About Ubergizmo
Launched in Sep 2004, Ubergizmo has quickly become one of the leading gadget websites. Founded by Hubert Nguyen and Eliane Fiolet who are respectively engineer and designer, Ubergizmo delivers straightforward news and analysis of the electronics you love and the ones that you love to hate. Ubergizmo is distributed in six different languages and read in over 212 countries.
Hubert Nguyen is the co-founder and managing editor of Ubergizmo.com. He is a retired NVIDIA engineer who programmed special-effects demos such as "Nalu, the mermaid" or "Vulcan, the god of fire". Most recently, Hubert managed the developer education program and edited the GPU Gems 3 book. Before joining NVIDIA, Hubert was at 3dfx interactive. Prior to that he, worked on 3D-Engines for a video game company. Hubert started to program 3D graphics in 1991 when he was involved in the underground European DemoScene.
Eliane Fiolet is the co-founder and editor of Ubergizmo.com where she writes about web applications, design and usability. In her parallel life, she owns a Corporate ID design business that helps companies create great brands. Prior to opening her own agency, Eliane worked for a top design firm, Minale Tattersfield Design Strategy, where she created identities for Fortune 500 companies. She also worked in the video game industry as a designer for an award-winning adventure game. Eliane holds a master degree in visual communication from the "Art Decoratifs" college.
On the web
2008 Webby Awards Honoree. According to the notification that we have received: "With nearly 10,000 entries received from all 50 states and over 60 countries, this is an outstanding accomplishment for you and your team.”.
PC Magazine Top 100 Blogs: "Like your gadget news short and sweet? Look no further than übergizmo, a trendy tech blog that cuts out all the fat"
Oct 2007: Ubergizmo.mobi, "site of the month" on Rocketshotz
Ubergizmo was nominated in the "Best Technology Blog" category in the 2007 Bloggies
“…I just found some neat stuff at Ubergizmo”, “...and as a reader, I’ll look at Gizmodo’s list and at Ubergizmo’s and make my own list” (Jeff Jarvis - Creator of Entertainment Weekly)
“Another day, another great new tech-gadget blog on our desktop. Ubergizmo has been getting great information on all kinds of gadgetry of late…” (USA Today “Hot Sites”)
“OK technophiles, here’s a site you’ll want to visit and bookmark as soon as possible. From cell phones to digital cameras and from music players to the web, Ubergizmo.com is an uber site if you like to stay plugged into what’s next.” (KYW News Radio 1060 Web Picks)
“We have another confession. We've been cheating on our favorite gadget weblogs. We've been lured in by the colorfulness and lucidity of newcomer Ubergizmo. Oh, the others need not worry. We'll keep them around like scarlet mistresses.” (Portagame.com)
What people say
"The growing popularity of tech-site Ubergizmo has opened up new doors for us to extend our editorial coverage to a whole new market of Ubergeeks.” (Christian Harris, editor of BIOS and GadgetryBlog)
"Being associated with Ubergizmo helps expose Ployer.com to a wider audience. Additionally solid traffic increases comes with each co-published story." ( Ron, editor of Ployer)
And I ask myself, "Is this a real blog or just a tech gadget teaser site?" I really don't care. Any site that shows me tech gadgets that I want 8 out of every 10 items displayed is cool in my book. While quite a few might never reach US shelves, it is a good place to see the new directions tech creativeness may take us. (Claus)
