I’m a Medfield native—Medfield High School Class of 1972– with a background in art, music, and photography. (BFA, UMass Dartmouth, 1978.) In 1996, I became staff writer for CD-ROM/EMedia Professional magazines, also managing the local Windows/Mac network, and creating a testbed for reviewing networked hardware, including CD/DVD servers, disc replicators, Web server appliances, and various software applications.
I’ve also written features for AV/Video Multimedia Producer, Film&Video, TapeDisc Business, and Newsbytes. In 2002, I began servicing local customers as Medfield Computer Guy.
I’m active in local organizations: past president of Medfield Lions Club; past chair of Medfield Cultural Council; webmaster for Medfield High School Alumni Association.
I’ve supported open standards and portability of multimedia across devices and operating systems. I’ve opposed corporate America’s looting of the Public Domain. I was an active participant in Harvard University’s Openlaw/DVD forum and am proud to be a co-signer of the Berkman Center’s Openlaw Participants’ Amicus Brief in Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Reimerdes.
Selected Bibliography
“Sorting Through Digital Asset Management” TapeDisc Business, September 2001, Volume 15, Number 9
“Special Report: Digital Video Storage in the Age of HDTV” Film&Video , October 1999, Volume 16, Issue 10
“Special Report: Removable Storage, Big Feats, Tiny Footprints,” AV/Video Multimedia Producer, September 1998, Volume 20, Number 9
“DVD Gets to Work,” AV/Video Multimedia Producer, June 1998, Volume 20, Number 6
“CGI-ROM: Servers on a Disc and Other Web/CD Intersections,” Special Feature, EMedia Professional, March 1998, Volume 11, Number 3
“Microtest’ WebZerver 1.0,” EMedia Professional, February 1998, Volume 11, Number 2
“Divx and the Dark Side of the CD/Online Hybrid,” CD/Web column, EMedia Professional, January 1998, Volume 11, Number 1
“Hacking HTML Dynamically”; “Live Cryptolopes and Waves of DES,” news features, EMedia Professional, December 1997, Volume 10, Number 12
“MarketScape’s WebCD Pro Publisher,” EMedia Professional, December 1997, Volume 10, Number 12
“The Connection Connection: What Does It Take to Network the Enterprise?” Special Feature sidebar, EMedia Professional, November 1997, Volume 10, Number 11
“Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server,” EMedia Professional, November 1997, Volume 10, Number 11
“Parable’s ThingMaker: A Copyright and Content-Control Webolution,” EMedia Professional, October 1997, Volume 10, Number 10
“New Worlds of Information: Tips, Tutorials, FAQs, and Books on VRML Authoring,” Resource Directory, EMedia Professional, October 1997, Volume 10, Number 10
“New Alloy’s LiveCD” EMedia Professional, August 1997, Volume 10, Number 8
“Aimtech’s Jamba: Java for the Average Joe,” EMedia Professional, June 1997, Volume 10, Number 6
“Macromedia’s Backstage Studios: Customizable Architecture, CGI, and Database Connectivity Made Easy,” EMedia Professional, March 1997, Volume 10, Number 3
“VRML 2.0 Authoring Tools Proliferate,” news feature, EMedia Professional, March 1997, Volume 10, Number 3
“Standards From the Web and the CD-ROM Time Machine,” CD/Web column, EMedia Professional, March 1997, Volume 10, Number 3
“Link or Sink: HTML Tools for the CD/Web,” CD-ROM Professional, December 1996, Volume 9, Number 12
“CD-ROM and Web Browsers: HTML as the Lingua Franca,” Special Feature co-authored with David R. Guenette, CD-ROM Professional, August 1996, Volume 9, Number 8
Conferences and Seminars
Seybold Seminars, Boston, MA 1999, 2000
PCExpo, New York, NY June 1999
SIGCAT ‘98, Baltimore, MD, VA, May 1998
Fall Internet World ‘97, New York, NY, December 1997
Macworld Expo, Boston, MA, October 1997
Microsoft World Wide Live, Boston, MA, October 1997
DCI Internet Expo, Boston, MA, August 1997
SIGCAT ‘97, Reston, VA, May 1997
DCI Internet Expo, Boston, MA, October 1996
IMA Expo ‘96, New York, NY, September 1996