About
Discover NerdsMagazine, an independent tech publication founded in 2011. Learn about our coverage, editorial standards, history, and leadership team.
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At a Glance
- Publication
- NerdsMagazine
- Publication type
- Independent Technology Publication
- Language
- English
- Primary market
- United States
- Founded
- August 18, 2011
- Founded in
- Richmond, Virginia, United States
- Owner and Publisher
- Evan Solberg
- Editorial lead
- Evan Solberg — Founder, Owner, Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
- Editorial focus
- Practical technology coverage, troubleshooting, product evaluation, software, hardware, AI, privacy, cybersecurity, mobile technology, cloud computing, gaming, and digital services.
What We Cover
NerdsMagazine focuses on technology that people use, maintain, compare, troubleshoot, buy, subscribe to, and depend on in everyday life and work. Our coverage is designed to help readers understand how products and services behave in practice, what limitations matter, and what information should be checked before making a technical or purchasing decision.
Consumer Technology
Consumer electronics, connected products, peripherals, digital services, and everyday devices used for computing, communication, entertainment, and productivity. Coverage emphasizes practical use, compatibility, cost, reliability, and the tradeoffs readers may encounter after purchase.
PC Hardware and Performance
Processors, graphics hardware, memory, storage, motherboards, power supplies, cooling, peripherals, gaming PCs, compatibility, upgrades, and system performance. We aim to distinguish meaningful upgrades from changes that may add cost without solving the reader's actual problem.
Windows and Troubleshooting
Microsoft Windows, operating-system updates, drivers, configuration, recovery, compatibility, desktop problems, and practical troubleshooting workflows. Troubleshooting coverage aims to identify likely causes, account for version and configuration differences, and begin with lower-risk or reversible steps where appropriate.
Software and SaaS
Desktop applications, SaaS products, subscriptions, productivity tools, online platforms, licensing, maintenance, software alternatives, usability, and long-term cost. Coverage may consider not only advertised features but also practical limitations, plan restrictions, compatibility, and the consequences of choosing one service over another.
Mobile Technology
Android, iPhone and iOS, mobile applications, battery behavior, connectivity, app permissions, subscriptions, account security, privacy, and mobile troubleshooting. Articles may also address changes introduced by software updates when those changes affect how users interact with their devices.
Artificial Intelligence
Generative AI, AI assistants, consumer AI tools, AI-enabled software, developer tools, reliability, limitations, privacy, pricing, and practical usefulness. We distinguish advertised capabilities from what available evidence, documentation, or practical use actually supports.
Gaming
Gaming PCs, gaming hardware, software, platforms, performance, compatibility, peripherals, and related technologies. Coverage may consider performance together with cost, system requirements, upgrade value, and compatibility.
Cybersecurity and Privacy
Account security, vulnerabilities, malware, authentication, security updates, app permissions, tracking, personal data, privacy settings, and other security or privacy issues relevant to technology users. Because errors in these areas can have meaningful consequences, claims should be proportionate to the available evidence and avoid implying guarantees that the evidence cannot support.
Cloud, Development and Web Technology
Cloud computing, hosting, developer tools, software development, online infrastructure, APIs, WordPress, SEO tools, domains, publishing technology, and internet platforms. Coverage may address how these technologies work, where their limitations appear, and what practical considerations affect users, developers, and site operators.
How We Approach Technology
Our editorial goal is not simply to repeat what a company says. We aim to help readers understand what a technology does, what it costs, how it behaves in practical use, what limitations matter, and whether an upgrade, subscription, repair, configuration change, or replacement is likely to provide a meaningful benefit.
For troubleshooting, that means examining likely causes before recommending disruptive changes. For reviews and comparisons, it means considering tradeoffs rather than treating marketing language as independent evidence. For explainers, it means providing enough technical context for readers to understand not only what something is, but why it matters and where its limitations begin.
Our Editorial Foundations
Source-Based Reporting
Depending on the article, NerdsMagazine may use official documentation, technical specifications, software release notes, security advisories, standards documentation, public records, company statements, research, public datasets, qualified experts, direct testing, and reputable secondary reporting.
