John Siracusa
Technology writer and podcaster; long Mac OS X reviews at Ars Technica; co-hosts the Accidental Tech Podcast.
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- John Siracusa is an American technology writer, software developer and podcaster.
- From 1999 to 2014 he reviewed every major release of Mac OS X for Ars Technica, in reviews known for their length and depth.
- He co-hosted Hypercritical with Dan Benjamin from 2011 to 2012, has co-hosted the Accidental Tech Podcast with Marco Arment and Casey Liss since 2013, and Reconcilable Differences with Merlin Mann since 2015.
- He also makes Mac utilities, starting with Front and Center and SwitchGlass in 2020.
Key facts
- Ars Technica
- Mac OS X reviews, from 1999 to 2014 (10.0 to 10.10 Yosemite)1
- Podcasts
- Hypercritical (2011 to 2012); Accidental Tech Podcast (from 2013); Reconcilable Differences (from 2015); Robot or Not?1
- Apps
- Front and Center (January 2020); SwitchGlass (2020)1
- Education
- BS computer engineering, Boston University1
Links
- hypercritical.co (opens hypercritical.co)
- Accidental Tech Podcast (opens atp.fm)
- Bluesky hypercritical.co (opens bsky.app)
- Mastodon @siracusa (opens mastodon.social)
- Wikipedia (opens en.wikipedia.org)
- Where they publish (ppll) (opens ppll.app)
- What they believe (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
- What they recommend (rcmnd) (opens rcmnd.app)
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