About Us
iLounge® is an independent provider of information about Apple Inc.'s iPod and iPhone digital media players, accessories, and related software, published online at www.ilounge.com. Based in Irvine, California, the iLounge website is owned and operated by Dennis Lloyd's company iLounge, Inc., and is not affiliated with Apple Computer or the manufacturers of iPod- or iPhone-related products. We do not make or sell iPod or iPhone services or products. You can read more about our editorial independence here.
Established as a domain only days after the October 23, 2001 announcement of the iPod, the iLounge site was originally built by Dennis Lloyd and HTML Guru Dennis Martin. Fully functional on November 16, 2001, the site has grown dramatically from its early days, hosting daily news updates, independent product reviews and editorial content, incredible discussion forums and photo galleries, software download and self-help pages.
iLounge rapidly became the Internet's top site for iPod users and information, with an audience that has expanded with the growth of the iPod platform. Only two years after its premiere, iLounge was receiving over three million page hits per month. By mid-2004, the number was five, and by the end of that year, it was ten. Today, it is well in excess of twenty. Approximately four million people now visit the site each month, ranging from casual passers-by to dedicated participants. iLounge and its editors have appeared in leading newspapers such as The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, magazines such as Newsweek and Time, numerous international publications, and television and radio broadcasts including CNBC, G4 Tech TV (Canada), the leading tech broadcast on KFI Radio, and leading public radio station WNYC.
Our slogan began as "All Things iPod," and has evolved to become "All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes, and Beyond." iLounge is committed to providing the world's best coverage of iPod- and iPhone-related products and breaking information, so we welcome your contributions to the site, whether they be through posts in our forums, offerings of new editorial content, or advertising requests.
iLounge is a registered trademark (®) of iLounge Inc. All rights reserved.
The Team
Dennis Lloyd
is Founder and Publisher of iLounge. A passionate, long-time lover of Apple products,
Dennis was a civil draftsman and graphic designer before creating the iLounge web
site. His prior projects include work for The Los Angeles Times' LATimes.com, and
the company Creative Domain, where he developed websites for clients including
Columbia Pictures, Disney, Fox Studios, Universal Pictures and Warner Brothers. As
the Publisher of iLounge, Dennis directs the site's general business affairs, which have grown under
his watch to over sixteen million page views every month. Happily married with one child (Hannah), one dog (Rocket the Wonderdog),
one cat (Ferris), many iPods,
an iPhone, and two turntables, he lives in and loves Irvine, California.
Who should contact Dennis? Individuals or organizations with business (advertising/promotional) inquiries related to iLounge. Mr. Lloyd is available for print, radio, and television commentary on iLounge and its community.
Jeremy Horwitz
is Editor-in-Chief of iLounge. Equally interested in end user, corporate, and
legal issues, Jeremy has enjoyed a fifteen-year career in consumer electronics
journalism that continued through his achievement of law (Cornell '01,
cum laude), business, and political science degrees, pausing only briefly when
he practiced full-time as an intellectual property lawyer. Jeremy's work has
appeared in numerous and diverse publications ranging from Basketball Digest
to Electronic Gaming Monthly and The New York Times, as well as Ziff-Davis
Media's Intelligent Gamer magazine, which he founded in 1994, and several books.
After excitedly covering the first CD-based MP3 player in 2000, he today presides
over all of iLounge's editorial content, focusing special attention on emerging
technologies and new product reviews. He and his wife live in East Amherst,
New York with their daughter, two dogs, forty-some iPods, three iPhones, and
far too many accessories.
Who should contact Jeremy? Individuals or organizations with general editorial and media inquiries related to iLounge, not including news or questions about iPod or iPhone use. Jeremy is available for print, radio, television, and private commentary or consultation on iPods, iPhones, accessories and their economies, and provides such commentary and consultation to leading publications, analysts, and investors.
Charles Starrett
is an iLounge Senior Editor and co-author of iPod + iTunes Quick Tips.
