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125<div id="main-content" class="main-content"> 126 127 <div id="primary" class="content-area"> 128 <div id="content" class="site-content" role="main"> 129 130 131<article id="post-6" class="post-6 page type-page status-publish hentry"> 132 <header class="entry-header"><h1 class="entry-title">About IT Writing</h1></header><!-- .entry-header --> 133 <div class="entry-content"> 134 <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 <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> 135<p class="story">Tim also covers gadgets and mobile at <a href="http://gadgets.itwriting.com">gadgets.itwriting.com</a>.</p> 136<p class="story">âScary thorough, totally gets enterpriseyâ â <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> 137<p class="story">âTim 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 theyâre meant to be used.â <a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/Stewart/?p=903">Ryan Stewart</a>, Adobe</p> 138<p class="story">â[Joe Wilcox] and Tim Anderson are the only writers Iâve felt stick to the basics and less about soapboxingâ <a href="http://www.joewilcox.com/2009/05
138/joe-wilcox-a-new-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-139">Scott Barnes</a>, Microsoft</p> 139<p class="story">âKudos to Tim Anderson for the very nice article.â <a href="http://blog.marcocantu.com/blog/delphi_cross_platform_anderson.html">Marco Cantu</a>, Delphi programming specialist</p> 140<p class="story">âThe article by Tim Anderson â Windows 7 vs OSX 10.6 â is one of the best reviews I have ever read. Unbiased to the extreme. Bravo!â Sergie Kaponitovicz, Register reader.</p> 141<p class="story"> 142<p class="story"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" border="0" alt="Articles by Tim Anderson" src="http://www.itwriting.com/images/tim_articles.jpg" width="240" height="249"></p> 143<p class="story"> 144<p class="story">Email: tim(at)itwriting.com</p> 145<p class="story">Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/timanderson">http://twitter.com/timanderson</a></p> 146<p class="story">Links to example articles:</p> 147<p class="story"><strong>Professional</strong></p> 148<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> 149<p class="story"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/17/dot_net_noughties/" target="_blank" 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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> 160<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> 161 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 162</article><!-- #post-6 --> 163 164<div id="comments" class="comments-area"> 165 166 167 <h2 class="comments-title"> 168 3 thoughts on “About IT Writing” </h2> 169 170 171 <ol class="comment-list"> 172 <li id="comment-3" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> 173 <article id="div-comment-3" class="comment-body"> 174 <footer class="comment-meta"> 175 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 176 <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8ebce3c945554b680e66cdd863c2fd1bbf20f1e05b8c77fe0c681f4519fbb3f5?s=34&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8ebce3c945554b680e66cdd863c2fd1bbf20f1e05b8c77fe0c681f4519fbb3f5?s=68&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-34 photo' height='34' width='34' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-replacement-to-visual-basic-6-ide-and-compiler" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Winston Potgieter</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 177 178 <div class="comment-metadata"> 179 <a href="https://www.itwriting.com/blog/about#comment-3"><time datetime="2015-04-26T17:55:07+00:00">April 26, 2015 at 5:55 pm</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 180 181 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 182 183 <div class="comment-content"> 184 <p>Please let people know we are working on a crowd funding project to create a try vb6 replacement!</p> 185<p><a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-replacement-to-visual-basic-6-ide-and-compiler" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-replacement-to-visual-basic-6-ide-and-compiler</a></p> 186 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 187 188 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 189 </li><!-- #comment-## -->
190 <li id="comment-4" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 191 <article id="div-comment-4" class="comment-body"> 192 <footer class="comment-meta"> 193 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 194 <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aae7275a4e5a22271baa3d41708f37fb334cc6b602a884875754ff6671b4058c?s=34&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aae7275a4e5a22271baa3d41708f37fb334cc6b602a884875754ff6671b4058c?s=68&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-34 photo' height='34' width='34' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="http://www.woodfordbros.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Tom</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 195 196 <div class="comment-metadata"> 197 <a href="https://www.itwriting.com/blog/about#comment-4"><time datetime="2015-10-14T18:52:38+00:00">October 14, 2015 at 6:52 pm</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 198 199 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 200 201 <div class="comment-content"> 202 <p>Hi Tim,<br /> 203I read your blog on R2008 backup I/0 error, apparently I lucked out originally and bought 3 go-flex and never had an issue, 1 has died so I bought 3 new hd’s to replace the bunch and discovered the I/O error.</p> 204<p>Twice (as I have now bought 2 sets of 3) and got the same results, is there no work around or patch</p> 205<p>Any help or thoughts would be appreciated<br /> 206Thanks<br /> 207Tom</p> 208 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 209 210 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 211 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 212 <li id="comment-5" class="comment byuser comment-author-onlyconnect bypostauthor even thread-even depth-1"> 213 <article id="div-comment-5" class="comment-body"> 214 <footer class="comment-meta"> 215 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 216 <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/339b09929ae4dc33cbac36e83111f094a84dd63d9c0a2aa4a1f3ee361dcbcec1?s=34&d=mm&r=g' 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