunny San Diego, California, by way of Brooklyn, New York.

Expanded

Gina Trapani is the award-winning author, blogger, and programmer whose work translates cutting-edge technology into insights that boost personal productivity. Gina was the founding editor of Lifehacker, the seminal productivity blog which garnered nominations for Blog of the Decade and yielded the best-selling book, Lifehacker. Currently located in San Diego, CA, Gina leads development on ThinkUp, an open source social media insights the White House uses.

Her writing has appeared in The Harvard Business Review, Wired, CNN.com, PC World, Fast Company, Maximum PC, and Macworld magazines. Profiles of her work have appeared in venues ranging from The Wall Street Journal to The New York Times. Fast Company named her one of the Most Influential Women in Technology in 2009 and 2010, and Wired magazine awarded her its prestigious Rave Award in 2006.

Gina also detests talking about herself and thanks the good friend who wrote this bio.