Our Team

The Awesomer is…

Paul Strauss
Chief Cook & Bottle Washer, Editor, Publisher
Paul is the owner and operator of Awesomer Media and its network of blogs. He’s been digging under rocks to find cool and awesome things for online readers since 2006, when he started the popular tech and gadget blog, Technabob. He also runs MightyMega, home to all things science fiction and geeky, and 95Octane, a site about cars that don’t suck.

Gigi Leonard
Contributing Editor

Vic Arkoff
Editor At Large
Vic is our Editor At Large with a huge nose (fact) for sniffing out awesome gear, goods and adventures. Also on the prowl for Atlas Obscura, Connect, Lonely Planet, Rides & Drives, WestJet Magazine, Where Traveller, Yahoo News, Baltimore Sun, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, blah blah blah.

We’d also like to send a big shoutout to Sion Lee, who helped bring The Awesomer into the world in the first place, and to Lambert Varias for his numerous contributions over the years.