Xeni Jardin (pronounced /ʃɛniː ʒɑrˈdæn/ shen-ee zhar-dan; b. 1972) is an American weblogger, digital media commentator, and tech culture journalist. She is known for her position as co-editor of the collaborative weblog Boing Boing, as a contributor to Wired magazine and Wired News, and as a correspondent for the National Public Radio show Day to Day.

She has also worked as a guest technology news commentator for television networks such as CNN, Fox News and ABC. Jardin was born in Richmond, Virginia on August 5, 1972.[note 1] Her father, artist Glenn B. Hamm Jr., died in August 1980 of ALS.

She left home at age 14, but remained in school in Richmond. Xeniflores is not her given name, but rather a nickname that stuck during her travels through Mexico and Guatemala. For some time after she returned, she used the name Xeniflores Jardin Hamm and now uses a shortened version, Xeni Jardin.

Prior to becoming a journalist, she was site editor for travel agency Traveltrust, then Supervisor of Enterprise Web Technology for Latham & Watkins before working at Quaartz, an internet calendaring startup. Her career as a journalist began in 1999 when she was associated with Jason Calacanis's Silicon Alley Reporter, first as a contributing editor, and later as Vice President of Silicon Alley's parent company, Rising Tide Studios. In 2001 she became a freelance writer for Wired and other magazines, and in 2002 she began contributing to Boing Boing after Mark Frauenfelder met her at a party and invited her to be a co-editor.

Jardin has also written op-ed pieces for the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. She has also been the main source of an article in The Age talking about the cultural relevance of Wikipedia articles, and the source for a New York Times article discussing Boing Boing's part in the creation of the Flying Spaghetti Monster internet meme.

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