Roger Chang is a computer enthusiast and

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personality best known for his time as a segment producer and his appearances on

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's ''

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'' and ''

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''. He was a senior producer at

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Early life

Chang attended

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. Upon graduating from high school, Chang continued his education at

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. During his appearance on

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Live on April 4, 2008, Chang stated that he was an

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and a

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Career

In 1998, Chang was hired by

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(later

) as an associate producer. While working at TechTV, Chang was involved with the production of two popular productions; ''Call for Help'', which was a live call-in show for fans seeking technology assistance and ''

'', a television show centered around computers, new technologies, and their adaptations in the world. He was also an on-air talent at times as well as an occasional fill-in host on ''Call for Help''. Chang remained in this capacity until the spring of 2004. On March 25, 2004,

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's G4 gaming channel announced a merger with TechTV. This move became controversial among loyal fans of TechTV. Around May 6, G4 announced the termination of 250 employees from the San Francisco office by July 10, 2004, allowing approximately 80 to 100 employees to transition to G4's main office in

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if they agreed to relocate there. Chang was terminated and did not make the move to Los Angeles. In late 2004, an early pre-alpha version of ScopeTech, a

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opinion

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founded by

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with Chang and Robert Padbury, was created. Chang no longer contributes to ScopeTech. Chang left the gaming website

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in late 2005 to work for ''DL.TV'', which covers a wide range of technology-related topics and is streamed live each Thursday (it was streamed live twice weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays until episode 189). After serving as a camera operator and a regular guest host, he succeeded Patrick Norton as producer and host for ''DL.TV''. From March to October 2006, Chang appeared on the weekly technology podcast from Ziff Davis media called ''Whats New Now'' hosted by

Jim Louderback James Louderback (born 1961) is the CEO of VidCon, and was previously the CEO of Revision3. He has had numerous jobs in media companies involved in technology, most notably with TechTV and editor-in-chief of '' PC Magazine''. He is also well kno ...

. Chang announced in December 2007 that he would be leaving ''DL.TV'' to join

in January 2008. Chang also appears as a panelist on ''

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''. On the show he explained he was leaving ''DL.TV'' to join Patrick Norton and

. Chang has joined ''

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'' and '' Systm'' vidcasts at Revision3 as the senior producer (and probable feature host). Chang co-hosts a podcast with

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, '' East Meets West'', which deals with various topics such as sports, technology, and politics. The company UCMore has used, for marketing purposes for their search tool, a quote from Chang -- “I started using it two days ago and I can't stop using it"—which Chang has said was taken out of context by the

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advertising system. He explained in an episode of ''This Week in Tech'' that the quote is misleading because it was taken from an episode of "Call for Help" that aired several years earlier.

References

External links

Tekzilla.com

Revision3.com

TWiT.tv

Subbrilliant.com

ScopeTech.net
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