Harry McCracken

Harry McCracken is technology editor for Fast Company. He spearheads coverage of platforms, startups, and the Silicon Valley ecosystem from the publication's San Francisco bureau.

Prior to joining Fast Company in 2014, McCracken was an editor at large at TIME. He was also founder and editor of Technologizer, an award-winning independent blog. McCracken spent 14 years at PC World, the world’s largest computing publication, serving as editor in chief of the magazine and website from 2004 to 2008.

McCracken is a winner of American Business Media’s Timothy White Award. He was honored as one of min’s 21 Most Intriguing People and was on Folio’s Folio 40 list of media movers and shakers. TechRepublic said he was the No. 1 techie to follow on Twitter, and Kiplinger Personal Finance named him as the best tech-gadget guru.

A graduate of Boston University, McCracken lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife Marie.