Kate, Kelly, Ryan have specially taken a break from their ‘changing the world, one apartment at a time’ mission to share the Apartment Therapy secrets with all BornRich readers. Yes, for the first time we’re crowning three guests with our Cool Geek of the Week crown - Kate Mulinix, Kelly Goodman, and Ryan Opina from Apartment Therapy - Home Tech, where the trio help people make their dream apartments paradises.
But how? Ask them now in the comments section or email them to us at tips@bornrich.org, they are waiting...
Check out their brief profile here:
Kate Mulinix:
Kate lives in Minneapolis, MN, and started writing for the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel back in high school. Most recently, a book that she worked extensively on behind the scenes was just published by Harvard Business School Press, Beyond HR. Currently AT:HT is the only blog she writes for.
A few of her favorite posts:
iPod & Chocolates Giveaway
Good Question: Stylish Alarm Clock
Swank Interiors
Kelly Goodman:
Kelly is a freelance writer living in Seattle, WA. With a background in the arts and a gadget geek by nature, she brings to Apartment Therapy: Home Tech a keen sense of geek chic for the home. She has a masters degree in art history, an unhealthy obession with all things Macintosh, and a penchant for anything Italian. When she’s not online searching for the latest and greatest gadget, she’s on the road searching out her next adventure and building a website to encourage others to do the same.
A few of her favorite posts:
How To Trim Your Coax TV Cable
Tech Tour: Ethan and Amy Marry Tech With Design
Camouflage Your AV Equipment
Ryan Opina:
Ryan is a User Experience designer based in Burnaby, BC Canada. While professional life revolves heavily around technology and the integration of software with industrial design, personal interests are more of the low tech variety. An appreciation of mid century furniture and modern architecture along with wood working and furniture design round out his time. Business and personal travel have regularly placed him in some of the worlds design hot spots which have inspired topics that end up on Apartment Therapy Home Tech.
A few of her favorite posts:
Corona Solar Lights
Eero Aarnio Ball Chair...at the airport
LG Wall mount projector
Hello Kate, Kelly, Ryan, nice to see all three of you here. I just want to ask, how successfully you’ve been able to polish your own apartments with the therapies you share with your readers. We’d love to see it real on your blog someday.
How would you define a perfect environment friendly home? Have you ever dreamt or come across any house that you can really call green? How do you think that our efforts - of course, we need more green houses now, packed with more and more green tech - will define and affect the leaving experience?
What are some of the decorating mistakes made by homeowners? What’s your advice on how to avoid or correct those mistakes?
Do you think there’s something you’re most proud of so far. One particular project that came off really well?
How do you see the architectures of houses evolving in general? And more specifically, what will be the technological breakthroughs that will shape how our homes look in future?
Do you think green homes are the wave of future in home building, considering the fact that a green home usually has much higher material and construction costs than a standard home? Don’t you think green home will be out of reach for many of us? Even if the manufacturers use less exotic materials, I don’t think the prices will plummet anytime soon.
