Category Archive: Sweet Setup Interview

I have loved slowly fidgeting with my iPhone Home Screen, especially with the new updates to iOS over the years. But I think it’s time for a total revamp. My Lock Screen image has been the same for at least five years. Some of my apps have been in the same place since I got my first iPhone, almost 10 years ago. So, I decided it was time to change it up. »

My wish for an M1-powered MacBook Pro came true in October 2021, of course. And then some — not only can these new MacBook Pros drive two external displays, they can drive four displays, all while fast-charging, reading and writing directly to SD cards, and more. These new MacBook Pros are indeed dreams come true and I had to have one. »

Josh Ginter is a CPA located in Morden, Manitoba, Canada, where he also serves as the managing editor for The Sweet Setup. »

Chris Ferenzi is a Washington DC wedding photographer that captures authentic moments for unconventional couples. »

Asier G. Morato is the co-founder of Chubby Apps — an indie app studio from the north of Spain (Europe) who believes that technology should be easy to use. We make apps with a cute design that don’t need a user manual, are fully accessible, improve people’s lives, and also respect your privacy. »

Richard Seidl is based out of Germany and helps companies write better software by combining humanity and technology to overcome the challenges of this world. »

In the past year, you’ve probably spent a lot of time you spend in virtual meetings. Even if you aren’t live streaming on Twitch, hosting a YouTube channel, or presenting webinars very often, improving your video can go a long way in making your online communication more effective. And if you already have a nice […] »

My name is Bart Kesner and I'm currently responsible for IT transformation efforts for a global engineering/consulting firm in the Kansas City area. This entails partnering with internal and external resources to analyze the delivery and use of products and services to enhance overall effectiveness, and lead teams to resolve any identified issues. Prior to that, I ran the Customer Experience program for a global manufacturing firm. »

Tiffany White a software engineer from Swatara Township, PA. »

Scotty works at a large Canadian telecom and technology solution provider as part of corporate communications and co-hosts the Nested Folders podcast alongside Rosemary Orchard. »

Nate Dunn runs a cycling coaching company from Sacramento, CA where he works with cyclists to analyze and improve their training to reach their goals. »

In this series, we post a new interview with someone about what software they use on their Mac, iPhone, or iPad. We do these interviews because not only are they fun, but a glimpse into what tools someone uses and how they use those tools can spark our imagination and give us an idea or […] »

Several months ago, I took all the apps on my Home screen and moved them over by one so that my first Home screen was blank. Now I’m trying something similar but different. I’ve placed just a few apps on the first Home screen, none of which have inboxes or infinity pools. »

Jonathan Pulley is a Senior Consultant for a software company specializing in data analytics, data warehousing, and business intelligence, and he also dabbles in photography and gaming. »

Fernando Silva works in New York City as an Account Executive for an HR Software Company, but is truly passionate about his YouTube tech channel. »

Brian McCabe is based in Manchester, UK and works as a technology Consulting Director at a global professional services firm. »

Tony lives in Copenhagen and operates a company that specializes in shooting and editing drone videos for commercials, feature films, corporations, and everything in between. »

Kyle Bauman is the Associate Pastor of Discipleship & Students at Bear Valley Community Church in Colleyville, TX where his main responsibility is teaching and leading ministries for middle school, high school, and college students. »

Adam Lee writes his own website, and is also a part-time student and software developer. »

Mike Schmitz is the creator of Faith-Based Productivity, co-hosts the Focused and Bookworm podcasts, and most recently joined The Sweet Setup team as Executive Editor. »

Tiffany White is a frontend software developer and course instructor, and also writes her own blog that focuses on software development. »

Jack Bishop is an Aerospace Software Engineer, iOS Developer, and just finished studying part time for a degree in Software Engineering. »

Alex Tai is a student at Santa Clara University where he studies Computer Engineering and collaborates with others on ideas and new technologies. »

Daryl Tan works in corporate finance during the day, and enjoys spending time with his family, reading, and writing for his own blog during his free time. »

Josh Ginter is the Editor-in-Chief here at The Sweet Setup and also works as an accountant at a small accounting firm and is constantly working away at completing his CPA designation in the evenings. »

Jeffrey Abbott is the Senior Editor at The Sweet Setup, but works as a project manager by day and contributes to The Pen Addict as well. »

