About Jason Fitzpatrick
Jason Fitzpatrick is the Editor-in-Chief of How-To Geek. He oversees the day-to-day operations of the site to ensure readers have the most up-to-date information on everything from operating systems to gadgets.
Prior to his current role, Jason spent several years as Editor-in-Chief of LifeSavvy, How-To Geek's sister site focused on tips, tricks, and advice on everything from kitchen gadgets to home improvement. Prior to that, he was the Founding Editor of Review Geek. Jason has over a decade of experience in publishing and has penned thousands of articles during his time at LifeSavvy, Review Geek, How-To Geek, and Lifehacker.
He's been in love with technology since his earliest memories of writing simple computer programs with his grandfather, but his tech writing career took shape back in 2007 when he joined the Lifehacker team as their very first intern. After cutting his teeth on tech writing at Lifehacker and working his way up, he left as Weekend Editor and transferred over to How-To Geek in 2010.
With years of awesome fun, writing, and hardware-modding antics at How-To Geek under his belt, Jason helped launch How-To Geek's sister site Review Geek in 2017. In 2019, he stepped back from his role at Review Geek to focus all his energy on LifeSavvy. In 2022, he returned to How-To Geek to focus on one of his biggest tech passions: smart home and home automation. In 2023, he assumed the role of Editor-in-Chief.
In addition to the long run as a tech writer and editor, Jason spent over a decade as a college instructor doing his best to teach a generation of English students that there's more to success than putting your pants on one leg at a time and writing five-paragraph essays. While his days of steering students toward greatness are behind him, his lifelong desire to delight, entertain, and inform lives on in his work at How-To Geek.
If you're looking for him after hours, he's probably four search queries and twenty obscenities deep in a DIY project or entranced by the limitless exploration possibilities of some open-world game or another. He loves long walks on virtual beaches, playing worker placement board games with inconsequential themes, and spending time with his family and menagerie of pets and plants.
Latest Articles
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How to Customize Your Plex Screensaver with Photos and Fanart
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How to Share Synced Plex Videos from One Device to Another
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How to Stop and Restart Applications On Your Synology NAS
Just like desktop applications, the application packages on your Synology NAS need an occasional restart---but unlike desktop applications, it's a little less clear on how you do so.
How to Manually and Automatically Update Your Synology NAS Packages
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How to Back Up Your Stardew Valley Game Saves
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An iPhone that won't charge properly is more than a little bit frustrating.
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If you find yourself routinely using the same tools and applications on your Synology NAS, it makes sense to arrange the layout of your virtual workspace to save yourself a bunch of unnecessary trips into the menu system.
How to Activate Third Party Game Codes in Steam
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How to Block An Application from Accessing the Internet with Windows Firewall
Most of the time we want our applications online and connected to both our local network and the greater Internet.
How to Control Your Smarthome Products with the Amazon Echo
The Amazon Echo can do a lot more than play music and check the weather.
How to Add IMDB or Rotten Tomatoes Ratings to Your Plex Media Server
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How to Back Up and Restore Your Synology NAS Configuration
You've spent a lot of time configuring your Synology NAS to be just perfect.
Why Is the Dialogue So Quiet on My HDTV?
We've all been there: the characters on screen are talking and it's way too quiet so you crank up the volume only to be blasted by a loud explosion two seconds later.
How to Safely Observe the Upcoming Solar Eclipse
Around a month from now, North Americans will be treated to a spectacular solar eclipse.
Why HDCP Causes Errors on Your HDTV, and How to Fix It
HDCP is an anti-piracy protocol built right into the HDMI cable standard, but it doesn't actually work very well, and breaks the viewing experience.
How to Set Up and Get Started with Your Synology NAS
Synology offers a very user friendly Network Attached Storage (NAS) device experience, but that doesn't mean unboxing it and starting it up is exactly a one-click affair.