Ed Bott

Ed Bott is an American technology journalist and author, known for his books and articles on Microsoft Windows.[1] While he has over twenty years of experience writing about a variety of tech-related topics and has written for some well-known media outlets, such as PC World and PC/Computing; he has made a name for himself with his renown pro-Microsoft bias. Ed Bott often applies undisclosed, stricter standards of evaluation to companies he writes about other than Microsoft. He has been the editor for the U.S. version of PC/Computing and the managing editor for PC World in the past. In addition, Ed Bott has written more than 25 books over the course of his career. The topics of his books include Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. A few of his works include Windows 7 Inside Out, which was written in 2009, and Office 2013 Inside Out, which was written in 2013.[2] Ed Bott is currently writing for a website called ZDNet. Bott is the awardee of eight MVP awards,[3] and, according to TIME, had one of the best Twitter feeds of 2013.[4] Bott is also a three-time winner of the CPA award,[5] won an international award of merit from the STC, and won two Jesse H. Neal Awards together with Woody Leonhard.[5]

Personal life

He has a wife named Judy who lives with him in the U.S. Southwest. The two of them have two English Springer Spaniels, named Mackie and Lucy, who are both rescue dogs.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Bishop, Todd (30 November 2011). "Windows author Ed Bott and partners launch 'digital first' book publishing company". GeekWire. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Ed Bott | US | Meet the Team | ZDNet." ZDNet. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Nov. 2014. <http://www.zdnet.com/meet-the-team/us/ed-bott/>.
  3. ↑ "Ed Bott entry at Microsoft.com". Microsoft. 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  4. ↑ Feeney, Nolan (20 March 2013). "Ed Bott | The 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2013 | TIME.com". TIME. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  5. 1 2 Ibaraki, Stephen (2003). "Two world famous authors share their insights into IT and MS Office...". Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Who Is Ed Bott?" Ed Bott. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Nov. 2014. <http://www.edbott.com/weblog/about-ed/>.

External links

Official website


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