Brandon De Hoyos

Brandon De Hoyos, Guide to IM for About.com, has covered technology and society for the Sun Newspapers in Houston, Texas and was a former spokesperson for Bolt.com, one of the World Wide Web's first social networking sites.

In addition to writing about instant messaging and Internet technology for a variety of magazines and newspapers, including Teen People, Disney Adventures, The Sun Newspapers and other Houston Community Newspapers publications, he regularly utilizes IM as a newsroom tool to deliver breaking news, photos and video regardless of his location.

In 2000, he represented Bolt Media Company as a spokesperson, with interviews published by Business 2.0 magazine.

I can still remember the moment I first signed on to AOL Instant Messenger as a sixth grade student; the enthusiasm, the excitement, the possibilities were endless, I thought. Instant messaging opened up a whole new window to the world and in as little as a year, I had amassed a wealth of new friends from around the globe. Today, I hope to help get more people connected, sharing and learning...one IM at a time.

Care to chat? Add me as a buddy:

AIM: IMwithBrandonD
Yahoo!: brandon.dehoyos