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I’ve been a know-how journalist for nearly 30 years and have lined nearly each type of pc gear\u2014from the 386SX to 64-core processors\u2014in my lengthy tenure as an editor, a author, and an recommendation columnist. For nearly a quarter-century, I labored on the seminal, gigantic Laptop Shopper<\/em> journal (and later, its digital counterpart), aka the telephone ebook for PC patrons, and the nemesis of each postal supply particular person. I used to be Laptop Shopper’s<\/em> editor in chief for its remaining 9 years, after which a lot of its digital content material was folded into PCMag.com. I additionally served, briefly, because the editor in chief of the well-known hard-core tech website Tom’s {Hardware}.<\/p>\nThroughout that point, I’ve constructed and torn down sufficient desktop PCs to equip a metropolis block’s price of web cafes. Below race situations, I’ve constructed PCs from bare-board to bootup in beneath 5 minutes. I by no means met a screwdriver I did not like.<\/p>\n
I used to be additionally a replica chief and a reality checker early in my profession. (Modifying and sharpening technical content material to make it palatable for client audiences is my forte.) I additionally labored as an editor of scholarly science books, and as an editor of “Dummies”-style pc guidebooks for Brady Books (now, BradyGames). I am a lifetime New Yorker, a graduate of New York College’s journalism program, and a member of Phi Beta Kappa.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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