About the Author

Adrian West resigned as a chartered engineer to become the UK director of a correspondence school. He has been teaching in one form or another since 1982. He introduced computers into his workplace in 1987 and taught the staff how to use them. For four years, he taught undergraduates computer skills at a college in Cheshire in the United Kingdom.

Adrian lives in Colyton, a town in Devon, England, and for the last 14 years, he has designed and produced web sites for local businesses and charities. For a time, he also served as a computer technician and teacher to about 100 people in his community. Then he decided to concentrate on his favorite occupation, designing web sites. To avoid disappointing his former clients, he launched ...

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