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Here's links to my bylined articles and PR projects:

Let me know if you have trouble acessing any of these; I've saved copies and can post or send them. (And if you've got/found anything I've missed, please let me know!)

My More Recent By-lined Articles, and PR Projects

By-lined and non-bylined articles, and PR projects, that I've done recently (mostly in most-recent-up-top order) include:

By-Lined Articles, By Pub/By Site

Here's my by-lined articles -- as comprehensive a list as I can put together.

Other publications I've written for include the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, ComputerWorld, ConneXions (Interop), Federal Computer Week, Government Computer News, InformationWeek, InfoWorld, Internet World, Mass High Tech, Sun Expert, Technology Review, and Web Week. (I'll be going back to my file cabinet to list, scan, and post more of the pre-Web-era stuff, as opportunity permits.)

Business Trends Quarterly:

These are paid blog entries. BTQ assigns the general topics (two a week, from their focus areas), and then I take it from there. Here's their main page for my blog postings, and here are the specific posts:

Byte.com:

I was Managing Editor and then Executive Editor of Byte.com from May 1999 through October 2001. As part of my job (along with herding Jerry Pournelle and the other writers), I wrote regular From the Editor editorials (fun!) and some feature articles. (I did a few of the features as a free-lancer, before I joined Byte.com.)

Note: As of December 2002, Byte.com switched from being a free-access web site to an annual-subscription-fee site. (In early 2005, this was modified to a two-tier system, where some stuff is available free, but you still have to register.) If you want to continue following Jerry Pournelle's CHAOS MANOR column and other features at Byte.com, I urge you to pony up and show your support.

If you are just looking for one or two of my pieces, and can't find them through other web searches, contact me. Also, a number of Byte.com columnists have put up copies of their columns on their own sites -- see Byte.com Columnists for my pointers to these. (They're reposting their words, not the specific produced version that appeared on Byte.com; they own the rights to resell/repost their Byte.com content after it's been up on Byte.com for 90 days.)

Feature articles:

Selected "From The Editor" Editorials:

As you should be able to tell, I had a lot of fun writing these... (See www.byte.com/lettersfrom/ for the master index.)

CDW

(Note, CDW doesn't give bylines in its catalogs, as a rule; but does in some of the magazine articles.)

CeBIT America 2003 Show Daily, inc. Preview Edition:

CeBIT America 2003 Show Daily (Preview and at-show edition): CeBIT is best known for their show in Hannover, Germany which makes even the Vegas Comdex show looks small and manageable. Their first first conference foray in the U.S. was in June 2003; I did ten pieces for the Show Daily (print and online editions):

CIO Magazine

CMP Pipelines:

As one of my free-lance gigs, I was Editor of CMP's Systems Management Pipeline site from May 2004 (pre-launch) through the end of July 2004. (Most of the Pipeline editors, including myself, were/are freelancers doing it as a slightly-more-than-halftime gig.)

Being a Pipeline editor included writing news stories from press release, doing "blog" editorials, assigning some freelance pieces, doing the online content production/management, and sundry other tasks.

I won't bother linking to the sundry news releases I really edited rather than wrote, but here's some of the features, "blog" editorials and news stories I did.

This list also includes articles I wrote as a freelance writer for the Systems Management Pipeline and other Pipeline sites

Note, many these and other feature/news articles I did were also "hoovered" -- picked up and re-used by CMP's TechWeb News and by other CMP Pipeline sites including the Advanced IP Pipeline, Desktop Pipeline, Developer Pipeline, Enterprise Applications Pipeline, IT Utility Pipeline, Linux Pipeline, Mobile Pipeline, Networking Pipeline, Security Pipeline, Server Pipeline, Small Business Pipeline, Storage Pipeline, Web Services Pipeline, and also CMP's CommWeb. (The Systems Management Pipeline similarly repurposed many from these Pipelines and other CMP TechWeb sites.)

Comdex and Interop Show Previews, Dailies:

ComputerWorld:

Computer Click Magazine

  • Be Prepared -- A Paranoid's Guide to Computer Ownership (October, 2002) -- My summary of free, cheap and affordable -- and easy -- steps anybody can (and should!) do to protect their computer, and the data on it. E.g. virus scanners, UPSs, backups, and more. Nothing earthshattering here; this is meant as an accessible piece for the new computer owner/user. Note, here's another good article on the subject, with additional advice -- written for VARs, but also good for end users: Twelve Steps to PC Hardening, by A. Lizard (pseudonym for a San Francisco based Internet consultant.)
  • How To Pay For Things -- Safely -- On The Web (November 2002) -- My first "Care & Feeding" column in this new magazine.

