Xeni Jardin (pronounced /ʃɛniː ʒɑrˈdæn/ shen-ee zhar-dan; b. 1972) is an American weblogger, digital media commentator, and tech culture journalist. She is known for her position as co-editor of the collaborative weblog Boing Boing, as a contributor to Wired magazine and Wired News, and as a correspondent for the National Public Radio show Day to Day. She has also worked as a guest technology news commentator for television networks such as CNN, ...
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Xeni Jardin (pronounced /ʃɛniː ʒɑrˈdæn/ shen-ee zhar-dan; b. 1972) is an American weblogger, digital media commentator, and tech culture journalist. She is known for her position as co-editor of the collaborative weblog Boing Boing, as a contributor to Wired magazine and Wired News, and as a correspondent for the National Public Radio show Day to Day. She has also worked as a guest technology news commentator for television networks such as CNN, Fox News and ABC.
Jardin was born in Richmond, Virginia on August 5, 1972. Her father, artist Glenn B. Hamm Jr., died in August 1980 of ALS. She left home at age 14, but remained in school in Richmond. Xeniflores is not her given name, but rather a nickname that stuck during her travels through Mexico and Guatemala. For some time after she returned, she used the name Xeniflores Jardin Hamm and now uses a shortened version, Xeni Jardin. Prior to becoming a journalist, she was site editor for travel agency Traveltrust, then Supervisor of...
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