Sasha Tannock
Sasha Tannock writes for Mamamia on technology and how it shapes everyday choices, with a particular interest in the concrete value people get from the services they use. She focuses on practical angles, highlighting where a tool, platform or service can stretch a budget, unlock a hidden benefit or turn a routine decision into a smarter one.
Technology that pays off in real life
Tannock’s work centres on technology as something that earns its keep in daily life rather than an abstract industry. She looks at how products and services translate into time saved, money saved or a better experience, and she explains these payoffs in straightforward, accessible language. Her framing prioritises the outcome for the user over the features of the technology itself, making her pieces easy to apply to real decisions about when and how to use a given service.
Travel perks and hidden extras
A clear example of her approach is her coverage of a hidden Fiji flight perk that “basically gives you two holidays for the price of one”. In that piece she unpacks an airline booking quirk that turns a standard route into a stopover-based double holiday, showing how a small tweak in how a trip is structured can significantly increase what travellers get out of a single fare. The focus stays on how readers can extract more value from an existing option rather than on aspirational travel, aligning a travel story with her broader interest in technology- and system-driven advantages.
Service-first, benefit-led framing
Tannock’s headline language signals a service journalism mindset, spelling out the benefit up front with phrases like “two holidays for the price of one”. She writes in a conversational tone that mirrors how people talk about deals and hacks in their own lives, lowering the barrier to engaging with topics that might otherwise feel technical or opaque. Across her work, she treats technology and systems as tools to be used rather than trends to be admired, foregrounding clear explanations of how something works and what someone stands to gain by using it well.
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Adam Conway
Adam Conway stands out for treating consumer tech as systems to experiment with rather than products to set and forget. He is a journalist at XDA who covers phones, networks, and DIY-friendly hardware with a tinkerer’s mindset. His work focuses on hands-on testing, clear explanations, and practical ways to push devices further. He writes in depth about enthusiast hardware such as ESP32-based touchscreens, mesh networking projects, and off-grid communication tools, emphasizing setup, usability, and trade-offs. On the mobile team, he covers Android phones, software updates, and ecosystem changes, digging into network performance, battery behavior, and connectivity features. He also writes detailed how-tos on modding, customization, and configuration, with a focus on risks, prerequisites, and real-world use. His coverage is analytical, enthusiast-focused, and aimed at readers who act on his reporting.
Adnan Farooqui
Adnan Farooqui is a technology journalist at SamMobile whose work centers on Samsung’s hardware, software and strategy, with a focus on what its moves mean for the company’s future. He treats foldable phones as a strategic inflection point, using devices like the Galaxy Z Flip line to examine portfolio strategy, demand, cost and competition, and to track how long Samsung sustains product lines. He also covers the everyday Galaxy ecosystem of phones, tablets, wearables and the software that connects them, following One UI and Android updates, security patches and new features. His reporting ties product news to business decisions, pricing, launch strategy, software support windows and subscription pushes. He blends fast news with analysis, separates confirmed facts from his own reading of events, and uses plain language to frame why Samsung’s choices matter to different buyers.
Alexander Haro
Alexander Haro stands out for surf and ocean culture coverage that focuses on how people really use gear and technology in the water. He writes for surf readers who care about feel, not specs, and he often uses specific surfers, sessions, and waves to show how new equipment, design ideas, and board-building trends change the ride. He writes regularly about surf equipment, especially foiling, and he covers surf craft, foils, and the practical effects of new gear on paddling, speed, and wave connection. His work is short, session-driven, and video-led, with measured, conversational reporting that avoids hype while respecting surf history and newer ideas.
Alíz Kovács-Zöldi
Alíz Kovács-Zöldi covers photography technology where engineering detail meets practical shooting. She writes for Amateur Photographer, focusing on camera gear, optical design and how new hardware shapes the way images are made. She covers camera and lens technology, especially lenses and other core parts of a kit. She looks at how new products are built and what they are designed to do, not just their spec sheets. Her stories stay close to the tech, explaining focal lengths, focusing systems and form factors in clear language. In her piece on Thypoch’s first autofocus lens with three prime focal lengths in one unit, she shows how she explains unconventional gear and its intended use. Her beat is hardware-focused, tracking advances in autofocus, optics and physical design through concrete examples of new cameras and lenses.