Formerly, Block was the editor-in-chief of Engadget, a blog focused on obsessive coverage of consumer electronics and technology. Block is also a contributor to and a founding editor of Joystiq, and a technology critic and commentator who has been quoted by the BBC, Business Week, Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, The Guardian, The Times, and The Wall St. Journal. Prior to Engadget, he worked in network engineering.
In August 2008 Ryan left Engadget to work on a startup in the consumer electronics space with another former Engadget editor, Peter Rojas.