Rose Orchard is a programmer by day where she creates web-based applications, but she is also a writer and podcaster in her free time. »

Marty Day is an Integrations Engineer for Partnerize by day, and an on-stage co-host and producer for Super Art Fight, co-host of The Rough House Podcast, and owner of blast-o-rama. »

Kurt Van de Poel is an electromechanical engineering teacher in Amsterdam, where he teaches pupils how to build safe machines, draw electrical schematics, and program PLCs to control machines. »

Justin Kaplan is an energy consultant and entrepreneur in the health industry, based out of the Dallas, TX area. »

Jackson Hayes is a 17-year-old cinematographer, photographer, and sometimes front-end web developer who makes videos about technology on his YouTube channel. »

Roger Sherwood is based in the Bay Area and works at Cisco Systems in the sales group as a global industry lead. »

Igor Kulman lives in Prague, Czech Republic and is currently working as the lead iOS developer for a company that builds a secure messaging app for corporate customers. »

Lawrence Gimenez is a mobile developer based in Cebu City, Philippines, and he works on both iOS and Android apps. »

Rob Bettis is an independent digital marketer based in Chattanooga, TN where he offers PPC management services to e-commerce and lead generation businesses all over the country, as well as white-labeled ad management to agencies. »

Michael Wandl is a student at the Vienna University of Business and Economics, an amateur photographer, an Apple enthusiast, and a sneakerhead. »

Nathan Snelgrove is a freelance designer and front-end developer, a recovering pro photographer, and a hobbyist guitarist. »

Curtis McHale is a self-employed freelance writer and web developer from Canada. »

Stefan Elf is a freelance web developer, designer, and lecturer working in Sweden. »

Tom Garry is a primary school Deputy Head and Teaching/Learning Lead based in South London. »

Agneev Mukherjee is a connoisseur of fantastic Mac and iOS apps, recently graduated from high school, and lives in India. »

Adam Mason is a wedding photographer and storyteller in the Washington DC area, and is also a former Apple retail employee. »

Paul Morris is the Director of Development for Elevate Oregon, and has worked in nonprofit fundraising for almost 25 years. »

Jeff Perry writes the Tablet Habit, co-hosts the Getting Caught Up podcast, and works as an audio engineer. »

Mike Alexander is a teach of Modern Languages at James Gillespie’s High School in Edinburgh, Scotland. »

Justin Hamilton is a first-year student at the University of Delaware where he studies computer engineering, writes music, and also takes pictures. »

Mike Allan is a dispatcher at a local trucking company, a videographer, student of life, and constant tinkerer. »

Josh Ginter is a husband, father, public practice accountant, editor-in-chief of The Sweet Setup, and also writes his own blog and produces a podcast. »

Sahil Parikh is a husband, father, and the founder of Brightpod (a web-based project management & time tracking software for digital marketing teams), as well as an author and avid golfer. »

Toomas Särev is a cardiologist, leader, husband, dad of 5, granddad of 2, first-degree black belt in Traditional Korean Martial Arts (Kuk Sool Won), Harley Davidson motorbike enthusiast, Apple Gadgets lover, and productivity geek. »

Roger Ogden is a software engineer living in Boise, Idaho. »

Greg Maass is a software developer, musician, and father living in Seattle, Washington who has developed enterprise software for hospitals and universities for the past twenty years. »

Anna Crotty lives in San Diego and works on databases for member-supported news organizations. »

Joan Erwin is the Senior Vice President of Expansion Operations for CleanSlate Centers where she spearheads the expansion of patient care services. »

Chris Gonzales is a writer and editor (Tools & Toys, The Spark Journal, and Stellar Edits) from Oklahoma City, but currently lives full-time with his wife and son in an RV. »

Jonathan Buys is a Christian, husband, father, verteran, writer, and developer working as a DevOps engineer with a small company that works with Amazon Web Services. »

Stephen Hackett is the co-founder of the Relay FM podcast network, owner of 512 Pixels, and lead editor at The Sweet Setup. »

Andrew Canion is a business advisor based in Australia, and is also a director and treasurer for a not-for-profit organization. »

David Hepworth lives in the UK, and is a YouTube creator who focuses mainly on Apple products. »

