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The Informed Networker was created by David Mackey after several years of utilizing the then-dominant social news media networks - Slashdot and Digg. He was disappointed with the first because of its lack of a true democratic voting environment and by the second as it grew in popularity and lost it geek focus. He also recognized that while both services were utilized by a large number of Information Technology Professionals, neither was specifically oriented at the professional. Recognizing the need for a social news media network specifically focused on IT Professionals and covering the topics of interest to them David Mackey set out to found this site.
David Mackey - David is originally from Westerlo, New York. He moved to Pennsylvania, outside of Philadelphia to attend Philadelphia Biblical University where he received his Bachelors in Bible. While there he continued his pursuit of computing expertise by working in several IT related positions. Following his graduation he was hired by Collages.Net Inc., a large complete workflow solution for professional photographers, as a network engineer. He continues to work full-time for Collages.
Andrew Vogel - Andrew is originally from Brookhaven, Pennsylvania. He began school studying CSCI at Widener University and after a year and a half transferred to Philadelphia Biblical University where he graduated with a Bachelors in Bible. He currently is the head of IT for Olympic Tool & Machine Corporation and also Folsom Tool & Mold. He plans to continue studies in Old Testament language and theology at Wheaton College.
Only a geek would care, but since this site is aimed at geeks we'll share our secrets:
We use a large number of sources to gather our news, below is a small sampling. While we try to link to the stories as they appear in these sources generally, sometimes these sources only offer summaries or the original article is more informative. In these cases we link directly to the original, but we still want to give credit to these excellent and varied sources that allow us to continue doing our job.
| Digg. | Techmeme. | TechCrunch. | Read/WriteWeb. |
| ZDNet. | Byte & Switch. | InformationWeek. | InfoStor. |
| Linux.Com. | Microsoft Watch. | NetworkWorld. | O'Reilly Radar. |
| TechTarget. | Ars Technica. | BetaNews. | UbuntuHQ. |
