About Us

Established in 2004, Chip Chick was a pioneer in the blogosphere, becoming amongst the first sites to focus on technology for women. The goal of Chip Chick has always been for women to have a site that helps them keep up with the latest technology trends and how to make these trends more fashionable and customizable. Our reporters run the gamut of different types of stories: we cover events, report on interesting Web 2.0 technologies, write products reviews, and we love sharing the latest cool software and hardware.

Over the years, Chip Chick has been featured in People Style & Watch Magazine, The Boston Channel, CNN, Reuters, Cnet, and News|Talk 710 KIRO, just to name a few, as well as in several print publications world wide. In 2006, Chip Chick branched out by developing Chip Chicklets, a blog geared towards technology for kids.

About our writers:

	“Chip Chick” Helena Stone, Editor in Chief A native New Yorker, the Chip Chick holds a Masters Degree in Digital Imaging and Design from New York University. To pay the bills to fund her expensive gadget lust, Chip Chick works in the digital marketing and design field. At any minute she can be found trolling J and R, Best Buy, or DataVision… hard at work at making the salesmen feel stupid. iPod or Not: iPhone Favorite Gadget: Nikon D90 Computer: Macbook Air, 24″ iMac
	Ali, Editor of Chip Chick, Editor for Chip Chicklets Ali resides in New York City and is proud to be one of the few ladies out there with MCSE and A+ certification, though somehow she ended up working in corporate real estate. A vehement anti-macite, Ali prefers the world of PC and Microsoft. And she can knock X-box 360 controllers with the best of them. Her current obsession is Rock Band. iPod or Not: iPod Touch 2G Favorite Gadget: MyTouch 3G Computer: Macbook Pro (Late 2008). She finally caved in. Damn Boot Camp.
	Lydia Leavitt, Features Editor Lydia still considers herself a closet nerd but is slowly coming out to the general public. Originally from Boston, she fell into the tech niche and now she can’t get out. Lydia works in social media and copywriting and is a self-proclaimed Twitter fanatic (follow her @lydialeavitt). She enjoys running, traveling and exploring New York City Favorite gadget: Boombox Portable Speaker System for iPod because life is better with a playlist Computer: Sony Vaio Laptop iPod or Not: iPod Nano 3rd generation (the square one), great for runners
	Tiffani Buteau, Reporter Tiffani is a Californian at heart who travels often and spends much of her time in a seaside Mexican town called Manzanillo. She is also cofounder of a popular travel blog for that city- www.manzanilloblog.com. Although an avid and adept PC user, she maintains an open mind. As a newlywed she finds her horizons being broadened by the cunning and witty antics of her new Mac enthusiast husband to “think different,” and “come to the dark side.” Reviews for Chip Chicklets are a tasty diversion, less motivated by a need for incessant gadgetry, and more by the organic nature of the human need to invent and love gadgets. iPod or Not: iPod Touch Favorite Gadget: Moleskine Notebook (Like a palm pilot that doesn’t run out of batteries!). Favorite Tech Joke: “Apple has issued a recall on several models of Mac laptops because the battery can over heat and catch fire. Experts say a Mac fire is just like a PC fire, except it’s more hip and condescending,” – Conan O’ Brien
	Joseph Damanti, Video Games Reporter Dressed in his Yoda outfit, Joe is quite the man about town. An avid gamer, he enjoys playing with his Xbox 360 and Nintendo DS. Particularly Guitar Hero till his fingers begin to bleed, or he becomes blind from too much Star Wars Battlefront. Joe Skywalker also laughs in the face of new smartphones like the Blackberry Bold, he is content with his 5 year old Blackberry – especially after having survived a brief stint with Helio. Oh, and hockey is his life – but that is ok because the dude really is good at it. iPod or Not: He prefers listening to the midi files on his 5, maybe 6 year old Blackberry. Favorite Gadget: Lightsaber Computer: Toshiba Protege
	Scott Schaen, Reporter Scott resides in beautiful Westchester County, New York…sure he lives with his parents, but c’mon he just graduated (from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute [magna cum laude]). He majored in management and technology, minored in communications and concentrated in marketing, and is a proud brother of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity. Scott is a total technophile and loves playing with new gadgets. During his free time he optimizes and utilizes his media center(running XBMC), enjoys chilling out with friends, and surfing the interwebs. iPod or Not: iPhone 3gs, hands down Favorite Gadget: 13″ MacBook Unibody Computer: Mac or PC