{"id":6,"date":"2006-10-15T11:24:20","date_gmt":"2006-10-15T10:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itwriting.com.testing.onlyconnect.default.tanderson.uk0.bigv.io\/blog\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2022-01-02T07:25:12","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T07:25:12","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/about","title":{"rendered":"About IT Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story\">A freelance journalist since 1992, Tim Anderson covers a wide range of technical topics. He is able to write for specialist readers in areas such as programming and web development, but also has the ability to engage the general reader. His work has appeared in publications including <a title=\"Guardian Technology\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guardian Technology<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/\">The Register<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bbc.co.uk<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerweekly.com\/Articles\/2009\/07\/10\/236846\/opinion-google-chrome-os-the-webs-the-thing.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Computer Weekly<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hardcopymag.com\/\">Hardcopy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vnunet.com\">v3<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itexpertmag.com\/\">IT Expert<\/a> and&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itjoblog.co.uk\/\">ITJOBLOG<\/a>, as well as the popular blog at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\">ITWriting.com<\/a>. Some examples are linked at the foot of this post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story\">Tim also covers gadgets and mobile at <a href=\"http:\/\/gadgets.itwriting.com\">gadgets.itwriting.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story\">\u201cScary thorough, totally gets enterprisey\u201d \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redmonk.com\/jgovernor\/2009\/04\/02\/the-most-developer-savvy-reporters-and-editors-in-the-uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Governor<\/a>, Redmonk<\/p>\n<p class=\"story\">\u201cTim Anderson is one of the very few tech journalists who really, <strong>really<\/strong> gets the RIA space. He knows all of the technologies from the major companies and how they\u2019re meant to be used.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.zdnet.com\/Stewart\/?p=903\">Ryan Stewart<\/a>, Adobe<\/p>\n<p class=\"story\">\u201c[Joe Wilcox] and Tim Anderson are the only writers I\u2019ve felt stick to the basics and less about soapboxing\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joewilcox.com\/2009\/05\/joe-wilcox-a-new-beginning\/comment-page-1\/#comment-139\">Scott Barnes<\/a>, Microsoft<\/p>\n<p class=\"story\">\u201cKudos to Tim Anderson for the very nice article.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.marcocantu.com\/blog\/delphi_cross_platform_anderson.html\">Marco Cantu<\/a>, Delphi programming specialist<\/p>\n<p class=\"story\">\u201cThe article by Tim Anderson \u2013 Windows 7 vs OSX 10.6 \u2013 is one of the best reviews I have ever read. Unbiased to the extreme. Bravo!\u201d Sergie Kaponitovicz, Register reader.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story\">\n<p class=\"story\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Articles by Tim Anderson\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/images\/tim_articles.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"249\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"story\">\n<p class=\"story\">Email: tim(at)itwriting.com<\/p>\n<p class=\"story\">Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/timanderson\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/timanderson<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"story\">Links to example articles:<\/p>\n<p class=\"story\"><strong>Professional<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"story\"><a title=\"http:\/\/www.infoworld.com\/d\/application-development\/first-look-visual-studio-11-beta-leaner-meaner-metro-190149\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoworld.com\/d\/application-development\/first-look-visual-studio-11-beta-leaner-meaner-metro-190149\">First look: Visual Studio 11 beta leaner, meaner for Metro<\/a> (InfoWorld)<\/p>\n<p class=\"story\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2009\/12\/17\/dot_net_noughties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ten years of .NET &#8211; Did Microsoft deliver?<\/a> (The Register)<\/p>\n<p class=\"story\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2011\/07\/18\/moving_windows_application_to_azure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure: it\u2019s Windows, but not as we know it<\/a> (The Register)<\/p>\n<p class=\"story\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2010\/06\/28\/meego_1_review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First MeeGo Linux needs love and scrub up<\/a> (The Register)<\/p>\n<p class=\"story\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerweekly.com\/Articles\/2011\/05\/19\/246719\/Microsoft-attempts-to-cement-Azure-values-at-TechEd.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft attempts to cement Azure values at TechEd Atlanta<\/a> (Computer Weekly)<\/p>\n<p class=\"story\"><strong>Consumer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"story\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/technology\/2007\/jan\/18\/pop.music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How CDs are remastering the art of noise<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/p>\n<p class=\"story\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gadgets.itwriting.com\/1031-audyssey-lower-east-side-speakers-remarkable-sound-quality-in-a-compact-package-complete-with-dac.html\">Audyssey Lower East Side speakers: remarkable sound quality in a compact package complete with DAC<\/a> (Gadget Writing)<\/p>\n<p class=\"story\"><a title=\"http:\/\/gadgets.itwriting.com\/1379-review-x-mini-kai-a-bluetooth-audio-dock-you-can-put-in-your-pocket.html\" href=\"http:\/\/gadgets.itwriting.com\/1379-review-x-mini-kai-a-bluetooth-audio-dock-you-can-put-in-your-pocket.html\">Review: X-mini KAI, a Bluetooth audio dock you can put in your pocket<\/a> (Gadget Writing)<\/p>\n<p class=\"story\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/technology\/2008\/aug\/28\/internet.captcha\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How Captcha was foiled: Are you a man or a mouse?<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/p>\n<p class=\"story\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/technology\/2009\/jan\/15\/windows7-beta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Getting to grips with Windows 7<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/p>\n<p class=\"story\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-11566730\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The PDF is dead, long live the PDF<\/a> (bbc.co.uk)<\/p>\n<p class=\"story\">IT Writing web site designed and hosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onlyconnect.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OnlyConnect Systems Ltd<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A freelance journalist since 1992, Tim Anderson covers a wide range of technical topics. He is able to write for specialist readers in areas such as programming and web development, but also has the ability to engage the general reader. His work has appeared in publications including Guardian Technology, The Register, bbc.co.uk, Computer Weekly, Hardcopy, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/about\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About IT Writing<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":35,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11936,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/11936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}