INTEROP's ConneXions newsletter:

ConneXions was a monthly newsletter from the Interop Company (which did the INTEROP events), published from 1987-1996.

I was arguably one of the few "civilians" -- people not part of any IETF working groups or committees, nor working for vendors involved in Internet-related projects -- who wrote for ConneXions. The first piece I wrote for them, "The ARPAnet is Twenty" (listed at the bottom here), took advantage of my having been working at BBN for the previous near-six years, and helped pave the way for my Internet book.

All issues of ConneXions have been archived online, as PDFs, so I've put the links to the issue, rather than article name.

CrossNodes.Com:

  • Certifications: Worth It or Not? -- "Are certifications like MCSE, CNA, CCIE or A+ worth it -- from the perspective of network managers and other IT management in hiring and retaining qualified network staff?" (March 4, 2002)

DEMO.com:

DigitalLanding:

  • Backing Up your Files - A look at consumer-oriented online backup services, including important things to know, and sample providers (DigitalLanding.com, September 2007)

Dr. Dobb's:

eWeek:

Articles I'm doing for eWeek currently include product reviews & write-ups, and enterprise printer news stories (many of which have also been posted in eWeek's ChannelInsider area), and I've written other news and feature articles for eWeek.

Product Reviews & Write-Ups:

Enterprise Printer News Stories:

Other News & Feature Articles:

ExtremeTech:

Home Office Computing

HP World:

IEEE:

Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS) Insight:

INSIGHT is the monthly magazine of the Illinois CPA Society; I've been writing technology feature articles for them.

InformationWeek:

These are news, reviews, features, humor and other articles for the general online and print publication; I've also been writing blog posts and news articles for InformationWeek/SMB.

InformationWeek/SMB (SMB news & blogging):

My articles for InformationWeek/SMB include: plus I've written news, reviews, features, humor and other articles for the general print and online InformationWeek online and print editions.

My main beats are hardware/software, Open Source, and backup/storage; I'm also doing some stories in related areas like virtualization, cloud, and SaaS.

InformationWeek/SMB's target audience: it's primarily aimed at Small-to-Medium Businesses (companies with up to 1,000 employees) -- who typically have no IT staff, 1-2 ITers, or IT staff that also has non-IT functions; often relying on VARs/partners for IT. The goal is to balance between technology facts and business meaing/impact/benefits, i.e., addressing IT decision makers and business decision makers, with an emphasis on ROI and TCO that non-IT folks can understand -- usually addressing how to get the best service/deal, rather than the tech per se.

Feel free to pitch me -- start the subject with "IWSMB pitch," and I can't promise to acknowledge all messages.

For more information about what I'm looking for (i.e., if you're a vendor, PR person or somebody else looking to pitch me for these), see (How to) Pitch Me For My InformationWeek/SMB News Stories & Blog Posts.

Here's InformationWeek/SMB's bio and article list for me.

InformationWeek/SMB news stories

InformationWeek/SMB blog posts

These are blog posts.

Most of my blog posts will be short (300-500 words), typically newsy or reviewsy.

Information Security:

The Inquirer

iPass Connect

iPass is a remote user access aggregator; its Connect site includes short product and topical articles.

IT Business Network

Kennedy Information

Articles on Open Source/Linux, and IT architecture issues, for the Intelligence Briefing section of the Global IT Services Report a monthly newsletter focussing on the larger global IT service/consulting firms. (Note: My name is on the masthead as a contributor, but not on the individuaL articles, and most of the content is only accessible to subscribers.)
  • "Data Center Virtualization Creating New Consulting Opportunities" -- Is interest in server/storage virtualization for IT optimization in data centers creating new consulting opportunities? (Answer: Yes, ranging from education and assessment through implementation) Quotes from BearingPoint, Broadleaf Services, Egenera, IBM, Transitional Data Services, Virtual Iron (May 2006)
  • "Role of Open Source Growing" -- Growing role of Open Source software and methodologies at Accenture, CapGemini, CSC, EDS, and HP (June, 2006)
  • "Open Source as Consulting Opportunity" -- Does Open Source Software create new consulting opportunities, and if so, what kind? Quotes from Wild Open Source, CapGemini Booz Allen Hamilton. (May 2006)
  • "The Changing Role of IT Architects," -- As IT applications change from "silos" to more complex architectures, often crossing organizational boundaries, how is the role of IT architects changing, especially for consultants. Quotes from CIBER, Inc., Systems and Software Consortium, Capgemini. (March 2006)
  • "What's Ahead for Open Source Services in 2006" -- Open Source adoption goes mainstream at enterprise level (Quotes from Eric Raymond; CapGemini; HP) (February 2006)

LinuxPlanet:

LinuxWorld:

Network Computing:

Monthly Internet page (called the "H-reportl" "I-report," or "The Internet Page"), and other articles:

Newton TAB

NetBioTek.com

Network World:

From the "Careers" section:

Features:

NewsForge.com:

O'Reilly Network:

PCMag:

IT Expert Voice

(ITExpertVoice.com is a Dell-sponsored site about "deploying Windows 7 in the large enterprise.")

