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Richard MacManus is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of ReadWriteWeb. New Zealander MacManus founded ReadWriteWeb in 2003 and grew his blog about the changing Internet into an international team of journalists. ReadWriteWeb is read by millions of thought leaders and consumers. Still grounded in MacManus' thoughtful exploration of emerging trends, ReadWriteWeb is known for offering some of the most insightful commentary available about each day's Internet industry news.

From the early days of blogging, social networks and YouTube to the future of machine learning, aggregate data analysis and other meta-trends, MacManus is widely recognized as a leader in articulating what's next in technology and what it means for society at large.

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You can contact Richard at editor@readwriteweb.com. NOTE: Story ideas and product pitches should be emailed to tips@readwriteweb.com. This address reaches all of the writers of ReadWriteWeb, including Richard.

Sean Ammirati is Chief Operating Officer at ReadWriteWeb, based in Pittsburgh, PA. He has also been part of the writing team since March 2007 and hosted our podcast ReadWriteTalk. Prior to becoming ReadWriteWeb's COO, Sean was a software entrepreneur who co-founded a few venture backed start-ups and prior to that was a research fellow at Carnegie Mellon's Software Industry Center. You can reach Sean Ammirati at sean@readwriteweb.com.

Abraham Hyatt is ReadWriteWeb's Managing Editor. Prior to joining ReadWriteWeb in December, 2009, he worked as an editor and reporter at newspapers and magazines in California and Oregon. He lives in Portland, Oregon, and is the founder of Digital Journalism Portland. He can be reached at @abrahamhyatt and abraham@readwriteweb.com.

David Strom is the Channels Editor of ReadWriteWeb. He has held editorial management positions for numerous print and Web publications and was the founding editor-in-chief for Network Computing magazine and DigitalLanding.com. He has more than 30 years of IT and tech journalism experience and has written two books on computer networking. He lives in St. Louis and is married with three children. He can be reached at david@readwriteweb.com.

Dan Frommer is Editor at Large for ReadWriteWeb, based in Brooklyn, NY. He is also founder and editor of SplatF, a tech news and commentary site. Previously, Dan helped create Business Insider and was a tech reporter at Forbes. He graduated from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Follow Dan on Twitter at @fromedome or email him at dfrommer@readwriteweb.com.

Robyn Tippins is the Community Manager at ReadWriteWeb. She's been managing online communities since 1996, and is the author of Community 101. Before RWW, she launched a startup and worked at or consulted for Yahoo!, Current TV, Behr Paints, Intel, MTV, Fleishman Hillard and AT&T. When she's not at her computer, you'll find her hanging out with her 4 children or studying history's most interesting folks. You can reach Robyn at robyn@readwriteweb.com.

Curt Hopkins is ReadWriteWeb's Production Editor. Curt is a journalist who has written for Newsweek, Reuters, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, New Times and others. He was the Social Media Manager for InterActive Corp's InstantAction gaming platform and an early hire at Ask.com, where he was responsible for tanking their stock. He lives in the Greatest State in the Union (TM) and is part of ReadWriteWeb's Oregon Mafia. He's married to @thinkyiddish. Contact Curt at curt@readwriteweb.com.

Marshall Kirkpatrick is a Senior Writer at ReadWriteWeb. He lives in Portland, Oregon, along with many other members of the RWW team. He joined RWW in 2007 and was VP Content Development before branching out to a new venture. Marshall says he loves to write on ReadWriteWeb because it's a chance to tell the stories of a disruptive time in history and he hopes that disruption will lead to a better world. He specializes in creating new ways to use feeds and social graph analysis to support the writing of the whole team. You can contact Marshall at marshall@readwriteweb.com.

John Paul Titlow is a Writer for ReadWriteWeb and its channels, joining the team full time in June of 2011. Contact John at john@readwriteweb.com.

Dan Rowinski is a Writer for ReadWriteWeb, joining the team in April, 2011. Chef turned journalist turned tech geek, he is always willing to talk anything culinary or the intricacies of the newest smartphone. He has a BA in English from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Master's degree in Journalism from Boston University. When not traversing for bleeding edge web trends, Dan is a freelance sports writer who can often be found haunting the ballparks and arenas of Boston. Contact Dan on Twitter @Dan_Rowinski or email at dan@readwriteweb.com.

Jon Mitchell is a Writer for ReadWriteWeb, joining the team in July, 2011. Prior to joining RWW, he was managing editor of NewsTrust, which provides Web-based tools to help consumers, students, and journalists separate fact from fiction in the news. Jon loves to wonder about the meaning and purpose behind the Web technologies we use every day, which is what led him to ReadWriteWeb in the first place. Contact Jon on Twitter at @JonMwords or at jon@readwriteweb.com.

Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier is a Channels Writer for ReadWriteWeb. He's a writer and editor with more than 10 years covering IT. Formerly the openSUSE Community Manager for Novell, Brockmeier is a longtime free and open source software advocate. He has written for many publications, including Linux Magazine, Sys Admin, Linux Pro Magazine, IBM developerWorks, Linux.com, CIO.com, Linux Weekly News, ZDNet, and many others. You can contact Joe via e-mail at jzb@readwriteweb.com.

Scott M. Fulton, III, ReadWriteWeb's Enterprise Writer, has been an editor and producer of online news worldwide, and an author of instructional books and materials, since 1984. Many of the world's recycled goods and paper products, from packing containers to park benches, are made from Scott's manuscripts from the 1990s. He and his wife run Ingenus LLC, an editorial services firm for technology publishers in print and online. Contact Scott at scott@readwriteweb.com.

Alicia Eler is a Writer for ReadWriteWeb. Before joining ReadWriteWeb, Alicia was many things, such as the Associate Editor of MoveOn.org, the Web Editor of Sylvia cartoonist Nicole Hollander's BadGirlChats.com, and the Arts & Entertainment Community Manager for the Chicago Tribune's ChicagoNow.com. Her arts writing has been published in Artforum.com, Art Papers, Time Out Chicago, and the Chicago Tribune, among others. She can be reached at @aliciaeler and alicia@readwriteweb.com.

Dave Copeland joined ReadWriteWeb in December 2011. He has previously been a staff writer focusing on business and technology for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and the Dow Jones News Service, and he has worked regularly as a freelance writer for a wide range of publications, including the Boston Globe, Boston magazine and the Wall Street Journal. Copeland's 2007 book, "Blood & Volume: Inside New York's Israeli Mafia" marked the first time a journalist got inside the brutal crime syndicate that operated in the 1980's. In addition to his work at ReadWriteWeb, Copeland is a college journalism and writing professor. Contact Dave at dcopeland@readwriteweb.com.

Jared Smith is the Webmaster at ReadWriteWeb, based in Reston, VA. He grew up with the Web, starting with a GeoCities page and eventually going on to run a Windows support community, co-authoring a book about forum software, and working at his alma mater, College of Charleston, where he helped launch a completely overhauled website. In addition, Jared is a trained severe weather spotter and far prefers a storm to sunshine. Contact Jared at jared@readwriteweb.com.

Tyler Gillies is Resident Hacker at ReadWriteWeb. Using JavaScript, Ruby, and Python, he creates, and attempts to tame the bots that run the show behind the scenes. Tyler calls North Portland home. Contact him at tyler@read​writeweb.c​om.