Gareth Branwyn and Mark Frauenfelder at Maker Faire Austin 2007

Kevin MaloofBranwyn, Gareth
"We Did It! Thanks to All My Backers"
''Sparks of Fire Press'', Arlington, VA, USA, August 20, 2013. Retrieved on 10 June 2015. (born January 21, 1958), better known by his pseudonym, Gareth Branwyn, is a writer, editor, and media critic. He has covered technology, DIY media, and

cyberculture Internet culture is a culture based on the many way people have used computer networks and their use for communication, entertainment, business, and recreation. Some features of Internet culture include online communities, gaming, and social medi ...

for ''

Wired ''Wired'' (stylized as ''WIRED'') is a monthly American magazine, published in print and online editions, that focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics. Owned by Condé Nast, it is headquartered in San ...

'', '' Esquire'', the '' Baltimore Sun'' and other publications. He has also been an editor at ''

Mondo 2000 ''Mondo 2000'' was a glossy cyberculture magazine published in California during the 1980s and 1990s. It covered cyberpunk topics such as virtual reality and smart drugs. It was a more anarchic and subversive prototype for the later-founded ''Wi ...

'', and at ''

Boing Boing ''Boing Boing'' is a website, first established as a zine in 1988, later becoming a group blog. Common topics and themes include technology, futurism, science fiction, gadgets, intellectual property, Disney, and left-wing politics. It twic ...

'' when it was a print

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(he had his own column ''Going Gaga''). He founded the personal tech site, Street Tech, where he was self-described "Cyborg-in-Chief." He is the former editorial director fo
MAKE Magazine
where he oversaw all content. In April 2013, he returned to freelance writing to begin work on his ''lazy memoir'',''Borg Like Me''
The book was crowdfunded, via Kickstarter, and self-published. It was finally released on September 2, 2014, on Branwyn's ow
''Sparks of Fire Press''
In April, 2014, Branwyn joined Kevin Kelly,

Mark Frauenfelder Mark Frauenfelder (born November 22, 1960) is a blogger, illustrator, and journalist. He was editor-in-chief of the magazine '' MAKE'' and is co-owner of the collaborative weblog ''Boing Boing''. Along with his wife, Carla Sinclair, he founded the ...

, and Carla Sinclair as a regular contributor t
Wink Books
a daily review of art, instructional, graphical, and other "remarkable books that belong on paper." Branwyn was a co-editor of ''The Happy Mutant Handbook'' and is the author of ''Jargon Watch: A Pocket Dictionary for the Jitterati'', ''Jamming the Media'', ''The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Building Robots'' and ''Mosaic Quick Tour: Accessing and Navigating the World Wide Web'', one of the first books written about the Web. Along with ''

's''

, he was also involved in

Billy Idol William Michael Albert Broad (born 30 November 1955), known professionally as Billy Idol, is a British-American singer, songwriter, and musician. He first achieved fame in the 1970s emerging from the London punk rock scene as the lead singer o ...

's controversial 1993 recording ''

Cyberpunk Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction in a dystopian futuristic setting that tends to focus on a "combination of lowlife and high tech", featuring futuristic technological and scientific achievements, such as artificial intelligence and c ...

''. In the early 1990s, Branwyn published the small-format alternative art and culture

''Going Gaga''. Gareth Branwyn was married to DC-area jazz singer and

Thievery Corporation Thievery Corporation is an American electronic music duo consisting of Rob Garza and Eric Hilton. Their musical style mixes elements of dub, acid jazz, reggae, Indian classical, Middle Eastern music, hip hop and Brazilian music, including bo ...

vocalist

Pam Bricker Pamela Carroll Bricker (July 7, 1954 – February 20, 2005) was a jazz singer and professor of music at George Washington University. She was a frequent collaborator and guest vocalist with the group Thievery Corporation, and the voice on their t ...

, who committed suicide in 2005. Together they had a son, Blake Maloof, who is now an adult. In September, 2021, Branwyn married his long-time girlfriend, fine artist and arts educator, Angela White. They currently reside in Benicia, CA.

References

External links

Mindbone: Gareth's Writing BlogSparks of Fire PressGareth Branwyn on Boing BoingGareth Branwyn on Make:Gareth Branwyn's book and game reviews on Wink Books
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