Hello

I'm Gina Trapani. I'm an app developer, writer, and accidental podcaster.

I build ThinkUp, a social data insights engine, and Todo.txt, text-based to-do list apps. I host In Beta, a podcast about tech culture and open source, as well as This Week in Google, a news show about Google and cloud computing.

Back in the day, I founded Lifehacker and authored four tech books. I blog at Smarterware and tweet at @ginatrapani.

I live in sunny San Diego, California, by way of Brooklyn, New York. Some nice strangers wrote a Wikipedia page about me.

Here's my formal, complete bio. You can send me an email, but be forewarned: most days I receive more messages than I can respond to. Thanks for understanding.

Currently

• Building
  • ThinkUp, a social network insights engine
  • Todo.txt, text-based to-do list apps
• Hosting
  • In Beta, a weekly podcast about web-based, mobile, and social apps with Kevin Purdy
  • This Week in Google (TWiG), a web show on Leo Laporte's TWiT network
• Writing
  • Smarterware, my personal blog
  • @ginatrapani on Twitter, one of The New York Times' "Nine to Follow Among Millions"

Recently

• December 2012
  • Published an op-ed in The New York Times about a recent FTC report on mobile app privacy leaks.
  • Appeared as a guest on two episodes of The Crossover, The Fight for Attention (with Jason Snell) and Assumptions (with Jen Simmons).
• November 2012
  • Featured in My Ideal Bookshelf, a wonderful book of paintings by Jane Mount and Thessaly La Force. Check out neat data visualizations illustrating the contents of the book.
• September 2012
  • My daughter, Etta Rebecca Bailey, was born on September 18. I published an article about the experience in Marco Arment's The Magazine, called How to Make a Baby.
  • August 2012
    • Lifehacker features me in their How I Work series and hosts and live Q&A with readers.
  • June 2012
    • Launched In Beta, a new podcast about the rapidly iterative state of web-based, mobile, and social apps, which I co-host with Kevin Purdy.
    • In the Library with the Leadpipe publishes a dual interview with me and Paul Ford about writing and coding.
  • May 2012
    • Published an op-ed on CNN.com, In war for talent, 'brogrammers' will be losers.
    • Appeared as a guest on an episode of iPad Today with Sarah Lane.
    • Wired.com's GeekDad blog includes me on a list of 100 Geeks You Should Be Following on Twitter.
    • Appeared on an episode of The Broad Experience, a new podcast on women in the workplace by Ashley Milne-Tyte.
  • March 2012
    • Launched Narrow the Gapp, a U.S. Department of Labor data-based web site about the gender wage gap. See the press coverage.
    • 21times.org profiles me in a piece about ThinkUp and open source development and business models.
  • February 2012
    • Leo Laporte and Tom Merritt interviewed me on an episode of Triangulation.
  • January 2012
    • Released the iOS version of Todo.txt Touch for the iPhone, iPod touch, and the iPad. Buy it here.
    • CTO of the United States Aneesh Chopra thanked me for encouraging the White House to reject SOPA. Eight days after the White House's response, SOPA was withdrawn.
    • Engadget interviews me for their 25th issue of Distro.
  • More...

The Shows

Now hosting a weekly audio podcast In Beta alongside Kevin Purdy. In Beta is a talk show about tech culture, making open source software, and how mobile, social, and web apps are changing the world. Watch live and chat with listeners as we livestream each episode on 5by5, usually on Tuesdays at 10am Pacific/1PM Eastern time. Otherwise, subscribe to new episodes in your podcatcher of choice.

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Also hosting a weekly web show This Week in Google (TWiG) alongside tech guy Leo Laporte and professor of journalism Jeff Jarvis, which covers the latest Google and cloud computing news, stats, and tips. Watch live and chat with listeners as we record each episode via Skype on the TWiT Netcast Network at 1PM Pacific/4PM Eastern time every Wednesday. Otherwise, download or subscribe to new episodes, or watch on YouTube.

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The Book

Lifehacker: The Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, and Better, third edition, is a compendium of all the best hacks from Lifehacker.com's archives, and my personal manifesto on working more efficiently in the digital age.

Check out the official web site of Lifehacker the book to browse the table of contents, download a sample chapter, and join the mailing list.

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Elsewhere

• Lanyrd: Conferences where I've spoken and attended
• GitHub: My current coding projects and activity
• Mozilla Add-ons contributions: Firefox extensions I've authored
• My Wikipedia entry
• My Wikipedia contributions

Thanks for your interest.