Welcome Lisa Katayama and Steven Leckart to BBG

Join me in welcoming Lisa Katayama and Steven Leckart to the Boing Boing fold. They'll be coming aboard with Rob and I to work on BBG, although I wouldn't be surprised to see them contributing to Boing Boing and Offworld just every now and again, as well.

You'll get to know them through the blog-o-squawk soon enough, but it'd be a shame to waste such bona fides as our two new contributors have collected.

Lisa you guys will know as a former guestblogger at Boing Boing, as well as her blogging about Japanese culture and tech at her blog Tokyo Mango. She's also contributed to WIRED, Popular Science, and the The New York Times Magazine. (There's a big feature coming up there, isn't there, Lisa? Can you talk about that yet?) And of course she's the author of Urawaza: Secret Everyday Tips and Tricks from Japan. She has two min-pins named Malcolm and Ruby (no relation to my car), as per the requirements for BBG contributors. She's @tokyomango and will be her first name at boingboing.net once I figure out how we actually do our email forwards here.

Steven's work has been seen at WIRED, DVICE, GOOD (and was the founder of ALL CAPS MAGAZINE*), as well as the editor of our friend Kevin Kelly's Cool Tools. He also helped Chris Anderson with the books The Long Tail and the upcoming Free as a writing assistant. He has a pug named Gus, as per the requirements for BBG contributors. He's @stevenleckart on Twitter and will be his first name at boingboing.net once I get off my ass and set up that email account. [photo by Jonathan Snyder]

Welcome, you two! I'm stoked to have you aboard our undulating tanker ship of bubbling mutant goo.

* NOT REALLY.

[#1 posted by pork musket, April 6, 2009 10:53 AM]

Cool, welcome aboard!

[#2 posted by David Pescovitz, April 6, 2009 10:53 AM]

Welcome to the asylum, Lisa and Steven! I'm a big fan and honored you're with us.

[#3 posted by Rob Beschizza, April 6, 2009 10:59 AM]

Welcome!

[#4 posted by Dean, April 6, 2009 11:01 AM]

Welcome to BBG. Muaahahahahaha.

[#5 posted by Rotwang, April 6, 2009 11:15 AM]

Is it too much to ask for a new picture of Lisa with every post? You know, like trading cards! She's got such a beautiful smile...

[#6 posted by Camillo Miller, April 6, 2009 11:15 AM]

Oh my God Oh my God!
Lisa of TokyoMango and TableofMalcontents fame!

Hope that means Japanese Gadgets and fringe culture!

Benvenuti!

[#7 posted by thesubjective, April 6, 2009 11:16 AM]

Word on the street is that Steven use to be a lackey for one of those music marketing companies and got a bunch of free Puma schwag.....thus his authority in the concept of "FREE".

[#8 posted by Anonymous, April 6, 2009 11:39 AM]

Whatever happened to Brownlee? It seems like he hasn't posted in a bit. He brought such a lovely sort of creepy uncle vibe to the place.

[#9 posted by gnosis, April 6, 2009 11:49 AM]

Yay! I love Lisa's writing!

[#10 posted by Vveneziani, April 6, 2009 11:52 AM]

Welcome! Where can I subscribe to ALL CAPS MAGAZINE?

[#11 posted by pork musket, April 6, 2009 12:00 PM]

Do it like a robot, to headspin, to boogaloo
Took a few minutes to convince the average bug-a-boo
It's ugly, like look at you! It's a damn shame
Just remember ALL CAPS when you spell the man name

[#12 posted by Darren Garrison, April 6, 2009 12:21 PM]

Ah, yes-- the hot new trend in Japanese culture: holding a small kangaroo against your head.

[#13 posted by CraziestGadgetsdotcom, April 6, 2009 12:22 PM]

Welcome Lisa and WELCOME STEVEN

[#14 posted by pointfour, April 6, 2009 12:27 PM]

Welcome!

[#15 posted by Dean, April 6, 2009 1:25 PM]

BBG trading cards? That'd be pretty good. I want the rookie cards for the team.

[#16 posted by thechicgeek, April 6, 2009 1:34 PM]

Welcome! But, whatever happened to Brownlee?

[#17 posted by strider_mt2k, April 6, 2009 1:42 PM]

C'mon in, take off yer skin, and rattle around in yer bones!

WELCOME! :D

[#18 posted by BCJ, April 6, 2009 1:53 PM]

Hello new people

@thechicgeek
Welcome! But, whatever happened to Brownlee?

A very good question.

[#19 posted by Anonymous, April 6, 2009 1:58 PM]

@thechicgeek & BCJ:

Maybe too many people got tired of the fecalalia?

[#20 posted by Francesco Fondi, April 6, 2009 2:34 PM]

Yatta!!! Seems a nice day on BBG!

[#21 posted by Joel Johnson, April 6, 2009 3:28 PM]

Brownlee has moved on to better things.

[#22 posted by ZoopyFunk, April 6, 2009 3:56 PM]

Brownlee was a tragic, tragic loss, - (and the lack of information on his departure is sure to imply some sort of former-eastern-block Russian doll-type situation; where does it end?) - but Lisa is a win win win. The other guy, well, he doesn't look like a felon. Good pedigree(but horrible pedicure).

Now if only Clara Belle would play me an intro every time I visit the site...

[#23 posted by echolocate chocolate, April 6, 2009 4:24 PM]

I can't tell if the mystery around Mr Brownlee's departure is because the BBG chaps just like being mysterious or because they had him "taken care of". The new bloggers had better watch out, is all I'm saying.

[#24 posted by Nelson.C, April 6, 2009 5:04 PM]

Oh, Lisa's cute! The other guy, well....

[#25 posted by A New Challenger, April 6, 2009 5:51 PM]

BoingBoing.net: ♪♫Ten million strong (and growing)♫♪

[#26 posted by mcscruffington, April 6, 2009 6:37 PM]

Brownlee underwent mitotic combustion, and thus, Lisa and Steve came to be.

[#27 posted by dhuff, April 7, 2009 7:46 AM]

Sweet! Tokyo Mango is a blast - and I have, not surprisingly, a huge geek crush on Lisa...

:: sigh ::

[#28 posted by thechicgeek, April 7, 2009 10:17 AM]

@mcscruffington Mitotic combustion works for me! Especially if it brings the talents of two very respectable gadgeteers.