Catherine Schwartz
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Catherine Schwartz (often called Cat Schwartz for short) (born May 27, 1977) is an American television personality best known for her former role as co-host on the TechTV television program Call for Help with Leo Laporte. She earned degrees in Broadcast Communication Arts and Sociology from San Francisco State University.
After a stint on TechTV's The Screen Savers, Schwartz became co-host of Call for Help in 2002 with then co-host Chris Pirillo. After Pirillo left TechTV in April 2003, former host Leo Laporte returned to co-host with Schwartz. Call for Help was cancelled in May 2004 after TechTV's merger with G4, resulting in G4techTV.
In the period after the cancellation of Call for Help, Schwartz appeared as a G4techTV technology expert on the Today Show segment "Gender Wars" (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5281872/). She also made guest appearances on short segments of The Screen Savers. She recently signed-on as a columnist with Stuff Magazine, with a column entitled, "Ask the Tech Chick".
Schwartz created a stir in the Internet community when she posted a cropped photograph of herself on her personal blog that contained a hidden nude thumbnail of herself. [1] (http://graphicssoft.about.com/b/a/2003_07_26.htm)
Schwartz also claims to have invented Swiffer during her days as a college intern. She has said that she receives no royalties and signed away her rights to the product as part of Procter & Gamble's policy.
External links
- Cat Schwartz's official site (http://www.catschwartz.com/)
- Cat Schwartz's audio blog (http://catschwartz.libsyn.com/)
- Cat Schwartz's moblog (http://c4t.textamerica.com/)