Thord D. Hedengren is a writer of fiction and technical literature, an entrepreneur, and CEO of a digital agency. »

Aaron Bielert is the founder and Network President of Sparkk TV — an original WebSeries TV network. »

Clay Russell is a Director of Operations for a popular restaurant chain in Texas, and also runs the TEKSide Network of websites and podcasts that center on technology. »

Graham Hind works for EP Books, a Christian book publisher based in the UK. »

Simon Severino is the founder of strategy sprints, who also loves problems, productivity, his family, and triathlons. »

Craig Camp is the general manager at Troon Vineyard in Southern Oregon, and also publishes The Wine Camp Blog. »

Dan Johnson is a professional architect working in Alberta, Canada, where he also runs a couple of personal blogs in his spare time. »

Brian Hendrix is a U.S. Air Force veteran who now works as a Senior Technical Engineer for the largest not-for-profit healthcare system in the U.S. »

Michael Penn is an e-commerce specialist and shipping manager, a technology blog reader, woodworker, and podcast enthusiast. »

Francesco D'Alessio is a freelance marketer currently working with technology startups out of Plymouth, UK. »

Kris Rojas is a Media Producer for a company headquartered in Virginia, and is also a Star Wars enthusiast, horror film aficionado, freelance cinematographer, and an online student enrolled in the Digital Cinematography program at Full Sail University. »

Dan Leech is a systems designer for a healthcare research company based in Bath, UK where he performs research and creates new software and processes that make delivery of medicines to patients safer, more efficient, and more affordable. »

Jacob Terry is a graduate student studying for his master's degree in civil engineering at the University of Waterloo, where he works in the transport economics research group. »

Shana Russell is a Campus Technology Specialist for a private school organization in Houston, and also writes her own blogs and dabbles in app development. »

Gordon McLean is a business analyst by day, and a writer, blogger, and novelist by night. »

Jowanza Joseph is a software engineer at OneClickRetail in Salt Lake City, and also writes his own site about technology, photography, and other cool internet content. »

Jordan McMahon is a personal trainer by day, and a freelance writer and photographer in his free time. »

Wojtek Pietrusiewicz is a publisher, writer, photographer, and human based out of Poland where he runs iMagazine with his friends. »

Stephen Biggerstaff is a freelance iOS developer based out of Glasgow, Scotland. »

Steve Cholette is a full-time fire fighter and paramedic near Detroit, Michigan. »

Thibaud De Clerck lives in Belgium, manages communications at his family company, and also writes for his own blog and a tech news site. »

Edwin Leong is a Senior Compliance Analyst with the British Columbia Securities Commission in Vancouver, and also a photographer. »

David Koonce is an attorney who runs Traffic Counsel, LLC. »

Matthew Guay is a content marketer at Zapier, works from Bangkok, Thailand, and also writes his own tech blog. »

Rishi Mohan works at BigBinary as a UI Engineer, founded ZINX, and is also a photographer. »

Colin Gold is a Hospitality Consultant who specializes in helping traditional industries improve their customer experience. »

Tiffany White is a student at the University of Pittsburgh where she studies Computer Science by day and works as a freelance developer by night. »

Bodo Tasche is a former CTO from Berlin who is currently working on a project to create a crowd-sourced sign language dictionary, and also hosts a podcast called Bits of Berlin. »

Daniel Marcinkowski is a Junior Social Media Specialist at DaftCode in Poland, and also blogs and creates YouTube videos for his own site. »

Nick Foster is an Electrical Engineering student at Kennesaw State University, and also writes a technology blog, works in the STEM tutoring center, plays guitar, and volunteers. »

Mark Jordan is an IT Engineer who runs an IT firm in Manchester, UK. »

Jose Joaquin Torcida Fernandez is a commercial technician and freelance graphic and web designer in Alcala de Henares, where he lives with his wife. »

Matt McManus is a Senior Software Engineer at Yapp where he works with Ember.js and Rails, and he is also the co-founder of OwnersUp. »

Lee Peterson is a UK-based Technical Consultant for a multinational company by day and freelance technology writer by night, and he also podcasts, writes music, and is an avid photographer. »

Wayne Chan is a student at Hangzhou Dianzi University in China, and he also does freelance and records a podcast with his friend occasionally. »

