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podcast, a weekly panel show discussing science-fiction, fantasy, and more general geek-culture television shows, movies, comic books, and book. The show soon expanded into an eponymous network which now hosts more than twenty shows from a variety of contributors. The Incomparable won the Parsec
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in 1997, Snell moved with the magazine and became a significant Macworld staff member. Within a few years, he became the lead editor of Macworld, and eventually was promoted to a senior vice president at the magazine's publisher
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magazine. He finished up his IDG tenure serving as the senior vice president of IDG Consumer & Small Business Publishing (CSMB). He continues to write a weekly column at Macworld.
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Following Snell's 2014 departure from Macworld and IDG, he created and launched Six Colors, a members-supported editorial website where he and his former Macworld colleague
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and created Six Colors, a website that continues his coverage of technology and Apple products. He owns and operates the award-winning podcast network,
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published hundreds of short stories in various genres until it ceased publication in 2004. (Snell later served on the board of the
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In 1996, he co-founded Internet humor and commentary site TeeVee.org, which lives on through a podcast of the same name.
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computers, iPhones, and services—and pop culture. Snell was an early Internet publisher, producing the fiction journal
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Award for Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast in 2012, 2015, and 2016. Snell also co-hosts the
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Snell graduated in 1992 with a degree in Communication. In 1994 he received a master's degree from the
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Boychuk, Ben; Burkhart, David; Snell, Jason; Watts, Daniel; Vannette, Claire J. (15 April 2015).
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Directory of Electronic Journals, Newsletters, and Academic Discussion Lists
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King, Lisbeth A.; Kovacs, Diane (May 1994). Okerson, Ann (ed.).
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during more than 25 years, including as editor-in-chief of
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write about technology, Apple products, and podcasting.
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computer. When MacUser was bought and absorbed into
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Index

The Incomparable

Oakland, California
Oakland
California
Apple Inc.
Macintosh
InterText
IDG
Macworld
The Incomparable
Sonora
Revelle College
University of California, San Diego
UCSD Guardian
InterText
FSFNet
National Novel Writing Month
Graduate School of Journalism
University of California, Berkeley
MacUser
Macintosh
Macworld
IDG
MDJ Power 25
Dan Moren
Relay FM
Mill Valley, California
"Tech Media Company IDG Forms Consumer & SMB Division"
"More Color"

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