ITWorld.com

Feature articles and fun pieces for ITworld's The Daily Tip:

Feature articles

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ITworld's The Daily Tip

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Processor:

For Processor magazine (and their web site), I've done a mix:

Feature Articles

Tech In-Depth articles:

"Three Questions" Interviews:

(These are short three-question interviews.)

Featured Product Articles:

News Articles:

Sears ManageMyLife:

SFRevu:

I've mostly written a mix of book reviews, comic book/strip & graphic novel reviews, and science fiction convention reports, and I did a comic book review column for about a year:

Book Reviews

  • A Stir of Bones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman -- This prequel to Ms. Hoffman's A RED HEART OF MEMORIES and PAST THE SIZE OF DREAMING isn't quite as good as either these, but it's good enough. A YA (also for former YA's) tale of how Susan Backstrom gets involved with ghosts, the haunted house, and magic-wielding fellow teens in contemporary Oregon. (August 2003)
  • A Fistful of Sky, by Nina Kiriki Hoffman -- A FISTFUL OF SKY doesn't involve any of Hoffman's previous novels' characters, but, like them, it's chockfull of magic, here, centered around the LaZelle family, who lives in Southern California, who as a rule have magical powers which typically manifest somewhere during puberty/ adolescence; in particular, we follow the tale, trials and challenges of Gypsum, a.k.a. "Gyp," who, at age 21, hasn't yet manifested any powers. Recommended.

Science Fiction Convention/Event Reports

Comic Book/Strip & Graphic Novel Reviews

  • "Graphic Novel" revew: SUPREME: THE RETURN, and SUPREME: THE STORY OF THE YEAR, Alan Moore's comic books (here, collected in two trade paperback volumes, a.k.a. "graphic novels") about Supreme. In these tales of this Superman-like character, Moore again shows he's the master of superhero comic genres (and cliches), including Mad pastiches, cosmic plots, big trouble, humorous bits, and self-aware, self-referential characters. (August 2003)
  • "Graphic Novel" review Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon Volume I -- Raymond created space-opera adventurer Flash Gordon in these Sunday funny pages stripes; this is planned as the first of three, collecting these long out-of-print strips, here the first two year's worth. (August 2003)

Daniel's Comic Book Column

Sm@rt Partner (Sm@rt Reseller):

TechRevu:

TechTarget:

T.H.E. Journal:

  • Taking Inventory -- Benefits of IT software, hardware asset management (in K-12 schools and school districts) (T.H.E. Journal, June 2007)

My Trying Technology blog:

VON Magazine:

VON Magazine is/was Jeff Pulver's Voice On the Net magazine!). I was initially a columnist ("VoiceOvers"); then I was a Contributing Editor, doing a feature article each issue.

Note: If the link to an entry you are looking for is broken, contact me and I can email you the article.

Feature articles:

Columns:

WebMaster:

My By-lined Articles and PR Projects, Sorted By Type

Here's some of the by-lined articles, and (non-by-lined) PR projects I've done, sorted by type:

Blogs:

My Blogs:

I've currently got three blogs of my own:

Other Blogs

I'm currently a 2x/week contributing blogger at Business Trends Quarterly (This link goes to the my list of posts, elsewhere on this page.)

Career & Management Advice:

Case Histories:

(This includes articles that have one or more case histories in them.)

plus dozens of case histories done over the years that aren't online, for companies including BBN (when I was PR manager), Data General, Gandalf, and others -- I'll be scanning and posting them in the coming months.

Columns:

Over the past several decades, I have written columns for everything from Internet magazines to PR directories, folk music magazines and Thursday,the long-gone MIT student newspaper. (Please don't hesitate to contact me to offer me another regular column to write!)

Here's a list of current and past column titles, which in turn link to as many of the actual the columns I've been able to find online, or had available. (I've included direct links to one or two samples here, though.) (This list from is from my Columns page.)

plus, like I said, assorted general-commentary and folk music reviewing columns in no-longer-extent publications like Thursday and a NightFall, a Boston-based entertainment scene pub (as opposed to the pub scene).

