Welcome to Zedomax.com

Zedomax is a blog based out of in San Francisco, CA and somewhere in United Kingdom, focusing on the latest trends in HOWTOs, DIYs, gadgets, technology, internet marketing, Web2.0 and beyond.

Yes, we are very international, American, English, and more… :p

For the best browsing experience, you might want to consider the following categories for your viewing pleasure:

• Featured – This is the featured category featuring the best of Zedomax.com
• Featured Auto – Do you like cars or any gadgets/DIY/How-tos related with cars?
• Featured DIY/HOW-TOs – This is where you must go for all that great DIY/HOW-TO articles on Zedomax.com
• Featured Earth – This is a category devoted to recycling, re-making, re-using, and making our mother earth better for the environment.
• Featured Entertainment – This is a great category to get a few laughs, interesting stuff that will entertain you.
• Featured Gadgets – Check out all the coolest gadgets we’ve covered on this blog here.
• Featured Hacks – This is sorta similar to the DIY/HOW-TOs except it’s more “hack” oriented.
• Featured Sports – I love to play sports, this is where I put my favorite ones.
• Featured Web – Follow Web 2.0, social media, and more on the Web category.

Of course, there’s also the Consumer category, which includes all sorts of gadgets.

What is the meaning of Zedomax?

Zedomax is just a name Max created when he was 9 years old. (about 20 years ago…)

Although Zedomax has been in hibernation for about 17 years of Max’s life, the name has come back to haunt him as a dot com blog.

History of Zedomax?

Here’s the original logo of Zedomax Max created when he was 9 years old, a “ghost” company he made in his bedroom as a 4th grader in elementary school:

Max has kept this logo for over 20 years, waiting until the day it would come back as this blog you see now.

Ironically, Max made money as a 9 year old selling Cable Descrambler Circuits on Prodigy.  (before the internet)  Perhaps, that’s how Max got the start for this blog, which is a free information portal for DIYs and HOWTO articles.

What is Zedomax.com About?

Max likes to attend the really fun and cool stuff like the Maker Faire, AdTech, and Web 2.0 Expo.

Zedomax.com focuses on reviewing gadgets, technology, internet marketing, blogging, and anything Web2.0.

Max thanks Phillip Torrone at Makezine for all the inspiration and cool stuff Phil provided through his Make Blog.

If it wasn’t for Phil, Max would have never have started blogging, know about blogs, and realize that blogs are cool. Anyway, you gotta check out the Make blog or at least buy the cool magazines they sell.

(Here’s Garrett, Phil, and Max hangin’ out at 2007 Maker Faire in San Mateo.)

Max’s latest inspiration is John Chow. Not the fact that he make $30K per month from his blog, but the fact John Chow shares his knowledge of making money online with people like you and me. Check out the interview I did with John Chow on 18 secrets behind blogging and the internet.

(Learning to be more “evil” with “the evil”, John Chow)

Our blog sites are about fun & comical yet delivering latest tech news and more to you everyday.

You can also check out our corporate site, Zedomax.Net, that we are offering services such “seamless” blog integration into your existing site, PayPal IPN integration, customized wikis, and more.

Current Contributors

Max

Max currently works as a Web2.0+ consultant (as of October 1st, 2007) at Zedomax Network LLC, a Web 2.0+ company Max made to help people with their blogs, SEO, internet marketing, and all sorts of other goodies such as MediaWiki based sites.

Max’s first computer was a 386DX-25Mhz computer with MS-DOS, only to erase command.com on the first day he got the computer.  He has 20+ years of experience in computer technology from IBM compatibles and dial-up BBS to what is now and the internet.  He even authored a shareware BBS software called Preying Mantis at one point, too bad internet has killed all the old, fun technology.

Practically, Max will dive into anything Web 2.0 and above. Although he doesn’t have much time to do DIYs as he used to, he is still carrying on the creative juice onto websites.

He is also is a free-lance graphic artist, free-lance programmer, and a pro golfer… he did get a Computer Engineering degree at UC Davis which helped him with hacking, programming, and all sorts other cool stuff you can do with some soldering and circuits, and the web.

Currently, Max is working on bunch of other niche blog such as BagWhiz.com, LaptopPimp.com, RingOBlog.com. You can check out all the blogs Max is working on at the bottom of this blog or at Zedomax Blog Network.

He’s dream is to eventually to make enough money on the internet and buy a ocean view house in Ocean Beach, San Francisco, own a big luxury yacht for salmon and tuna fishing, eat tuna sashimi on the boat, hang out w/ friends on the boat, become a world business man (or traveler)…

He also wants to start a million dollar non-profit organization to help the homeless in San Francisco.

Among other things, Max will golf, fish, hang out with his girlfriend 24/7, color his hair as crazy as he can, race bad drivers in SF with a Suzuki GSX-R600(He’s the good guy…), go play w/ cute dogs, play blackjack in las vegas, south tahoe, reno (actually Max has a 80% 70% (Lost last time in Vegas…) chance of winning in Vegas, Tahoe, and RENO!) He’s been practicing w/ his own automobile Blackjack…

Actually Max started w/ a Motorola Razer V3 Java Blackjack program and got good enough to beat dealers in Las Vegas… ( )

Profiles of Contributors

Andrew

Andrew joins us from New York.  He is a professional writer with experiences in many things.

(Profile under construction…)

David

David joins us from the UK. David Allen is an internet marketing consultant who has numerous experience working on lots of different area of Technology including sales and marketing. He even was the Chief Operating Officer of NetmateWorld for couple years. Anyways, he has much experience in the field of technology and you can reach him at david.allen.uk@gmail.com. Glad we have a UK blogger to offset all our American BS here on Zedomax.com!

Here’s a list of all blogs David has worked with in the past:

• shakhammer.com
• coolest-gadgets.com
• ridelust.com
• eurocarblog.com
• shaktronics.com
• turbogadgets.com
• techzoogle.com
• chameleonintegration.com
• personallyyoursregistrations.blogspot.com
• workshak.com
• wheelfever.com
• topspeed.com

Garrett

Garrett is a hacker, DIY-er, and an engineer from Wisconsin. He attended college at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and recently moved to the San Francisco Bay area. He has an extensive background in PC interface including USB.

Make sure to check out some of his USB hacks and DIYs.

Lately, he’s been hacking up some really cool DIY projects including the 6-Axis controller for PC.
He’s the new director of engineering at Comfie Technology where they make embedded controllers, serial LCDs, and other neat techy stuff that can help you get projects done faster.

Jackie

Jackie brings you the latest news from Asia and the Korean technology sectors. She has a lot of hookups there I heard…