Tom Samiljan

Brainstormer, Foodie, Gay, Idea generator, Job-seeker, Journalist, Musician, Producer, World traveler, Writer/Editor

Tom Samiljan has covered technology since 1994, when he became the first video game editor for the original CD-ROM version of Blender magazine. Tom then worked for Michael Wolff and Company, where he reviewed websites for the NetGuide series. As one of the launch editors of Time Out New York, he developed, edited, and wrote the weekly's Byte Me technology section for four years (while also double-timing as the magazine's first Classical Music Editor). Tom was hired by Wenner Media in 1999 to write about tech for Men's Journal, Us Weekly, and Rolling Stone. As Tech Director at Cargo, Tom oversaw monthly coverage of gadgets, video games, consumer electronics, and computers for the Conde Nast men's shopping magazine and website. He was also the "Gadget Hound" for Yahoo! Tech, a daily blog-column on the latest gadgets and technologies. As Executive Producer at AOL, he launched Switched.com, a daily consumer tech news, reviews and how-to site that became the second biggest driver of UVs to AOL Tech. More recently, Tom was the Editor-in-Chief of MensJournal.com. Tom has also written and edited for Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, New York, Elle, Wired, The Daily, and Hemispheres, among other publications, and is currently a contributor to Travel + Leisure and L'Uomo Vogue. Currently, he is the Tech Correspondent at Travel + Leisure and writes for L'Uomo Vogue, Maxim, and Gear Patrol.

Music, Travel, other languages besides English (especially French and Spanish), film, mentoring, food

Consumer Electronics, Apps, Writing, Classical Music, Other Music, Editing, Travel,

Content, Content & Strategy, Content - creation, research, analysis, digital media, Editing - Professional / Creative writing, Hardware: Gadgets/Consumer Electronics, Music (Classical and all the rest), Software: Apps/Social Media/Web, Travel, Writing

Singing (bass-baritone in a 36-person chamber choir)