Asier G. Morato is the chief editor of El Imperdible, a lifestyle website from Spain that talks about shopping, culture, travel, and gastronomy. »

Sean O'Sullivan is an IT Manager by day, but away from the office he's working on a novel and his next iMessage sticker pack. »

Matt Gemmell is a Scottish novelist living in Edinburgh with one book published (CHANGER) and another in the works. »

Belle B. Cooper is co-founder of Hello Code, a Melbourne-based software company that develops iOS apps, and she is also a freelance writer. »

Jeffrey Shih is an Emergency Room Physician and lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto with a specialized interest in Emergency Ultrasound. »

Jordan Fourcher is a student and tech wizard for his school. »

Ludovic Bubner is a native French speaker who has been living in Taiwan for 13 years as a French teach, and also writes and translates during his free time. »

Danny Henke is a freelance web and graphic designer at Beardy Guy Creative, an avid science fan and amateur astronomer, and writes at Beardy Star Stuff. »

Josh Ginter is a Deals Editor and Reviews Editor for Tools & Toys, freelance photographer, a podcaster and writer for his site, and is currently working toward his accounting designation. »

Andy Young runs a site called Country Digest — an educational website that provides information about different countries around the world. »

Gareth Harle is an ICT Network Manager for two secondary schools and one primary school in and around Doncaster, UK. »

Loren Stephens is a Senior Account Executive for a commercial equipment finance company in Orange County, California »

Rupesh R. Mahalle is a 25-year-old Portfolio Manager and start-up investor who manages capital for investors in the stock market. »

V.H. Belvadi is a postgraduate student of physics studying an extremely rare breed of variable stars, and also makes photographs and directs short films in his free time. »

Aaron Riddle is a professional cartoonist who runs the Buy a Drawing site, where he draws custom cartoons, illustrates, greeting cards, and more. »

Paul Westlake lives in Bedfordshire and works as a Solutions Consultant for a digital learning solutions company, and also runs his own photography business. »

Stephen Hackett is the co-founder of the Relay FM podcast network, writes a blog named 512 Pixels, and works as an editor here on The Sweet Setup. »

Gerry Hayes owns Haze Guitars in Dublin, Ireland, where he builds and repairs guitars, writes books on guitar repair and maintenance, and also runs Sketchy Setups. »

Zak Winnick is a technical support analyst and Apple Support Specialist for one of the largest Third-party Logistics companies in the country and also a music and tech blogger/podcaster for his own site. »

Alok Singh is a senior at UC Berkeley where he studies Mathematics and is also interested in Computer Science, reading, and research. »

Aditya Ratnaparkhi works in senior management at an engineering company that manufactures capital goods and currently lives in a city called Pune in western India. »

Bradley Chambers is the Director of Information Technology at Brainerd Baptist School in Chattanooga, TN, and also writes for The Sweet Setup and his own site, Chambers Daily. »

Chris Powell is a professional technologist and IT Manager for the College of Business and Economics at Western Washington University, and also spends his time on several freelance endeavors. »

Todd Henion is an airline pilot, flight instructor, and also a dad and PTA president. »

Kevin Taylor is an assistant professor in the Religion & Practical Theology Department of Pfeiffer University where he teaches undergraduate and graduate classes, co-hosts the Theology Cast podcast, and writes his own blog. »

Adrian Thomas is a Brit living in Munich, Germany where he works as a product manager at equinux making apps and gadgets for Mac, iOS, Apple TV, and Apple Watch. »

Tim Bornholdt is a co-founder of The Jed Mahonis Group, a mobile app development shop based in Minneapolis, MN, and also films and edits C Tolle Run, a weekly show about running and fitness hosted by Olympian athlete, Carrie Tollefson. »

Brian Baggett is a cloud management architect for Sovereign Systems in Norcross, Georgia where he helps companies build hybrid clouds and embrace automation at the enterprise level. »

Paul Williams is a Manager of Student Administration at the University of South Australia where he manages 6 teams spread over metro and regional South Australia. »

Dan Mitu is a philosophy and computer science student who is interested in Machine Learning and has recently started experimenting with iOS development. »

Sam Schmitt is a current sophomore at the University of Massachusetts Amherst where he studies Civil and Environmental Engineering, learns iOS and web development, and writes on his blog. »

