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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.)

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.

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)

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:

  • "Privacy Concerns" (IEEE Security & Privacy magazine March/April 2003, p. 11-13) -- A look at the PATRIOT ACT and other privacy-relating legislation to be aware of in the year to come.

InformationWeek:

InformIT:

Information Security: