Rick Broida

• Gender: Male
• Industry: Technology
• Occupation: Writer, editor, consultant, trainer
• Location: Earth

About Me

Writer/editor Rick has written about computers and technology for over 15 years, for outlets ranging from CNET to Family PC to Popular Science. In 1997 he founded Handheld Computing magazine, and has since authored over a dozen books, including How to Do Everything with Your GPS and six editions of How to Do Everything with Your Palm Powered Handheld. He writes the Tech Savvy column for Michigan’s Observer & Eccentric newspapers, which reaches over 325,000 readers weekly, and blogs for BNET and CNET.

Interests

• Books
• basketball
• kickboxing
• magic
• gaming
• pop culture
• quality television
• Panera Bread bagels.

Favorite Movies

• Rounders
• The Shawshank Redemption
• Life is Beautiful
• Toy Story 2
• City Lights

Favorite Music

• Brendan Benson
• Green Day
• Fountains of Wayne
• Nick Drake
• Elliott Smith
• Amy Winehouse
• Lily Allen

Favorite Books

• The Kite Runner
• The Corrections
• The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
• Angela's Ashes
• House of Sand and Fog
• Shadow Divers
• just about anything by Tom Wolfe.

Rick Broida's Blogs

	Blog Name	Team Members
	Rick and Dave - Head2Head	Dave
	Rick's SXSW blog
	Tech Savvy Online
	Budget Computing
	Rick's Slice O' Blog