Adam Goldstein (born January 22, 1988, in

South Orange, New Jersey South Orange is a historic suburban Village (New Jersey), village located in Essex County, New Jersey. It was formally known as the Township of South Orange Village from October 1978 until April 25, 2024. As of the 2020 United States census, ...

) is an American author, who started his own online software company GoldfishSoft at age 14 and wrote alongside

David Pogue David Welch Pogue (born March 9, 1963) is an American technology and science writer and TV presenter, and correspondent for ''CBS News Sunday Morning''. He has hosted 18 ''Nova'' specials on PBS, including '' Nova ScienceNow'', the ''Making Stu ...

for ''The Missing Manual'' series at the age of 16.

Biography

A graduate of The

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and

MIT The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of modern technology and sc ...

, he co-founded travel startup Hipmunk with

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co-founder

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in 2010. Goldstein served as CEO of Hipmunk from June 2010 through December 2018. Goldstein has served at the Chief Technology Officer for BookTour.com, which he co-founded along with Chris Anderson and Kevin Smokler. While still at MIT, Goldstein was President of the

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and a member of the

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fraternity.

Bibliography

*''AppleScript: The Missing Manual'' *''Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition'' (with David Pogue)

References

External links

GoldfishSoftAdam Goldstein at BookTour.comHipmunk

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