During college, he worked for various Silicon Valley-based publications such as UniForum Association, UnixWorld magazine, and South Bay Accent. After college, Martin reported for the Los Gatos Weekly-Times . He also worked as a reporter for high-tech news service Edittech International. For more than two years, he served as Edittech's European bureau chief in London. He was managing editor of the now-defunct Triumph Magazine , a Silicon Valley lifestyle publication.
Martin lives in Morgan Hill, California.