Nicholas Cole-Farrell is the Director of Technology at The Brandeis School of San Francisco, a K-8 independent school in California, USA where his passion is empowering students, teachers, and staff with tools to grow their understanding of the world. »

Jared Roebuck is the Assistant Principal at Fahari Academy Charter school in Brooklyn, where his job is to develop teachers and emerging leaders at the school. »

Steve Goslin is a Solution Delivery Manager at Dynamit, where he works on awesome projects in the Columbus, Ohio area. »

Troy Patterson works in translational science for an oncology drug discovery company, writes his own site, has written for ESPN and The Hardballtimes, and also covers Everton FC news for Royal Blue Mersey on the SB Nation network. »

Kyle Plattner works as a developer with a team in Central Illinois developing an iPad app that maps real-time field data for farmers called FieldView Cab. »

Stefan Elf is a passionate media and UI designer, programmer, lecturer, and photographer who runs his own web design agency. »

Phillip Johns is an accounting manager for a non-profit, a Certified Public Accountant, and a Certified Fraud Examiner who also runs his own site that focuses on home automation. »

John Davis is a Youth Minister at the Owensboro Church of Christ in Owensboro, KY, where he spends most of his days studying the Bible, prepping to teach classes or sermons, and planning events for kids and teenagers. »

Jeroen Laven is a student living in Utrecht where he is working on his masters in Contemporary Art, and he also writes a blog called Visuology. »

Bruno Gaspar Romualdo is a Brazilian journalist that designs learning objects for Oxford University Press as well as freelance writing and translating. »

Tommaso Nervegna is a Milan-based Digital Solution Architect for Accenture, and is also an avid traveler, builds drones, takes pictures, and writes his own site. »

Andrew Meyers is an Assistant Director of Admissions at Hope College, where he recruits students and also works on the office email and social marketing efforts, as well as the Admissions section of Hope’s website. »

Josh Medeski is a front-end developer at a small (but successful) start-up in Houston called Medology, is also a freelance writer and speaker, and also has a podcast called One Intentional Life. »

Georgie Giallousis is a pharmacist living in Greece where he also runs Full Court Press, a basketball-centered blog. »

Bret Foster is a Chief Information Officer for a school district in Kentucky where he oversees all technology and communications for the district, and evaluates the physical space in the schools to facilitate collaborative learning opportunities. »

Danny Ngan is an art producer at Glu Mobile, and also a freelance photographer in the Seattle area. »

Kramer Wetzel is a writer and a consulting astrologer, now based in San Antonio with deep roots in the Austin area, where he's been doing readings and writing horoscopes for more than 20 years. »

Ezra Pilpus is a photographer living in Brunei Darussalam, where he runs We Shoot Souls and raises his new baby daughter. »

Brandon Green is a product manager by day and a songwriter/producer by night, and lives in mellow (but surprisingly fun) Salem, MA »

Chenyang Hsu is a law student living in Beijing who is also fascinated with technology, design, UX, and Apple. »

Nadeem Vaidya practices medicine as an ophthalmologist specializing in surgeries of the retina and vitreous, and operates his own practice in Irvine, California. »

Can Akaoglu is possessed by pop-culture and obsessed with design, which is why he's the Creative Director for a little mobile company based in Mainz, Germany. »

Dean Elliott is a former Account Manager who quit his job to tour Southeast Asia with his girlfriend and capture their experiences on his blog. »

Foojee is a team of Apple Consultants operating out of Atlanta and Nashville that helps organizations and schools build rock-solid solutions with their Apple IT. »

David Robert Wright is working toward becoming a pastor, working as a private vocal instructor and performing musician, and also an avid photographer. »

Koen Adams works and lives in Belgium as a freelance cartographer and graphic designer, and also runs One Stop Map. »

Liam Byrnes, originally from Cornwall, England, works for All Nations training leaders, writes his own blog, and stays active on Twitter and Instagram as he travels. »

Bobály Mihály runs a small digital agency (named after his online nickname: JabJab) where they create pay-per-click campaigns and offer digital analytics services to clients. »

Zach Dyson is a freelance graphic designer from Melbourne, Australia, and is also an avid photographer and soon-to-be podcaster. »

