Xeni Jardin

Xeni Jardin

Xeni Jardin

Xeni Jardin (née Xeniflóres Hamm, born August 5, c. 1973 in Richmond, Virginia, USA, IPA: [ʃhɛniː dʒɑːrdæn]), is a weblogger and journalist. She is co-editor of the collaborative weblog Boing Boing, contributor to Wired magazine and Wired News, correspondent for the National Public Radio show Day to Day, and television tech news commentator.

"Xeni" comes from the Guatemalan nickname Xeniflores, and jardin is the Spanish and French word for "garden." She was the subject of a 2005 Los Angeles Times profile entitled "The Wizard of Blogs."

Her father, Glenn B. Hamm, a noted artist, died in August 1980. Her mother, Monica Rumsey, still lives in Richmond, Virginia.

Career

From 1995 to 1997, she was the site editor and point of contact for Traveltrust, a travel agency based in Solana Beach, CA. In 1997-1998, she was the Supervisor of Enterprise Web Technology for Latham & Watkins. From 1998-1999, she worked for Quaartz, an internet calendaring startup in San Jose. From 1999-2001 she was associated with Jason Calacanis's Silicon Alley Reporter, first as a contributing editor, and later as Vice President of Silicon Alley's parent company, Rising Tide Studios. In 2001, she became a freelance writer for Wired and other magazines. In 2002, she began contributing to BoingBoing. In 2003, she became a contributor to NPR's show Day to Day.

External links

• Xeni.net: Xeni Jardin's home page
• Scanned copy of LA Times profile with photos
• Xeni Jardin at IMDb
• Archive of Traveltrust website from 1997