John Hodgman

Trivia

• He published his first book in 2005 entitled The Areas of My Expertise, a comical compendium inspired by Poor Richard's Almanac and The Book of Lists, but different in that it contains exclusively false information.
• Is the first person on "The Daily Show" (1996) to be a guest on the show before joining the cast.
• Is a contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine where he is also the humor editor.
• Although he plays a "PC" in the "Get a Mac" advertisements, in real life, Hodgman is a Mac user.
• His first book and accompanying audio narration, The Areas of My Expertise, a satirical tongue-in-cheek almanac which contains almost no factual information, was published in 2005.
• His second book, More Information Than You Require, went on sale October 21, 2008.
• On Friday, June 19, 2009 Hodgman was the headline speaker at the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, D.C. Hodgman referred to this event as a "Nerd Prom". Many of his jokes were on the topic of President Barack Obama as the first Nerd president. President Obama was in attendance.