Andreas Zeitler is a video producer focusing on introduction videos, iOS App Previews, and motion graphics with his company, zCasting 3000. »

Arturo Goga a technology writer for a fairly popular Spanish opinion website and YouTube Channel where he writes content every day. »

Aditya Daniel is a quality assurance officer at a chemical lab, and also works as a freelance writer. »

Illya Starikov is a full-time Computer Science student by day, and (still) a full-time Computer Science student by night. »

Richard Diaz is a 25-year-old medicine student from the Dominican Republic studying at the Santo Domingo Independent University. »

Brian Renshaw is a doctoral studies candidate, an instructional designer, and also runs a couple of his own websites. »

Chelsea Stats is a web developer for a government agency where he creates and maintains external and internal applications, and also runs his own web design business and website. »

Ryan Cash is the founder of Snowman, an app development studio in Toronto best known for Alto's Adventure. »

Jeff Sheldon is the founder and designer of Ugmonk, a design brand that sells products like leather goods, prints, hoodies, and other sweet accessories. »

Dave Seah is probably best known as a designer of paper-based productivity tools such as The Emergent Task Planner, and also develops interactive software for installation-based learning applications. »

Saravanan Sivaraman is an IT Recruiter based out of Bangalore, India who works for an IT staffing firm and writes his own blog. »

Steven Taylor runs a creative agency in Macclesfield, UK called adomedia where they do everything from branding and web apps to traditional design services. »

BizDevCon is a native Austrian doing business development with high-tech American companies and European clients. »

Guido Osorio is a writer living in Santiago, Chile where he is pursuing his dream of being a fiction writer. »

Rachel Anderson is a Web Producer for a specialty publisher focused on medical journalism, and also writes about technology and culture at Sanspoint.com. »

Grigory Antsiperov is a first year Economics student at Moscow State University who uses iOS for work and play. »

Chad Landman is a youth minister (pastor), independent designer, and podcaster living in the middle Tennessee area with his wife and two sons. »

Mark is the co-owner of a software company that offers a PHP-based content management system that schedules release of photos and videos, and also converts them between several different formats. »

Steven Wooding is a senior research leader at RAND Europe (Cambridge UK) and the father of two small boys and also co-directs the Policy Research In Science and Medicine unit. »

Paul Sufka is a rheumatologist working in St. Paul, MN who co-hosts The Rheumatology Podcast and RheumJC podcasts and writes his own blog. »

Dean Sherwood is a filmmaker and photographer working in the music industry for a UK band called The Vamps. »

Chris Brakebill is a web and mobile developer who is currently working on an app called Outshape, and also sends the Three Things Weekly newsletter. »

Ryan Morton is a content writer at Amerisleep.com where he writes most everything that fills the website, and also writes the company blog and his own blog, The Nerd Scribe. »

Shah Brionez is a senior agent for A Insurance Agencies, Inc. in Syracuse, Utah where he lives with his wife and 9-year old daughter. »

Sam Hall is the acting executive editor of The Clarion-Ledger in Mississippi, and also writes the Daily Ledes blog. »

Benjamin Mikiten is a developer and designer in Austin, Texas who works at McGarrah Jessee with some really cool clients. »

Kelly Tomlinson is a designer working as an experience designer at Cremalab, sometimes dabbles in freelance work, runs Coffee & Design, and a few other things. »

Brandon Jones works primarily in eastern Africa training, coaching, and mentoring local leaders for missions through an organization called All Nations. »

Matt works at Target by day, but writes the tech blog BirchTree and the Highest Notes music blog by night, as well as recording the Birch Bark podcast. »

Mike Dicken's is a software developer and project manager from Arlington, VA, but is currently traveling the world with his wife. »

LuCiana Ja'Vonne is a painter currently living in Tennessee who uses her iPad as a sketching device. »

Matt is a video editor living in Austin, TX and is known for creating a feature film, "Wild In The Streets," and a short film called "Saved By The Belding," which recreates an episode of Saved By The Bell. »

Blake Cloutier is a fourth year Civil Engineering student, a Player Support Representative with Disney Interactive, and also works remotely for an animal supply company. »

Brian Hamilton is a film student living in Boston, MA, works as a videographer for a local business school, and also does freelance writing, photography, and podcasts. »

