Adam Zeis is an American writer and podcaster born in
, on November 14, 1978, who currently serves as the Special Projects Director at
Future plc
Future plc is an international multimedia company established in the United Kingdom in 1985. The company has over 220 brands that span magazines, newsletters, websites, and events in fields such as video games, technology, films, music, photogr ...
.
Journalism
Zeis graduated
West Morris Mendham High School
West Morris Mendham High School (also known as Mendham High School) is home of the Minutemen, and is a four-year comprehensive regional public high school that serves students in ninth though twelfth grades as part of the West Morris Regional H ...
in 1997, and attended
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Fairleigh Dickinson University is a private university with its main campuses in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Founded in 1942, Fairleigh Dickinson University currently offers more than 100 degree programs to its students. In addition to its tw ...
with a major in Computer Science. Zeis completed two years at FDU before dropping out to work as a full-time manager of a local video store, where he had been working part-time since 1997. In 2008, Zeis began writing for the
BlackBerry
The blackberry is an edible fruit produced by many species in the genus ''Rubus'' in the family Rosaceae, hybrids among these species within the subgenus ''Rubus'', and hybrids between the subgenera ''Rubus'' and ''Idaeobatus''. The taxonomy of ...
fansite CrackBerry.com as a part-time contributor. In late 2008, he left his retail job to pursue blogging at CrackBerry.com full-time. Working under editor-in-chief Kevin Michaluk, Zeis ran the day-to-day on CrackBerry as Managing editor.
In January 2014, Zeis was also named editor-in-chief of Smartwatch Fans, a fan site that was focused purely on smartwatches and wearable devices. As part of the Mobile Nations network, Smartwatch Fans was the first non-mobile site under the Mobile Nations name. In April 2014, Smartwatch Fans was rebranded to Connectedly.com, a site focused on connected devices, wearables, and the
Internet of Things
The Internet of things (IoT) describes physical objects (or groups of such objects) with sensors, processing ability, software and other technologies that connect and exchange data with other devices and systems over the Internet or other comm ...
. Zeis left his position at CrackBerry.com in June 2014 to take on Connectedly full-time. In March of 2019, Mobile Nations was acquired by Future PLC. Zeis currently serves as the Editorial Director of High Yield content at Future.
Podcasting
Zeis is best known for his hosting role on the CrackBerry.com podcast, alongside Kevin Michaluk and Chris (Bla1ze) Parsons. As of July 2014, the CrackBerry Podcast has over 100 shows in total.
References
External links
Connectedly.com
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1978 births
Living people
American podcasters
People from Morristown, New Jersey
Fairleigh Dickinson University alumni
West Morris Mendham High School alumni