Gina Smith (author)

Gina Smith is an American entrepreneur, author, and journalist who co-wrote Steve Wozniak's 2006 autobiography iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It.^[1][2] She is also the co-founder and editorial director of aNewDomain, a technology news site.^[3] In 2001, Smith was named one of the 100 most influential people in technology by Upside Magazine.^[3]

Early life

Smith graduated from Woodward Academy in 1981.^[4]

Technology journalism

From 1990 to 2000, Smith wrote the "Inside Silicon Valley" technology column in the San Francisco Sunday Chronicle.^[5] During that time, she was senior editor at PC/Computing magazine, and later, as of 1994, she was the editor-in-chief of IDG'S Electronic Entertainment magazine.^[6] From 1993 to 1997, she hosted On Computers with Gina Smith and ABC Radio's "Connected with Gina Smith," a radio call-in show that ran in syndication.

In 1995, she co-hosted, with John Levine, an educational PBS special The Internet Show: Drivers' Education for the Internet Superhighway.^[7]

Also in 1995 ABC News hired Smith as a technology correspondent.^[8]

Smith hosted a daily tech news show on the Discovery Channel in 1996 and 1997 called Cyberlife.^[9][10]

In 1999 Smith joined CNET as anchor of the News.Com daily news show on CNBC.^[11]

In 2010, Smith returned to journalism as editor in chief of the online relaunch of Byte magazine as Byte.com.^[12]

As of 2016, she is CEO of aNewDomain Media, which runs several news websites.

Business ventures

In 2000, Smith was named CEO of the New Internet Computer Company,^[13] which she co-founded with Larry Ellison.^[14][15] The firm closed in 2003.^[16]

In 2004 David Warthen appointed Smith president of Eye Games, a San Francisco-based video game technology company.^[17]

Bibliography

• Smith, Gina; Von Stiegel, Herta (2011). The Mountain Within: Leadership Lessons For Your Climb To The Top. McGraw Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-177325-6. 
• Wozniak, Steve; Smith, Gina (2006). iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It. W. W. Norton. ISBN 0-393-06143-4. 
• Smith, Gina (2005). The Genomics Age: How DNA Technology is Transforming the Way We Live and who We are. AMACOM--American Management Association. ISBN 978-0-8144-0843-8. 
• Smith, Gina (2004). "Sladjana". In Perin, Margo. How I Learned to Cook: And Other Writings on Complex Mother-daughter Relationships (anthology). Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin. pp. 195–209. ISBN 978-1585422913. 
• Smith, Gina; Laporte, Leo (1995). 101 Computer Answers You Need To Know. Ziff-Davis Press. ISBN 1-56276-339-3. 
• Smith, Gina; Palatto, John (1991). Building Applications with Toolbook. Brady. ISBN 0-13-092420-2. 

References

External links

• Official website
• aNewDomain – The technology news site Smith founded