Virginia is a full-time dating coach, and a freelance worker in many other areas. »

Marc is an OS X and iOS software engineer in Portland, OR, where he works at the Esri PDX R&D Center and also works on his own projects. »

Daniel is a student who is fascinated with technology and the convenience it adds to our lives, especially the role smartphones play. »

Andy Croll is a designer and Ruby developer based in Brighton, UK currently working remotely as a Senior Engineer at a travel company called HouseTrip. »

Jennifer Rowsell is the Next Generations Pastor at The Journey Church, blogs very infrequently, and is interested in music, travel, and cats. »

Roberto Marin is a freelance architect and co-founder StudioEmme2, and also writes about using a Mac with architecture at MArCh. »

Sebastian Green runs a small division of an IT Support company in Manchester (UK) that mainly focuses on web-based systems. »

Jonathan runs the products team at a payments company in London, is interested in everything tech, especially in the mobile space, fascinated by the convergence of payments and mobile technology, and also an Apple addict. »

Dr. Terry Portis is a college director, psychology professor, reader and technology enthusiast. »

Christine Chan is a a writer and editor over at AppAdvice.com where she covers reviews and news of iOS and some Mac apps on a daily basis, and also writes her own personal blog. »

Tom Carmony is Design Director at Black Pixel, and a designer previously at Mule Design, Evening Edition, and on a freelance basis for over a decade. »

Kyle Seth Gray is a full-time business marketing student and a web developer at Utah Valley University, and also co-hosts the Garrulous Podcast with Brian Hamilton. »

Faith Korpi is a co-host on the IRL Talk podcast, a professional copywriter, makes films and teaches ballet on the side. »

Álvaro Serrano is the author and publisher of Analog Senses, a website about the human side of technology featuring links and articles on design, photography, Apple, and the tech industry in general. »

Fraser Speirs is primarily a teacher of Computer Science in Greenock, Scotland, provisions all the IT at the school, writes speirs.org and co-hosts Out of School with Bradley Chambers. »

Brad Dowdy is a husband and father, and a pen addict and business owner that specializes in high-quality pen cases. »

Brandon Wentland runs a 14-person digital marketing agency called Optimal, where they help brands make money online by driving lots of traffic to their sites and converting them into buyers, as well as custom website design and development. »

Nate Boateng is a self-proclaimed tech junkie and also writes his own site when not spending time with his wife and sons. »

Steven Aquino is a freelance tech writer who covers iOS Accessibility, publishes his personal site, Steven's Blog, and co-hosts Accessible, a weekly podcast focusing on accessibility on iOS. »

Jamelle Bouie is a staff writer for Slate magazine, where he covers politics and policy, takes photographs, and sometimes goes on TV. »

Andrew Franciosa is a photographer living in Upstate New York where he runs his own studio that focuses on commercial and wedding photography. »

Conor McClure is a student currently living in Western North Carolina, days away from finishing a degree in music business, and writes conormcclure.net, where he talks about photography and technology. »

Sruli Loewy is a student and runs SrulTech Solutions, a general technology support and web design company that he founded, and also designs websites and writes posts for his blog. »

Shahaf Levi is a writer and developer on his site, SL Repository, where he builds apps and writes about things he discovers. »

Eivind Hjertnes used to work with software development and IT before going back to school where he studies philosophy at the University of Bergen, writes Hjertnes.me, and street fundraising for Greenpeace. »

Alex Arena is an undergraduate CS student at ASU, and an instructor for the Tuts+ network. »

Sven Fechner is the writer, curator, and internet harlequin behind SimplicityBliss and one of three pilots on the popular German technology podcast Der Übercast. »

Oliver Haslam is a part-time writer of words, full-time tinkerer of tech, and father. »

Jason is a a data scientist at Allovue, an education startup that helps districts and schools manage their resources. »

Jonathan Pearson is a pastor, communicator, blogger, and newly-released author that writes about life, faith, and leadership for young leaders. »

Zach Slootsky is a photographer and restaurant owner located in Toronto. »

John Voorhees is a lawyer and developer living in the Chicago area with his wife and three sons. »

Chuck Skoda is a developer who works at Tagboard, and also works on apps independently and with Sky Balloon. »

