Professional biography
He started writing one of the first Web sites about Apple (O'Grady's PowerPage) in 1995 and is considered to be one of the fathers of blogging. He has been a frequent speaker at the Macworld Expo conference and a member of the conference faculty. He also co-founded the first dedicated PowerBook User Group (PPUG) in the United States.
After winning a major legal battle with Apple in 2006, he set the precedent that independent journalists are entitled to the same protections under the First Amendment as members of the mainstream media.
O'Grady is the author of The Nexus One Pocket Guide, The Droid Pocket Guide, The Google Phone Pocket Guide, and The Garmin nuvi Pocket Guide (Peachpit Press), the author of Corporations That Changed the World: Apple Inc. (Greenwood Press), and a contributor to The Mac Bible (Peachpit Press).
In addition, he has contributed to numerous Mac publications over the years, including MacWEEK, Macworld, and MacPower (Japan).When he's not writing about Apple for ZDNet at The Apple Core, he enjoys spending time with his family in New Jersey.
Latest articles from Jason D. O'Grady
The color purple: Could the WWDC logo foretell a TiVo partnership?
Rumors are swirling about what Apple might announce at WWDC but the 2013 logo might be the biggest clue of all.
After selling out in 2 minutes, it's time to re-think WWDC
Tickets for Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference in June sold out in record time today. It's time to rethink how the company reaches its developers.
Why Apple pushing its new mobile products to Q3 could be a good thing
Apple shares dropped during after hours trading when CEO Tim Cook said: "We've got some really great stuff coming in the fall." But here's why delaying its mobile updates to later in the year could be a good move on Apple's part.
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