Meet The Authors

Dave Anderson

Dave is the founder of the PCTechGuide, and it's his work that forms the foundation of the site. His thorough research and clear writing style was spotted early on by those in IT education and industry, and so the site's user base quickly grew.

Dave has now retired from involvement in the site, but his legacy is a singular achievement. Single-handedly he created a site that continues to be used across the world as an authoritative PC technology reference.

Neil White

Neil has been involved in the PCTechGuide since early in the millennium, initially through the site's forums. His geeky credentials include lecturing in object oriented programming, network and IT support and consultation, and freelance web development.

Web: www.nowpc.co.uk

FlyFisher

Flyfisher has worked in the computing and electronics industry for over 25 years and has designed hardware, written software, served as technical consultant on multi-million pound IT projects, managed product development groups, been appointed Chief Engineer and, most recently, the European Managing Director of a NASDAQ-listed technology company.

His professional career involvement with multimedia technologies has fed his current interest in digital video techniques and he never ceases to be amazed that he can now edit high quality digital video on a home PC with over 1TB of HDD storage, considering his first 'PC' was an Apple II microcomputer with a compact cassette recorder for program storage because a floppy disk drive was far too expensive at the time!

As well as having an enduring interest in all things technological, the author is also an active sailor, a qualified scuba diver and, of course, an avid fly-fisherman.

Lee Armstrong

Lee Armstrong runs a software and web development consultancy based in Yorkshire, England. He has 17 years' experience programming and fiddling with computers, a hobby forced upon him by his over-inquisitive father. He graduated with a Master's degree from Gonville and Caius college, part of the University of Cambridge, after studying Computer Science and vowed to never touch a computer again. A year later he formed Perfect Coding and has been working with computers, software, and other evil things ever since.

Lee has produced database-driven websites, e-commerce sites, content management systems, and a web-based document management system used by one of the world's largest lift installers. Lee has authored a number of articles for websites around the web, but the opportunity to submit articles (and even get some accepted!) for inclusion in PcTechGuide marks the high point of his writing career thus far. He hopes you occasionally find some of his articles interesting or useful. Or both.

Outside of the electronic world Lee enjoys music (both listening and attempting to make a noise on a tuba for various local brass bands), reading obscure history books, squash, and spending time with his very understanding and long-suffering partner. Lee is a member of the British Computer Society and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.

Web: www.perfectcoding.com

Chris Hogan

Chris cut his teeth on his first computer back in the Seventies and says things haven't changed much since then. There might be this Internet thing and the Word Wide Web whizzing by but he maintains that the processes and procedures that surround computing, particularly applying it to businesses, haven't changed much.

In a varied and multi-layered career Chris has worked in many different industry sectors including telecommunications, ISPs, software houses, distribution, education and tourism, both abroad and in the UK. Working initially in programming, systems management and then project management, he broadened out into general management. Chris has gathered knowledge about working in software development, support, product management, training, finance and customer services, and used it all in a consultancy operation for small to medium-sized businesses.

With an MSc in Managing IT, Chris adds an academic background to his years of practical knowledge and now writes about technology and business, among other things.

When not stapled to his Herman Miller Aeron chair in his Cotswold study, he is most likely to be flying kites or cycling. Or trying "just one last thing" on his suite of PCs…