Jago Silver is an illustrator living in Cornwall, UK who has illustrated more than 40 children's books, along with magazines, album covers and logos. »

Joe spends his days repairing Apple products, and writes for his blog and other publications by night. »

David Barnard is the founder of Contrast, the makers of Launch Center Pro. »

Nik Fletcher is a part of the Realmac Software team in Brighton, England who make Clear, Ember, and more. »

Jason Snell is the editorial director at IDG Consumer, which includes Macworld, PCWorld, TechHive, and Greenbot, and also co-hosts The Incomparable podcast. »

David is a content strategist and writer who runs the marketing and PR for AgileBits (1Password), and also runs Finer Things in Tech. »

Aaron is a freelance designer specializing in logos and icons, a writer of fiction, and a producer of paper goods. »

Preshit Deorukhkar is the founder and editor-in-chief of Beautiful Pixels, and also founded Homescreen.me and Smoking Apples. »

Dr. Drang is a consulting engineer by day, a scripter/blogger by night, and a benevolent snowman on Twitter. »

Chris is a Digital Media Specialist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) where he works with a team to produce and deliver high-quality digital content. »

Katie Floyd is a litigator in Central Florida who co-hosts the Mac Power Users podcast on 5by5, writes her personal site, and also writes for ScreenCastsMonthly and Macworld. »

Shawn is the editor-in-chief of The Sweet Setup and Tools & Toys. He also does a lot of writing and podcasting on his weblog, shawnblanc.net »

Jeffrey Abbott is a writer, editor, and photographer that serves as the editor for The Sweet Setup. »

Stephen Hackett is the man behind 512 Pixels, a weblog about Apple, technology, journalism, and design, a co-host of The Prompt, and the managing editor of The Sweet Setup. »

Ian Hines is a front-end developer that makes exceptional NationBuilder websites, and also hosts the With Families podcast. »

Bradley Chambers writes Chambers Daily, co-hosts the Out of School podcast, and wrote Learning to Love Photo Management and Learning to Love Evernote. »

Greg Pierce is a geek and family guy who you might know as the genius developer behind Drafts, Terminology, and Phraseology, as well as the x-callback-url specification. »

Charlie Smith is a record producer, instrumentalist, composer, and arranger who works out of Studio Nels in Seattle. »

Matt is a software developer and designer who works on apps like Quotebook and Velocity in New York City. »

David Sparks is the editor, writer, and janitor at MacSparky and also writes for Macworld and co-hosts the Mac Power Users podcast. »

Myke is a podcaster and British gentleman who produces and hosts a selection of shows on 5by5, including The Prompt, CMD+Space, and many more. »

Patrick is a writer, author, and commentator best known for his work on Minimal Mac and the Enough podcast. »

Rene Ritchie runs iMore, a website dedicated to all things Apple, and co-hosts a bunch of podcasts for Mobile Nations. In his spare time he practices Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. »

Ben Bajarin is a technology industry analyst and consumer market strategist where he studies global trends and global markets for personal computing. »

Federico is the writer behind MacStories.net, the co-host of The Prompt podcast, contributing author to The Sweet Setup, and a casual eater of pasta. »

Nick is a freelance designer, occasional front-end developer, student at the Alberta College of Art + Design, and writes Pixel Envy in his spare time. »

Matthew Panzarino is a Senior Editor at TechCrunch where he writes about a lot of stuff like startups, technology trends, and cool new inventions. But mostly about Apple and Twitter. »

Chris Gonzales lives in Oklahoma City with his wife and son. He's known for his site, Unretrofied, and is a daily contributor to Tools & Toys, a sister site to The Sweet Setup. »

Matt Gemmell is a consultant user experience designer and software engineer, mostly for iOS apps. He's also a speaker and writer. »

Casey Liss is one-third of the Accidental Tech Podcast, with his friends Marco Arment and John Siracusa. During the day, he's a developer and corporate stooge, working at a small consultancy in Richmond, Virginia. Here's a look at his iPhone Home screen and his essential apps. »

Ben spends his days listening to people complain, so he likes to complain on his weblog. He's also one of our contributing authors here at The Sweet Setup. »

Rick Stawarz is an ex-Apple Genius who now runs an Apple tech company called Macinstructor, he's a pastor, and host of the Apple-centric Podcast, Farmer's Market. »