Editorials & OpEds:

Emerging Technologies:

Feature Articles:

Interviews & Profiles:

Marketing, Sales & PR:

News Stories:

I've done a lot of product news stories for Processor magazine, and enterprise news stories for eWeek.com, plus news stories in other places:

Photos & "Slide Shows":

While I'm primarily a writer, a growing number of my assignments have been "slide shows" -- a series of photos with titles and captions -- and I've also (with helpful advice from TechRevu editor Ernest Lilley) learned to organize event/project photos.

Product News & Reviews:

This includes brief summaries, new-product announcements/news, and reviews, tests and related write-ups, from eWeek.com, TechRevu.com, and other places.

Show/Event Coverage, Including Pre-Show Dailies:

Tech How-To's:

My By-lined Articles and PR Projects, Sorted By Topic/Technology

Here's some of the by-lined articles, and PR projects, I've done, sorted by topic/technology:

Accounting, Banking, Financial Services:

Bio-IT, Medical & Health:

Bio-IT:

Many of my articles on KVMs, Power (UPS, Mobile, Fuel Cells, Etc.), Cooling, and Data Centers. Power Over Ethernet (802.3af), Professional Services/Consulting, Security (Computer, Network), and VoIP, Video, 802.11, WiFI, Bluetooth, WiMAX, Wireless, Etc., and other technologies include health/medical-related mentions.

Articles with health/medical mini-case histories, user quotes, include:

Cameras & Photography:

Chips:

  • Penryn Core Will Speed Notebooks, Stretch Battery Life -- Intel's New CPU Tech Brings Performance Benefits (eWeek Mid-Market, May 08, 2008) (news article)
  • iAMT - A Giant Step Forward -- With Intel's Active Management Technology, IT staffers will be able to remotely monitor and manage networked computers in any state—even when they're off or broken. (NetComm catalog, January 2005)
  • The Future Is Bright: 64-bit computing with AMD's Opteron -- CDW NetComm catalog, April 2004, pages 69-73
  • Emerging Technologies, Part II -- 64-bit computing, iSCSi, Open Source and web services , CDW NetComm catalog, March 2004, pages 52-55.
  • Emerging Technologies, Part I -- A look at some of the technologies in or emerging from the labs: 3G Wireless Phone Services, 10 GB Ethernet, MRAM and FRAM, and Fibre Channel (CDW NetComm catalog, February 2004)

Computer Accessories:

"Consumers" & End Users:

Government & Education:

"Green," Environmental, Recycling, Etc.:

Hardware:

IT/Management Advice:

KVMs:

Linux & Open Source:

Mobile Computing & Teleworking:

Networks & Networking:

Notebooks, Netbooks, Ultralights, Subnotebooks, UMPCs, PDAs, etc.

Network/System Management/Administration:

Programming & Development

  • Cross-Platform Smartphone Apps Still Difficult -- challenges (and solutions) for creating native applications for multiple smartphone environments (e.g., iPhone, Blackberry, Android) (IEEE Spectrum, June 2010 issue) (feature article)

Power (UPS/Surge, Mobile, Energy Fuel Cells, Etc.), Energy, Cooling, Data Centers, & Physical Infrastructure:

Power Over Ethernet (802.3af):

Printers, Printing, Document Management:

Professional Services/Consulting:

  • "Data Center Virtualization Creating New Consulting Opportunities" -- Is interest in server/storage virtualization for IT optimization in data centers creating new consulting opportunities? ( Kennedy Information's May 2006 Global IT Services Report monthly newsletter. Note: My name is on the masthead as a contributor, but not on the individual articles, and most of the content is only accessible to subscribers.)
  • "The Changing Role of IT Architects," -- As IT applications change from "silos" to more complex architectures, often crossing organizational boundaries, how is the role of IT architects changing, especially for consultants. (Kennedy Information's March 2006 Global IT Services Report monthly newsletter.)
  • Doing More With Less -- CDW's Professional Services (rewrite and expansion based on their initial draft) - CDW Technology Services, pp 62-63, Spring 2005
  • In Transition? Use CDW's New Location Services Planning to set up a new office or move to a new location? (CDW NetComm catalog, April 2005)

Science Fiction (Authors, About, Etc.):

Every so often I get the fun of interviewing and/or quoting science fiction writers, talking about science fiction books, or doing other sf-related stuff within the context of my technology, trade and business writing, like so:

Security (Computer, Network, Data Center):

Small Office/Home Office (SOHO):