Mac|Life Editorial Beats

If you're a hardware vendor or software publisher who wants to connect with the Mac|Life editorial team, please locate the beat below that best fits your product and contact the corresponding beat editor. We'd appreciate it if you didn't spam the other editors or our other general addresses while you're at it. :) Though if this page leaves you unsure of who to contact, you're always welcome to email Ray Aguilera, our reviews editor.

HARDWARE

Audio: Ray Aguilera
Decks/controllers, digital recorders, DJ controllers/mixers, headphones, keyboards, microphones, MIDI controllers/instruments, MP3 players, music/media streamers, speakers and monitors

Bags & Cases & Skins: Florence Ion
For MacBooks, iPhones, and iPads

Displays: Nic Vargus
Color calibration, LCD displays, plasma/HDTV, digital projectors, 3D goggles

Cameras: Ray Aguilera
Point-and-shoot cameras, DSLR cameras, camcorders, prosumer digital video cameras, accessories

Input Devices: Florence Ion
Keyboards (wired and wireless), mice (wired and wireless), gamepads, graphics tablets, joysticks, presentation remotes, steering wheels, trackballs 

iPads & iPods & iPhones: Ray Aguilera
Accessories, car kits, docks, external video displays, FM transmitters, headphones and earbuds, lanyards, power adapters, remotes, software and games, speakers and speaker stands, car-specific adapters and accessories, GPS devices

Macs: Susie Ochs
iMac, Mac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, Mac components such as graphics cards, memory, processors, and chips

Mobile Communication: Nic Vargus
Mac-friendly tablets, smartphones, accessories—NOT iPhones/iPads & associated gear.

Networking: Florence Ion
Encryption, firewalls, hubs and switches, network cameras, smart power strips, UPSes, video streamers, webcams, Wi-Fi hardware, routers (wired and wireless)

Printers and Scanners: Nic Vargus
Inkjets, photo printers, laser printers, label printers, and scanners

Storage: Florence Ion
SSDs, CD/DVD burners, Blu-Ray drives, desktop drives, desktop RAIDs, eSATA host adapters, Fibre-Channel host adapters, flash drives, internal drives, laptop drives, network-attached storage, photo and media viewers, portable drives, RAID enclosures and controllers, removable-media drives

SOFTWARE

Audio: Ray Aguilera
Amplifier emulators, digital synthesizers, DJ apps, editing, effects, loop collections, mastering/production

Development: Ray Aguilera
Application development tools, Flash, text/code editors

Education and Kids: Susie Ochs
Children's learning software and games

Games and Entertainment: Susie Ochs
Arcade, board, first-person shooters, massively multiplayer online, racing, real-time strategy, sims, sports, turn-based strategy

Graphics: Ray Aguilera
3D, CAD, color management, document management, drawing, font creation, font management, image editing, image management, page layout, painting, plug-ins

iOS Apps: Susie Ochs
We sure can’t cover them all, so make sure you tell us how and why yours stands out from the crowd!

Networking: Ray Aguilera
Firewalls, network analysis and management

Photography: Ray Aguilera
Photo editors, organizers, and related software

Productivity: Susie Ochs
Accounting, billing/time accounting, calendaring, contact management, database, groupware, mail, mapping, OCR, office suites, outlining, presentation, project management, tax/finance, transcription, word processors

Internet and Communication: Ray Aguilera
Web browsers, Web design and creation, email, instant messaging, VoIP, social networking, blogging.

Utilities:  Ray Aguilera
Antivirus, backup, compression, cross-platform tools, data recovery, security

Video: Ray Aguilera
Animation, capture, editing, effects, encoding and compressing, management and organization, scriptwriting, VJ mixers

Last update: 10/11/11