Seth Porges
Seth Porges is an American science and technology journalist and television commentator; as well as the founder of the fashion app Cloth.[1] He appears on numerous television shows on the History,[2] National Geographic,[3] Discovery,[4] AHC,[5] and Travel[6] channels. Previously, he worked as a senior editor at Maxim magazine,[7] as an editor at Popular Mechanics magazine, as the technology columnist at Bloomberg News,[8] and as a writer for TechCrunch.[9] He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, and is a graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.
Porges has appeared as a guest commentator on television networks such as MSNBC,[10] Fox News,[11] G4, Fox Business, and CNBC, as well as the Web shows TechVi [12] and Rocketboom.[13] His writing has appeared in publications such as BusinessWeek, Men’s Health, Men’s Journal, and Editor & Publisher.[14] In 2014, he produced a documentary[15] about Action Park that went viral and is credited with inspiring the park to change its name.[16]
He is the son of neuroscientists Stephen Porges and C. Sue Carter, and is the subject of a song by musician Wesley Willis.[17] In 2009, he received attention for serving as a test pilot on the maiden voyage of an experimental pulse jet-powered carousel.[18] In 2006, he appeared as a contestant on Cash Cab. In 2011, he led a Twitter campaign that succeeded in causing Chipotle to list the presence of bacon in its pinto beans.[19] That same year, he was named one of The New York Observer's "50 Media Power Bachelors"[20] and one of Stylecaster's "Top 25 IT Kids of 2011".[21] He is a noted expert on the history of pinball.[22]
References
- ^ http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/20/dress-iphone-app/
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLC4VmRzQS0
- ^ http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/the-80s-the-decade-that-made-us/interactives/meet-the-cast/
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2096034/
- ^ http://www.ahctv.com/tv-shows/mafia-vs-kkk/
- ^ http://travelchannel.sndimg.com/shows/worlds-most-extreme/episodes/bridges
- ^ [http://www.magazine.org/asme/member_qanda/seth-porges.aspx "The opportunity to cover pinball in depth is just one reason this guy from DIY heaven (aka “Popular Mechanics”) loves magazines", American Society of Magazine Editors, 29 July 2009.
- ^ Porges, Seth. [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aZ4x6c89a4kk "Livescribe Smartpen Radically Changes Note-Taking: Seth Porges", Bloomberg News, 4 December 2008,
- ^ http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/16/getcloth-lets-you-store-your-outfits-in-your-phone/
- ^ msnbc.com Video Player
- ^ Fire Starter - Fox News Video - Fox News
- ^ guest: Seth Porges « TechVi
- ^ Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Awards 2010 | Rocketboom
- ^ http://sethporges.com/
- ^ http://mashable.com/2013/08/28/action-park/
- ^ http://nypost.com/2014/06/28/the-return-of-the-worlds-most-dangerous-theme-park/
- ^ Wesley Willis And The Dragnews - Joe Hunter (CD) at Discogs
- ^ http://gizmodo.com/#!5369993/jet+powered-carousel-makes-fiery-maiden-voyage
- ^ Tweets Get Chipotle To Change Menus To Show Pinto Beans Cooked With Bacon - The Consumerist
- ^ The Free Agent List: 2011′s 50 Media Power Bachelors | The New York Observer
- ^ StyleCaster's Top 25 IT Kids of 2011 on StyleCaster
- ^ The History of Pinball | Rocketboom