We generally prefer sources close to the underlying fact. A company source can establish what the company says about its own product, but that does not automatically make broader claims about performance, reliability, security, popularity, or superiority independently verified.
Accuracy and Context
Material factual claims should be supported by appropriate evidence. Product versions, regional availability, pricing conditions, compatibility requirements, methodology, and uncertainty should be identified where they materially affect the reader's understanding.
Editorial Independence
Independent editorial decisions are separate from advertising, sponsorships, commercial partnerships, review access, and other business relationships. Commercial relationships may support publication activity, but they do not determine the conclusion of independent editorial work.
Paid visibility does not determine editorial ranking position.
Reviews, Comparisons and Recommendations
NerdsMagazine publishes reviews, comparisons, buying guides, ranked lists, and “best” or “top” technology roundups where appropriate.
Evaluation may consider performance, features, usability, compatibility, pricing, long-term value, privacy, security, reliability, support, and suitability for a particular use case. Not every ranking uses a numerical score.
More information is available in our Rankings and Reviews Methodology.
Advertising, Sponsored Content and Affiliate Status
- Display advertising / Google AdSense
- Used
- Direct advertising
- May be considered
- Sponsored or partner content
- May be considered subject to labeling and editorial standards
- Affiliate links
- Not currently used as an established publishing model
- Paid editorial ranking position
- Not offered
Commercial material should be clearly distinguishable from independent editorial coverage. Payment may support clearly labeled advertising or sponsored material, but it does not convert a commercial relationship into independent editorial endorsement.
See Advertise With NerdsMagazine and Sponsored Content Policy.
AI and Editorial Work
AI is used only for creating, preparing, or editing images and other visual materials.
AI is not used for article writing, drafting, rewriting, research, fact-checking, source monitoring, summarization, translation, metadata, descriptions, tagging, categorization, biographies, or other editorial text.
AI-generated illustrations should not be presented as documentary images of real events when doing so could mislead readers. Human editors remain responsible for editorial judgment, verification, and publication decisions.
See our AI Use Policy.
Our History
2011 — NerdsMagazine Founded
NerdsMagazine was founded on August 18, 2011, in Richmond, Virginia, United States.
Coverage Evolves With Technology
Since 2011, consumer computing has increasingly moved toward mobile devices, cloud services, subscriptions, connected products, and AI-assisted software. Privacy and cybersecurity have also become everyday consumer concerns rather than specialist topics alone.
NerdsMagazine's coverage has evolved with those changes while maintaining its focus on practical technology information, troubleshooting, product evaluation, and reader understanding.
Editorial Leadership
Evan Solberg is the Founder, Owner, Publisher & Editor-in-Chief of NerdsMagazine and has overall responsibility for editorial direction, publishing standards, and major editorial decisions.
The editorial team also includes Ethan Cole, Senior Technology Editor, and Priya Mehta, Technology Writer.
Detailed biographies and coverage areas are available on the Editorial Team page. Publisher responsibility is summarized on the Masthead.
Corrections and Updates
- Correction
- A material factual error in published content.
- Clarification
- Wording or context that needs to be made clearer to avoid a misleading interpretation.
- Update
- New information or changed circumstances after publication.
Minor spelling, grammar, formatting, readability, or broken-link fixes may be made without a correction note when they do not materially change meaning.
Possible errors can be reported to corrections@nerdsmagazine.com.
See our Corrections Policy.
Publisher and Contact Information
- Publication
- NerdsMagazine
- Owner and Publisher
- Evan Solberg
- Publication type
- Independent Technology Publication
- Address
- 901 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, United States
- Phone
- +1 804-382-9104
- General
- info@nerdsmagazine.com
- Editorial
- editorial@nerdsmagazine.com
- Corrections
- corrections@nerdsmagazine.com
- Advertising
- advertising@nerdsmagazine.com
- Partnerships
- partnerships@nerdsmagazine.com
See Contact, Ownership and Funding, and Reader Feedback for additional information.