Formerly a lifestyles reporter for one of the Tribune Company's flagship newspapers, The Sun-Sentinel, J.C. Martinez-Sifre has his fingers on the pulse of the lifestyle issue our times: Digital Culture. His blog, www.podgnosticast.com, actively examines current and emergent social media trends and their union with consumer electronics until 2017. He currently publishes his Poetry and Pros there. He studied at Northwestern University, University of Miami and at NYU's School of Continuing and Professional Studies.