Seth Weintraub is an American journalist and engineer. Weintraub founded the 9to5 network oftech blogs:9to5Mac,[1]9to5Google,9to5Toys,DroneDJ, andElectrek.[2][3]
In 1997, Weintraub earned a bachelor's degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from theUniversity of Southern California, with a minor in Multimedia and Creative Technologies.[4] In 2002, he received a master's degree fromNew York University, Tisch Interactive Telecommunications Program in 2004.[5] At that time, he was helping to manage the IT department at theNYU Medical School.[6]
From 2006 to 2008, Weintraub lived inParis. At the same time, he started blogging forComputerworld.[6] In 2007, Weintraub created the9to5Mac blog, where he wrote aboutApple.[7][8][9]
According to the editor ofComputerworld Joyce Carpenter, Weintraub receivedNeal Awards in 2008 and 2009 for his coverage of Apple.[10]
From 2009 to 2010, Seth Weintraub wrote forFortune Magazine covering topics relevant to Google[11][12][13] and continued contributing forComputerworld andThe New York Times.[14] In 2010, he launched9to5Google aboutGoogle and9to5Toys, a gear and deals site.[15]
In 2013, he founded the news and commentary siteElectrek, which analyzes news about the transition from fossil fuel to electric transport.[16]
