John Pospisil (Editor) is a journalist, writer and publisher. He conceived and launched Computer CHOICE magazine for the Australian Consumers’ Association in 1996. He cofounded and published FREE ACCESS magazine (1998) and Total Image magazine (2001). He is author of the best selling book How to buy a computer (published 1996, 1997, 1998 and 2000), as well as How to start a small business (2002) and Hacking MySpace (2006). He has a journalism degree from the University of Canberra, and an MBA from the University of Technology, Sydney.
Dave Parrack (news writer) is a professional writer. He lives and breathes for writing, often publishing an article online before breakfast and after everyone else has gone to bed. He writes on a number of different subjects, all of which are passions of his. He has blogged on pop culture, the music scene, technology, gaming, and online media. Born in 1977, he’s a child of the computer generation, having some kind of PC or games machine in the house for as long as he can remember. He left school knowing he wanted to be a writer, it’s just taken him a long time to get there. As well as writing articles for various outlets, he has a passion for poetry and fiction and one day aims to be published. In his spare time he enjoys gigs, funny television, and social networking.
Ronald O Carlson( features writer) had been writing about technology since the before time (ie his first computer program was recorded on cassette tape) and his first hard drive cost about as much his current MacBook. His first byline was in 1993 for CompuTrade International, a rag he eventually helmed, and his last “real job” was with Shuttle, Inc, which makes those toaster oven-sized computers gamers like. Throughout it all he’s freelanced and blogged. He’s a graduate of Jamestown Community College (AS, Mathematics) and the University of Pittsburgh (BA, Chinese). He’s been married long enough to know better and has have two lovely, wonderful children.
Michael W. Jones (news writer) is a writer and technologist, having spent 30 years in the software development field at all levels from code monkey to program manager, almost all of it as a consultant. Along the way, he has worked in a wide variety of industries and with an even wider variety of development technologies. Michael is a business management graduate that dove into computing immediately upon graduation and never looked back, and is primarily a self-taught geek. He has been writing in the technical arena for three years.
John Lister (news writer) was formerly the spokesperson for the Plain English Campaign, a pressure group aiming to improve public communication, he specialises in jargon-busting. He also specialises in writing about the professional wrestling industry and has written two books on the subject