About the Author
The quick roundup: technology journalist, one-time IT strategy consultant, SF reader (and occasional writer), traveller, book and art collector. Oh, and geek. In the past I ran one of the UK's first national ISPs, worked in a telecoms research lab, and designed exotic electromagnetic devices for the military. That makes me one of the few science fiction writers who's actually worked with railguns.Born on the Channel Island of Jersey, I now live in South West London, with Mary, a pair of mischievous young calico Maine Coons, and various robotic assistants.As well as books I write features and news for magazines, web sites and newspapers, focusing on enterprise IT and application development.You'll have seen my words in a wide variety of places, including Informationworld, Computerworld, Data Center Dynamics, CITEworld, Information Age, Computer Weekly, petri.co.il, ZDNet, The Register, The Guardian, The Financial Times, The Times, Tom's Hardware, Tom's Guide, ZDNet UK, IT Expert, Web Designer, Grey Matter's Hardcopy, The Official Windows XP Magazine, Cloud Pro, IT Pro, PC Plus, PC Format, PC Advisor, PCW, PC Answers, Web Developer, Server Management, Hardcopy, Gemalto Review, Computer Arts, Application Development Advisor, Amazon, AOL, Compuserve, Bluetooth World, Computing, The H, IT Week, Know Your Mobile, Business Link, PC Magazine, PCW, T3, TechRadar, SFX, Practical Web Pages, Internet Works, PC Network Advisor, PC Support Advisor, Recombu, Know Your Mobile, Now Your Cell, The BlackBerry Bookazine, Pocket-Lint, .Net, and Network News.Currently I write InfoWorld's Enterprise Microsoft column, as well as regularly covering Microsoft for TechRepublic. Mary and I blog at ZDNet, where in 500 Words Into The Future we regularly talk about all aspects of IT, and update at least twice a week..
