Jory Des Jardins


Jory Des Jardins
Oakland, CA
510-655-6905

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Blogs (if more than one, separate with commas): pause, blogher

Blog URLs: www.jorydesjardins.com, www.blogher.com

Topics I blog about: business_trends, career, relationships

Other URLs about me (social networks, etc.): www.blogher.com

BlogHer Conferences attended: blogher_'05, blogher_'06, blogher_business, blogher_'07

Birthday: june_16, 1972

Gender: female

Favorite Blogs: how_to_change_the_world, tom_peters

Favorite Books: the_kite_runner, a_whole_new_mind, the_naked_truth, flow

Favorite Movies: anything_with_vast_views_of_europe, amadeus

Favorite Music: eclectic--from_prince_to_etta_james

Favorite News Sources: the_new_york_times_online, mediabistro

Favorite TV shows: top_chef, lost, monk, psych

Favorite Foods: chocolate, guacamole

Favorite Holidays: christmas!

Favorite Cars: liking_audis_a_the_moment, though_i_do_love_my_jetta_and_am_impressed_with_sa

Favorite Politics: left_on_social_issues;_libertarian_otherwise

Favorite Causes: susan_g._komen;_aids_relief

Favorite Guilty Pleasures: silly_usa_network_friday_night_programming;_gossip

Celebrity who looks like me: jeanne_tripplehorn, and_just_heard_sally_field

If I won the lottery (3 things): new_house, a_personal_assistant, travel!

Relationship Status: married

Children at home (#): ?

Schools (name): evanston_township_h.s.;_university_of_illinois

Degrees: ba

Industries Worked: executive_development, new_media, publishing

Employers: including_myself, 8

Zip code: 94611

Who am I?

Jory Des Jardins is a co-founder of BlogHer, Inc. She is an avid writer and reader of personal development and personal narrative. She threatens to do nothing but read an write all day but won't make good on that promise yet. Her background is mostly in media, having worked at Penguin, Time Inc, and The New York Times Syndicate before making the switch to new media. She's written for Fast Company, Inc., and The New York TImes, among other publications. She lives with her husband, a lanscape architect, and her cat, who does not much but sit around and shed on perfectly good black outfits. She resides in Northern California.