Brian Lam

Brian Lam
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	New York, 1977 (48/49 shekaru)
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Sana'a
Sana'a	marubuci

Brian Lam (an haife shi a watan Mayu 23, 1977) marubucin ne, kuma Ba’amurke ne, wanda aka fi sanin aikinsa tare da Gizmodo, wani shafi da ke mai da hankali kan fasaha; da Wirecutter, gidan yanar gizon shawarwari don na'urori.

Rayuwar farko da ilimi

Iyayen Lam 'ƴan ƙabilar Sin ne; An haifi mahaifiyarsa kuma ta girma a Queens kuma mahaifinsa ɗan gudun hijira ne daga Hong Kong. An haifi Lam ne a birnin New York amma ya koma unguwannin New Jersey bayan mahaifinsa, injiniyan kwamfuta na Hewlett Packard, ya yi mamakin wani ɗan fashi da ke ɗaukar talabijin. Lam bai ji daɗin lokacinsa a New Jersey ba, yana mai lura da cewa abubuwan da yake so shine "zurfin birni-zamani, ko kuma ina cikin yanayi, amma ban shiga cikin wannan yanki mai launin toka mai launin toka a tsakanin ba, wannan shine irin abin da ke kewaye da ni."

Lokacin yaro, Lam ya tuna da iyayensa "[bari ni da 'yan'uwana] mu yi duk abin da muke so. Yana nunawa a cikin sana'o'in dukan 'yan'uwana. Ɗaya daga cikin 'yan'uwana mawaƙa ne. Wani ɗan'uwana mai sana'a ne. Wannan ya sa mu ba mu da wani ton na jagora ko tsari "amma iyayensa sun matsa lamba "[don] zama kaina kuma in yi abin da nake so in yi. Yana da abin da ke da haƙƙin ku don ku saurari shirin ba tare da ku ba, kuma ku saurari abin da kuke so ba tare da ku ba. haka." Lokacin da yake ɗan shekara 11 ko 12, ya fara ciyar da lokacin bazara tare da kakanninsa a Hong Kong, inda ya gano na'urorin gida sun kasance "mafi ƙanƙanta, mai rahusa, kuma mafi kyau." Yayin halartar Jami'ar Boston, ya sauya sheka akai-akai, yana daukar kwasa-kwasan Falsafa, Ingilishi, Aikin Jarida, Aikin Jarida, Kimiyyar Kwamfuta, da Kasuwanci, inda ya kare a makarantar kasuwanci, bayan ya ji munanan labarai game da raguwar labaran da aka buga.

Bayan koleji, Lam ya koma San Francisco don yin aiki a ƙaramin kamfani na ci gaban yanar gizo a cikin shekara ta 2000, amma an sallame shi a cikin watanni biyu bayan fashewar kumfa . Daga nan ya yi aiki a wani wurin motsa jiki na kickboxing da ya shiga, wanda Alex Gong ke sarrafa shi; Lam yana nan lokacin da aka harbe Gong aka kashe shi a shekara ta 2003 bayan ya bi wani direban da ya lalata motarsa. Lam ya tuna cewa ya gano nacewa bayan mutuwar Gong: "Zan yi aiki tuƙuru kuma na sami duk aikin da nake so a ƙarshe, ko da kuwa na nemi wasu lokuta." Wannan hali ya kai shi zuwa horon horo a PC mafi girma kuma daga baya Wired .

Sana'a

Lam ya kasance mai ba da gudummawa kuma mataimakiyar edita na tsawon shekaru biyu a mujallar <i id="mwWg">Wired</i> kafin ya tafi ya shiga Gizmodo a 2006 a matsayin edita. Gizmodo shafi na kowane wata ya ƙaru daga 11 miliyan 42 miliyan a cikin watanni goma sha biyu bayan hayar sa a cikin Yuli 2006. Gidansa a San Francisco ya zama hedkwatar Gizmodo a cikin birni. Lam ya zama darektan edita a cikin 2008 kuma ya bar Gizmodo a cikin 2011, lokacin da Gizmodo ke karɓar fiye da 220 ra'ayoyin shafi miliyan kowane wata. A lokacin da yake a Gizmodo, wannan rukunin yanar gizon ya samo kuma ya buga labarin game da samfurin iPhone 4 a cikin 2010. An kira Lam da kansa ta hanyar Steve Jobs, wanda ya nemi a mayar da samfurin, amma Gizmodo ya ci gaba har sai Apple ya gane samfurin a matsayin mallakarsa. Lam ya lura da rikicin da ya haifar a ƙarshe ya haifar da rashin jin daɗi da tashi daga Gizmodo.

Daga baya a cikin 2011, Lam ya fara Wirecutter, shafin yanar gizon da ya ba da shawarwarin siyan na'urori. Kafa Wirecutter ya ba Lam lokaci don biyan bukatun sirri tare da The Scuttlefish, wani shafin yanar gizon da ya yi tare da abokai, yana aika labaru game da teku da abubuwan da ke cikin ruwa. A cikin 2013, ya fara The Sweethome, irin wannan gidan yanar gizon shawarwarin don kayan gida. A shekara ta 2015, Wirecutter ya samar da dalar Amurka miliyan 150 a cikin tallace-tallace na e-commerce, kuma shafukan sun jawo hankali ga tsarin kasuwancin su mai tasiri: maimakon samun kuɗi da farko ta hanyar bugawa da sabunta abun ciki akai-akai don fitar da zirga-zirgar yanar gizo, ra'ayoyin shafi, da tallace-tallace, sun yi amfani da haɗin haɗin gwiwa don samun wani yanki na tallace-tallace da aka samu. A cikin 2016, Kamfanin The New York Times ya sayi Wirecutter da The Sweethome akan sama da dalar Amurka miliyan 30. A lokacin sayan, Wirecutter yana da ma'aikata kusan 60. A cikin Janairu 2017, The New York Times ya sanar da cewa David Perpich zai ɗauki jagoranci a Wirecutter kamar na Maris 5.

Manazarta

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Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

• "Home page". The Scuttlefish. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  • Lam, Brian (June 5, 2010). "bon voyage [first post]". The Scuttlefish. Archived from the original on December 16, 2021. Retrieved July 25, 2025.
  • Lam, Brian (January 1, 2016). "Goodbye (for now) [last post]". The Scuttlefish. Archived from the original on May 22, 2023. Retrieved July 25, 2025.