Charles also contributes to Uncrate and is managing editor of Lifthill, a theme
park and roller coaster enthusiast site. When he's not working on one of those or
various other side projects, Charles is listening to music on one of his four
iPods. Charles lives in Orlando, FL. He enjoys listening to music, digital
photography, and discussing, reading, and writing about technology and pop
culture.
Who should contact Charles? Individuals or organizations with news stories, leads, or inquiries.
Contributing Editors
Bob Levens
is an iLounge Contributing Editor and is Chief Administrator of the iLounge
Discussion Forums. Located in Cambridge, United Kingdom, Bob has worked in such
diverse career fields as the nuclear power industry, TV and radio engineering,
the Royal Air Force, and the Ministry of Defence. A relatively recent convert to
Apple products after "switching" with the introduction of the first iPod, Bob
joined iLounge's Discussion Forums as a full member in February 2002. He lives
with his wife, dog, and seven iPods, has a passion for music spanning most genres
(including the unusual and obscure), and enjoys travelling, digital photography,
computers and "Warbird" airshows that satisfy his interest in WWII piston-engine
aircraft and historic aviation.
Jerrod Hofferth
is an iLounge Contributing Editor, penning our weekly Ask iLounge column,
making frequent contributions to our iPod 101 and 201 tutorials, and occasionally
reviewing hardware and software. As "azdude" he also serves as an Administrator
of the iLounge Discussion Forums. Jerrod is a long-time Apple user, and is
currently addicted to his 15" Powerbook G4 and three iPods. His musical tastes
vary greatly, with emphases on classical music, jazz, classic rock, and
traditional world music. A senior at Arizona State University as a student in the
aerospace engineering program and a member of the aerospace engineering honor
society Sigma Gamma Tau, Jerrod will next attend Texas A&M University to obtain
a Ph.D. in experimental aerodynamics.
Jesse David Hollington
is an iLounge Contributing Editor, penning our weekly Ask iLounge column
and as "jhollington" serves as an Administrator of the iLounge Discussion Forums.
His other contributions include our iPod 101 tutorials and many tutorials that
appear in the Discussion Forums. Based in Toronto, Canada, he is a big fan of
Rush, and loves classical, jazz and fusion music, plus science fiction shows and
movies. In addition to his work for iLounge, he is an Officer in the Canadian
Air Force Reserve, and a consultant on information technology.
Christina Easton
is an iLounge Contributing Editor, and focuses on reviews of cases and other
fashion accessories for iPods. She has also contributed feature articles to the
site, including the iPod Stars series of celebrity interviews, and outside of
iLounge serves as a consultant on interior design and pre-sale home staging. Her
favorite artists include U2, Bon jovi, Sarah Brightman, Pat Benatar, and Van
Halen; she watches episodes of The Office on her iPod, and also enjoys Arrested
Development and CSI: Las Vegas.
Alicia Bankhofer is an iLounge Contributing Editor, and as "ginalee" serves as a Moderator of the iLounge Discussion Forums.
iLounge Discussion Forums
Additional Administrators
- Mike McKenney (MikeM) - Spam-Foiling Javascripter
- Albert Tan (yinyang)
Additional Moderators
- Audrey McGirt (honeybee1236) - Chief Moderator
- Brett (GadgetGuru72)
- Jed (jedk)
- Ryan (moe_4eva)
- Stuart VandeVenter (studogvetmed)
- Tom (~tl)
- Doug Adams - Applescript Forum Moderator
Discussion Forum Retirees/Hall Of Fame *
- John (eustacescrubb) - Administrator
- Tom Tracy (tntracy) - Administrator
- Adam Shawley (ashawley) - Moderator
- Andy Hedin (AndyH) - Moderator
- Aaron Steele (AaronS) - Moderator
- Bill Mcnair (SouthsideIrish) - Moderator
- Cate (caterinka) - Moderator
- Kurt Young (c.c.r.) - Moderator
- Prithvi (m.r.m.) - Moderator
- Dan Paolucci (Doug Gilmour) - Helper
- deeg - Applescript Forum Moderator
* People who helped make iLounge what it is today and remain a part of our extended family.