Gina Smith (author)

Gina Smith
Smith in 2014
Born	Regina Patricia Smith Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.
Nationality	American
Education	PhD, Clinical Psychology; MA, Psychology, BA, English, BS, Chemistry
Alma mater	Florida State University Woodward Academy
Occupation	author, journalist, entrepreneur
Known for	Journalism
Relatives	Svetomir Đukić (maternal grandfather)
Website	ginasmith.com

Gina Smith is an entrepreneur, author, and technology and science journalist who co-wrote Steve Wozniak's autobiography iWoz: How I Invented the PC, and Had Fun Doing It.^[1][2] She is also the editorial director for aNewDomain, a technology news site which she co-founded.^[3] In 2001, Smith was named one of the 100 most influential people in technology by Upside Magazine.^[3]

Early life

Smith graduated from Woodward Academy in 1981.^[4]

Smith's maternal grandfather was World War II era Yugoslavian General Svetomir Đukić, founder of the Olympic Committee of Serbia.^[5]

Technology journalism

From 1990 to 2000, Smith wrote the "Inside Silicon Valley" technology column in the San Francisco Sunday Chronicle.^[6] During that time, she was senior editor at PC/Computing magazine, and later, as of 1994, she was the editor-in-chief of IDG'S Electronic Entertainment magazine.^[7] From 1993 to 1997, she hosted On Computers with Gina Smith and ABC Radio's "Connected with Gina Smith," a radio call-in show that ran in syndication.

In 1995, she co-hosted, with John Levine, an educational PBS special The Internet Show: Drivers' Education for the Internet Superhighway.^[8]

Also in 1995 ABC News hired Smith as a technology correspondent.^[9]

Smith hosted a daily tech news show on the Discovery Channel in 1996 and 1997 called Cyberlife.^[10][11]

In 1999 Smith joined CNET as anchor of the News.Com daily news show on CNBC.^[12]

In 2010, Smith returned to journalism as editor in chief of the online relaunch of Byte magazine as Byte.com.^[13]

As of 2016, she is CEO of aNewDomain Media, which runs several news websites.

Business ventures

In 2000, Smith was named CEO of the New Internet Computer Company,^[14] which she co-founded with Larry Ellison.^[15][16] The firm closed in 2003.^[17]

In 2004 David Warthen appointed Smith president of Eye Games, a San Francisco-based video game technology company.^[18]

Bibliography

• Smith, Gina; Von Stiegel, Herta (2011). The Mountain Within: Leadership Lessons For Your Climb To The Top. McGraw Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-177325-6. 
• Wozniak, Steve; Smith, Gina (2006). iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It. W. W. Norton. ISBN 0-393-06143-4. 
• Smith, Gina (2005). The Genomics Age: How DNA Technology is Transforming the Way We Live and who We are. AMACOM--American Management Association. ISBN 978-0-8144-0843-8. 
• Smith, Gina (2004). "Sladjana". In Perin, Margo. How I Learned to Cook: And Other Writings on Complex Mother-daughter Relationships (anthology). Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin. pp. 195–209. ISBN 978-1585422913. 
• Smith, Gina; Laporte, Leo (1995). 101 Computer Answers You Need To Know. Ziff-Davis Press. ISBN 1-56276-339-3. 
• Smith, Gina; Palatto, John (1991). Building Applications with Toolbook. Brady. ISBN 0-13-092420-2. 

References

External links

• Official website
• aNewDomain – The technology news site Smith founded