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 bloggers:
“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 as an interactive designer. At any minute she can be found trolling J and R, Best Buy, Circuit City, or DataVision… hard at work at making the salesmen feel stupid.
Ipod or Not: iPhone
Favorite Gadget: Nikon D40
Computer: Macbook Air, iMac
Ali Heriyanto, Co-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: 3G Nano in Red
Favorite Gadget: BlackJack II
Computer: A Dell XPS M1330 and an iMac. She finally caved in. Damn Boot Camp.
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
Kevin Geter, Reporter
Kevin currently lives in Maryland. He embarked on a journey in the I.T.field after spending several years in a career that was no longer fulfilling. Kevin has a MCSE Certification as well as a A+ Certification. However, he started out supporting Macs. Presently he is working in the Windows environment as a Network and LAN Administrator, but he’s a guy who appreciates the best of both worlds. To support his tech and gadget addiction he enjoys finding deals via the internet and some brick and mortar computer retailers. In his free time he enjoys playing computer games, and modding PCs.
Ipod or Not: Ipod Nano
Favorite Gadget: Sony Play Station Portable (Hacked all the way baby!).
Computer: My custom modded and tricked out, over clocked Water cooled Pentium
Leah Cheng, Reporter
Leah, a New Yorker, is always on the lookout for fun and functional gadgets. If it’s pink and has a cat on it, all the better. To fund this habit, she works at a SEM agency. She is a big Mac fan and despises using a PC at work.
Favorite gadget: T-mobile MDA (When the contract ends, it’ll be an iPhone)
Computer: Mac Mini and Macbook
Ipod or Not: Ipod Mini and Ipod Classic (Being a twin herself, she
likes things in pairs)
