ABOUT ME....

You’ve come to this page, so it appears that you want to know a little more about me. So OK, here goes.

I graduated (which seems eons ago) with a degree in Journalism from Temple University, and a master’s degree from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. 

I’ve had a varied career, which included doing stints on the radio as an environmental reporter, and as a freelance writer of magazine and newspaper stories. For a number of years I served as a public information officer for the City of Philadelphia, writing speeches for Mayor Tate and other city officials, as well as running PR campaigns of all types. For example, I ran an award-winning voter registration campaign, and the City’s first Earth Day celebration.

I served as chairperson of the Computer Management Information Sciences program at Holy Family College in Philadelphia. When I arrived at the college, they had one small computer lab running CP/M computers and teaching Fortran and COBOL, with a little of BASIC thrown in. I revitalized the program, with the support of the College President, Sister Francesca, blending computer science with business, and introducing courses such as database management, telecommunications, and system audit and design.

For the past 15 years or so, I’ve been a prolific full-time writer, as the list of books on my home page indicates. I’ve had best-selling books with Sybex Computer Books (such as over 300,000 copies of The ABCs of WordPerfect), Osborne McGraw Hill, and Microsoft Press. My book This Wired House, the Microsoft Guide to Home Networking, has been called the “gospel of home networking.” My books have been translated into some 14 languages, and I was once the "featured author" on the Microsoft Press website.

I now write travel articles and blogs (under a pseudonym) covering the east coast.