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Matthew Bamberg

Matthew Bamberg

Matt Bamberg was born in Miami, Florida. After graduating Coral Gables High School, Bamberg attended Miami Dade College and Florida State University. During that time he worked as a meteorologist. In 1980 he moved to California to attend San Francisco State University and became a public school teacher. After teaching for 14 years, Bamberg went [...]


Peter H. Gregory

In his thirty year IT career, Peter H. Gregory has worn every hat and coat in the IT closet. Early in his career, he learned that he had a knack for teaching others how to use and program computers. Soon he was writing user manuals and doing stand-up teaching. In the 1990s he was introduced [...]


Ed Tittel

Ed Tittel is a full-time writer, trainer, content developer, and consultant and an occasional expert witness on Web tools and technologies. A contributor to over 100 computing books, Ed’s biggest publishing win is the creation of the Exam Cram IT certification preparation series in 1997 (now a property of Pearson Education, with over 200 titles [...]


Mark Merkow

Mark Merkow works at PayPal Inc. (an eBay company) in Scottsdale Arizona as Manager of Security Consulting and IT Security Strategy in the Information Risk Management area. Mark has over 35 years of experience in Information Technology from a variety of roles, including Applications Development, Systems Analysis and Design, Security Engineer, and Security Manager. He [...]


Ernest Adams

Ernest W. Adams is a freelance game designer, writer, and teacher, working with the International Hobo Design Group. He has been in the video game industry since 1989, and is the author of four books, including the university-level textbook Fundamentals of Game Design, Second Edition. Ernest was most recently employed as a lead designer at [...]


David Karlins

David Karlins has written or co-authored more than 40 books on web design, graphic design, digital photography, and digital video, along with creating dozens of videos and online tutorials. David’s articles have appeared in publications ranging from Macworld to Business Week, and his clients have ranged from the Association of Alternative Media to the Himlayan [...]


John R. Levine

John R. Levine writes, speaks, and consults on the Internet, electronic mail, cybersecurity, and related topics. He speaks to many trade, policy, and general groups. He’s testified at the Federal Trade Commission Spam Forum on the mechanics of spam, to the Senate Commerce Committee on spyware, and is part of the Industry Canada Task Force [...]


James Foxall

James Foxall, President of Tigerpaw Software, has been involved in commercial software development for over 20 years and was instrumental in the development and creation of Tigerpaw’s award winning product: Tigerpaw, serving over 28,000 users in 28 countries. In the 20+ years since joining his family’s company full time, James has helped transform Tigerpaw Software [...]


Joe Hutsko

Joe Hutsko worked as a Technology Advisor to former Apple Chairman John Sculley from 1984 to 1988, and has been writing about technology products and subjects ever since. His articles about computers, gadgets, and high-tech entertainment have appeared in The New York Times, Fortune, Macworld, TV Guide, MSNBC.com, Engadget, Time and Newsweek. Joe’s books include [...]


Peter Denning

Peter Denning is a Distinguished Professor at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He chairs the Computer Science Department and directs the Cebrowski Institute, an interdisciplinary research center for innovation and information superiority. He held previous faculty positions at Princeton, Purdue, and George Mason, and he was founding director for the computer science research [...]


Allen Taylor

Allen G. Taylor is a 30-year veteran of the computer industry and the author of 27 books, including SQL For Dummies, Seventh Edition, Crystal Reports 2008 For Dummies, SQL All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies, and Database Development For Dummies.


Elna Tymes

Elna R. Tymes is the author or co-author of 35 published books. She has been a technical writer for over 30 years and has been a real estate professional since 2001, doing both housing and land development. She holds a BA from Stanford University, an MBA from Pepperdine University, and an MA in Gerontology from [...]


Tony Bove

Tony Bove has written more than two dozen books on computing, desktop publishing, and multimedia, and recently developed and published an iPhone application (Tony’s Tips for iPhone Users Manual). Tony founded Desktop Publishing/Publish! magazine and the Bove & Rhodes Inside Report on New Media newsletter, and wrote the weekly Macintosh column for Computer Currents for [...]


Darril Gibson

Darril Gibson is the CEO of Security Consulting and Training, LLC. He regularly teaches, writes, and consults on a wide variety of security and technical topics. He’s been a Microsoft Certified Trainer since August 1999 and holds several certifications including MCSE, MCITP, ITIL v3, Security+, and CISSP. He has authored, coauthored, or contributed to 14 [...]


Ken Doctor

Ken Doctor, a leading news industry analyst, is the author of “Newsonomics: Twelve New Trends That Will Shape the News You Get” (St. Martin’s Press). It’s a handbook for the digital news decade to come. Newsonomics.com, with its new 5Spot feature tracking the trends, is a daily, updated web companion to the book. As news [...]


Bob LeVitus

Bob LeVitus, often referred to as “Dr. Mac,” has been considered one of the world’s leading authorities on the Macintosh and Mac OS for nearly twenty years. A prolific author, LeVitus has sold millions of books worldwide in a dozen languages. His recent titles include: Incredible iPhone Apps For Dummies, Incredible iPad Apps For Dummies, [...]