MAGAZINE WRITING, EDITING, AND MANAGEMENT

• Editor, PragPub, Pragmatic Programmers’ software developer magazine, launched in 2009.

• Editor-at-large, Dr. Dobb’s Journal, leading software developer’s magazine, 1988-2008.
• Editor, Southern Exposure Magazine, food/wine/tourism magazine for Southern Oregon, 2003-2008.
• Editor, Unix Review, software industry magazine, 2000-2001.
• Editor-in-chief/Associate Publisher, Dr. Dobb’s Journal, 1984-1988.
• Senior Editor and member of launch team, InfoWorld, computer industry newsweekly, 1981-1984.
• Columnist/contributing writer/editor, various publications in the United States, Germany, and Italy, including San Francisco Examiner, Upside, Farmer’s Almanac, MacUser, UnixReview, PC Magazin, Business Software, Whole Earth Catalog, Southern Exposure Magazine.
• Editorial manager and consultant: Helped launch a book line and several magazines and newsletters.

BOOKS

• Fire in the Valley: the Making of the Personal Computer, 4th Edition forthcoming; selected by Business 2.0 magazine as one of the 100 best business books of all time, made into a movie.
• Visual Quickstart Guide: RealBasic for Mac, Peachpit Press.
• Dr. Dobb’s HyperTalk Handbook, McGraw-Hill.
• Co-author of the 20,000-word entry “History of Computing” in Encyclopedia Britannica Online Edition.
• Development editor for numerous technical books.

OTHER MEDIA AND VENTURES

• Writer of book for movie Pirates of Silicon Valley, TNT, movie nominated for 5 Emmys.

• Writer and model for comic strip character Max Netroom, Investigatore Virtuale, published by the Italian company WebEgg.

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