Rene Ritchie (born 1972) is a Canadian independent blogger and YouTube content creator. Ritchie is known for his podcasts including Debug, Iterate, Vector, ZEN & TECH, Review, The TV Show, and as co-host of ''MacBreak Weekly'' on the
TWiT Network. Rene was formerly Lead Analyst & Executive Editor of
iMore. Ritchie was also the executive producer of Mobile Nations Broadcasting. He is a YouTuber and a founding member of
Nebula
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. As of July 2022, Rene Ritchie is also YouTube's Creator Liaison.
He has been named by
Business Insider
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one of the Top 100 most influential tech people in Twitter, one of the 15 most important Apple analysts and writers and one of the Top 25 Gadget Gurus.
Early life
Ritchie studied art in college before dropping out to pursue a career in web design and
marketing
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. He began his association with computers at the age of 6 with an
Apple II Plus, and first began working on the internet in 1998 as a moderator on
CompuServe
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. In 2010 Ritchie left a job in Enterprise software product marketing to work full-time for Mobile Nations, an online content and merchandise provider.
Career
Blogging
In April 2008, Ritchie began writing for Phone Different, the
iPhone channel of the Smartphone Experts Network. In 2009 he took over as managing editor of the site, which changed its name to The iPhone blog and then TiPb. In December 2011, the site rebranded again, to
iMore and the network to Mobile Nations. Ritchie became
EIC and Executive Producer, respectively. Ritchie has appeared on
CNN International
CNN International (CNNI, simply branded on-air as CNN) is an international television channel that is owned by CNN Global. CNN International carries news-related programming worldwide; it cooperates with sister network CNN's national and inter ...
,
MarketPlace
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,
CBC News
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, and
ABC15.
Podcasting
Ritchie is a frequent podcaster, hosting and co-hosting internet technology shows. He launched the iPhone Live podcast on November 12, 2008, which later changed its name to the iMore show. It had over 400 episodes as of July 2014. Ritchie hosts Vector, a tech news and analysis show, and co-hosts ''Debug'', a show for developers; ''Iterate'', a show for designers; ''ZEN & TECH'', a show on connected lifestyles, ''Review'', a show on movies and entertainment, and The TV Show. On October 16 of 2013, Ritchie joined the TWiT Network's ''MacBreak Weekly'' as a regular co-host.
YouTube Creator Liaison
In July 2022, Ritchie was appointed by Google as the new YouTube Creator Liaison, succeeding Matt Koval. He will work with YouTube creators to support them in improving their own video content.
Books
Ritchie has authored/co-authored five books:
*Complete Wing Chun (Charles E. Tuttle, 1998)
*Yuen Kay-San Wing Chun (Unique Publications, 1999)
*Legends of Wing Chun (Remnant Hunter, 2005)
*iPod touch Made Simple (Apress, 2011)
*iPhone 4S Made Simple (Apress, 2011)
References
External links
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iMore.comMobile Nations BroadcastingTwitter profile
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Living people
1972 births
South African bloggers
South African podcasters
TWiT.tv people