The HogaToga Team

The People Behind HogaToga

HogaToga is written and edited by a small team of five people who cover technology because they find it genuinely interesting — not because they are paid to be enthusiastic about press releases. Every article on this site carries a real byline. Every review reflects a real opinion. Here is who we are.

Our Editors and Writers

Jonathan Garcia — Editor in Chief

Jonathan founded HogaToga and continues to set the editorial direction. He oversees coverage across all eight verticals, handles the site’s editorial standards, and personally edits the pieces most likely to spark debate. His own coverage focuses on smartphones and Android — he has an opinion on every flagship release and is not shy about sharing it. Jonathan is also the final word on the no-scam rule that governs what HogaToga will and will not publish. If a pitch looks off, it lands on his desk. He has been covering consumer technology for over a decade and brings that experience to bear on everything from first-look reviews to long-form analysis of platform trends. When he is not editing, he is testing apps that most people have not heard of yet.

Gregory Parker — Mobile Gaming Editor

Gregory runs HogaToga’s mobile gaming coverage, which is among the most read sections on the site. He plays the games he writes about — BGMI, Free Fire, COD Mobile, and whatever else is pulling numbers on the Play Store this week — and his guides are built on actual in-game experience rather than wiki-scraping. His tier lists get argued about in the comments, which he takes as a compliment. Gregory also tracks the mobile gaming industry at large: studio acquisitions, esports circuits, monetisation trends, and the growing overlap between mobile and console gaming. If you want to know what is worth playing on your phone right now, his byline is the one to look for.

Richard Flores — Gadgets, Laptops, and Wearables

Richard handles the hardware end of HogaToga’s coverage. His remit covers laptops and tablets, wearables from smartwatches to earbuds, smart home devices, and anything else with a battery and a chipset that readers might actually buy. His reviews are methodical — he uses devices for at least a week before writing, documents specific performance metrics, and compares against real alternatives rather than imaginary competitors. Richard has strong opinions about battery life, build quality, and value for money. He is the person on the team most likely to take apart a gadget to see what is inside, and occasionally the person most likely to regret it.

Edward Howard — AI, Blockchain, and Emerging Tech

Edward covers the parts of the tech industry that are either genuinely transformative or being loudly oversold — sometimes both at once. His AI coverage is practical: he focuses on tools real people can use, not abstract capability benchmarks. His blockchain and Web3 writing is notably sceptical by the standards of the crypto press; he approaches the space as a journalist first, not as a participant. Edward also covers AR and VR platforms, where he maintains that the technology is more interesting than the hype cycle usually makes it look. He writes for readers who want to understand what is actually happening in emerging technology, not just which token is up this week. His work on AI scams and misleading crypto promotions is part of why HogaToga takes the no-scam rule as seriously as it does.

Thomas Robinson — How-To, Productivity, and Software

Thomas is the most-read writer on the site by a wide margin, which reflects how many people want practical help with technology rather than news about it. He writes step-by-step how-to guides, software reviews, and productivity deep-dives aimed at people who want to get more done — not people who want to read about getting more done. His guides assume the reader has the device in front of them and are written accordingly: clear steps, no assumed knowledge, no filler. He covers both iOS and Android, Windows and macOS, and the productivity software landscape from note-taking apps to project management tools. If you have ever searched for “how to do something on your phone” and found a HogaToga article, there is a good chance it was his.

How We Work

HogaToga operates as a distributed team — we do not share an office, but we share standards. Every piece goes through editorial review before it is published. We do not publish articles written by AI, pay for fake reviews, or accept payment to place particular narratives in our coverage. Those rules apply to everyone on the team equally, and to any contributor we work with. You can read more about how the site operates on the About HogaToga page.

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