November 2014
Beginner
642 pages
17h 35m
English
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The Missing Credits
David Pogue (author, illustrator, indexer) is the founder of Yahoo Tech (yahootech.com), a job for which he was groomed by 13 years of writing the weekly tech column for The New York Times.
He’s also a monthly columnist for Scientific American, a two-time Emmy-winning correspondent for CBS News Sunday Morning, the host of several NOVA miniseries on PBS, and the creator of the Missing Manual series. He’s written or co-written 75 books, including 30 in this series, six in the For Dummies line (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music), two novels (one for middle-schoolers), and The World According to Twitter. In his other life, David is a former Broadway show conductor, a magician, and a funny public speaker. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, Nicki, and three awesome children.
Links to his columns and videos await at www.davidpogue.com. He welcomes feedback about his books by email at david@pogueman.com.
Julie Van Keuren (copy editor, indexer) quit her newspaper job in 2006 and moved to Montana to live the freelance-editing dream. She and her husband, M.H. (who’s living the novel-writing dream), have two teenage sons, Dexter and Michael. Email: little_media@yahoo.com.
Phil Simpson (design and layout) runs his graphic design business from Southbury, Connecticut. His work includes corporate branding, publication design, communications support, and advertising. ...
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