First off: So many thanks to the awesome Kathleen Grace for guest-editing in March! She was rad, right? Totally rad. I’m glad we all agree.

And this month, we’ve got the also excellent Jay Bushman! Jay Bushman has been a pioneer in the realm of storytelling for the web with projects like #sxstarwars, and currently works as a writer and experience designer at Fourth Wall Studios. He’s a producer on the upcoming interactive series Dirty Work, and is my primary Tumblr resource for nerdy British television links.

Please welcome Jay, and join me in looking forward to his picks!

Hey, everyone! How great was having Doug Spice join us for January, huh? How lame was it not having a guest editor in February? The answer to those questions is super-great and super-lame! So we’re going all out for March with Kathleen Grace!

Kathleen first entered the web video trenches as the creator of The Burg, and since then has gone onto become the head of creator outreach for YouTube Next Lab (while also continuing to direct/produce things). She’s pretty cool. She’s already chosen one great video! So please join me in looking forward to her picks!

Hey gang! Man, Brady Forrest totally nailed it back in December, right? Great posts! Thanks, Brady! But now it’s 2012, which means a new year and a new guest editor for January. Let’s welcome Doug Spice!

Doug is a co-founder of the hybrid media company Psychic Bunny, which has worked with all sorts of interesting clients including the Venetian Hotel, Pig.com, and the U.S. Military, and a writer/director in his own right. Please join me in looking forward to Doug’s picks!

Because of Thanksgiving, we asked Kristen to stick around for an extra week — but now we thank her for her superstar picks, and welcome December’s guest editor, Brady Forrest!

Brady has one of the coolest job titles ever — Technical Evangelist at O’Reilly Media — and started the fun and innovative Ignite tech talk series, which is awesome in its own right. Please welcome Brady, and look forward to his picks!

As always, the first week of the month is a time to say adieu to our last guest editor (Rick Rey, you ROCK), and welcome someone new into the fold! So direct from San Francisco, here’s Kristen Hawley, who I shall let describe herself:

Kristen Hawley is a writer, editor and new media nerd. Previously a print media nerd, she worked as a magazine editor for four years before wising up and going digital, writing and editing lifestyle, food and technology pieces for a variety of sites. Most recently, she worked on the PR team at Twitter, where she learned that Twitter is amazing, but PR is nowhere near as fun as editorial. Currently, she is working on a fiction novel while counting down the days until the beginning of ski season.

Please welcome Kristen, and join me in looking forward to her picks!

This should have gone up on Friday — apologies to the lovely Rick Rey, who will be our guest editor all October long!

Rick is an old-timey veteran of the web video wars, working as a producer of shows including Epic Fu and A Good Knight’s Quest, and is currently Director of Audience Development over at Ye Olde Blip.tv.

Please join us in thanking Leah D’Emilio for her fantastic month of picks, and welcoming Rick! Hooray for Rick!

Holy smokes, it is SEPTEMBER now. Which means that it is time to thank Chris McCaleb heartily for his awesome August selections, and also welcome Leah D’Emilio as this month’s guest editor!

Leah first broke out on the web video scene as one of the hosts of Mahalo Daily, then later shifted to Rocketboom in a director/producer role. Right now, she’s the Chief Communications Officer for Itive.net, and a newlywed who is living in… Finland? I think she’s living in Finland. It doesn’t really matter, I suppose — the internet (including Twitter) is everywhere!

Please join me in welcoming Leah, and looking forward to her picks!

Hey, y’all, remember when Veronica Belmont joined us for the month of July, and it was AMAZING? Yeah, me too. Such a pleasure having you with us, Veronica!

This month, equally amazing things are in store, as we’re joined by web series pioneer Chris McCaleb! Chris has been creating web series with production company Big Fantastic since 2006, including the ground-breaking Sam Has 7 Friends and Prom Queen. Today, he continues to produce great content while also hosting the podcast New Mediacracy and even vlogging a little. The guy lives web video, and we’re thrilled to have him with us for August!

Please welcome Chris — he’s got some great videos to share with you!

The good times keep rolling here at HSA, for as we bid a fond adieu to Ellie, we welcome this month’s addition to the party — Veronica Belmont!

Veronica is currently seen on screens of all sizes as the host of Revision3′s Tekzilla and Sony’s Qore, and has been covering tech, gadgets, gaming and geek culture for countless organizations for years. She is also pro-cat, and thus we are very happy to have her joining us for the month of July.

Please welcome Veronica, and look forward to her awesome picks!

We took the month of May off from having a guest editor, and the conclusion we came to is that not having a guest editor is boring! Guest editors are great. So for the month of June, please welcome Ellie Rountree!

Who’s Ellie? I’ll let her tell you:

Elspeth Rountree, contrary to popular belief, didn’t grow up in a darkened basement learning to code, but she did spend an unusual amount of time between playing Nintendo and exploring the outdoors. This combination trained her for her career which was working for the video blog Rocketboom, co-founding Know Your Meme, and blogging up some of the best video and content the internet had to offer. These days, she’s working on her own for companies such as the Travel Channel and BBCA, and still continues to offer up an interesting mix of internet oddities at her personal site elspethjane.com. To learn more, visit www.elspethrountree.com.

Hooray for Ellie! Tremble in awe at the picks to come.