Jason Snell (born October 6, 1970 in Oakland, California) is an American writer, editor, and podcaster whose professional career has been spent covering Apple Inc.'s Macintosh computers and related technologies, and pop culture.
He was also one of the early users of the Internet as a publishing medium, with several magazines and web sites to his credit.
He was the editorial director of Mac Publishing, the publishers of the U.S.
edition of Macworld, and he maintains a monthly column in that magazine.
In 2014 Snell left Macworld and created Six Colors, a website to continue covering technology and Apple products.
He owns and operates a podcast network, The Incomparable, focused on pop culture discussions and game shows.
In 2006 the MDJ Power 25, a poll of Mac-industry-watchers, named him the 6th most powerful/influential person in the world of Macintosh computing.