Simon Robinson is the editor-in-chief of ASP
Today, one of the leading sites related to Web programming on the
Windows platform. Simon's first experience of commercial computer
programming was in the early 1980s, when a computer project he was
working on at college became the school's student timetabling
program, running on the BBC Micro. Later he studied for a Ph.D. in
physics and subsequently spent a couple of years working as a
university physics researcher. From there he moved on to working as
a computer programmer, then writing books about programming, and
finally on to his present job at ASP Today.
He has an extremely broad experience of programming on Windows.
These days his core specialty is .NET programming. He is
comfortable coding in C++, C#, VB, and IL, and has skills ranging
from graphics and Windows Forms to ASP.NET to directories and data
access to Windows services and the native Windows API.
Simon lives in Lancaster, UK. His outside interests include
theater, dance, performing arts, and politics. You can visit
Simon's Web site, http://www.SimonRobinson.com.
Christian Nagel is an independent software
architect and developer who offers training and consulting on how
to design and develop Microsoft .NET solutions. He looks back to
more than 15 years' experience as a developer and software
architect. Christian started his computing career with PDP 11 and
VAX/VMS platforms, covering a variety of languages and platforms.
Since the year 2000-when .NET was just a technology preview-he has
been working with various .NET technologies to build distributed
solutions. With his profound knowledge of Microsoft technologies,
he has also written numerous .NET books; is certified as Microsoft
Certified Trainer (MCT), Solution Developer (MCSD), and Systems
Engineer (MCSE); and is the Microsoft Regional Director for
Austria. Christian is a speaker at international conferences
(TechED, DevDays, VCDC) and is the regional manager of INETA Europe
(International .NET User Group Association) supporting .NET user
groups. You can contact Christian via his Web site,
http://www.christiannagel.com.
Jay Glynn started writing software nearly 20
years ago, writing applications for the PICK operating system using
PICK basic. Since then, he has created software using Paradox PAL
and Object PAL, Delphi, VBA, Visual Basic, C, C++, Java, and of
course C#. He is currently a Project coordinator and Architect for
a large financial services company in Nashville, Tennessee, working
on software for the TabletPC platform. He can be contacted at
jlsglynn@hotmail.com.
Morgan Skinner began his computing career at a
tender age on a Sinclair ZX80 at school, where he was underwhelmed
by some code a teacher had written and so began programming in
assembly language. After getting hooked on Z80 (which he believes
is far better than those paltry 3 registers on the 6502), he
graduated through the school's ZX81s to his own ZX Spectrum.
Since then he's used all sorts of languages and platforms,
including VAX Macro Assembler, Pascal, Modula2, Smalltalk, X86
assembly language, PowerBuilder, C/C++, VB, and currently C#. He's
been programming in .NET since the PDC release in 2000, and liked
it so much, he joined Microsoft in 2001. He now works in Premier
Support for Developers and spends most of his time assisting
customers with C#.
You can reach Morgan at http://www.morganskinner.com.
Karli Watson is a freelance author and the
technical director of 3form Ltd (http://www.3form.net). Despite
starting out by studying nanoscale physics, the lure of cold, hard
cash proved too much and dragged Karli into the world of computing.
He has since written numerous books on .NET and related
technologies, SQL, mobile computing, and a novel that has yet to
see the light of day (but that doesn't have any computers in it).
Karli is also known for his multicolored clothing, is a
snowboarding enthusiast, and still wishes he had a cat.
Bill Evjen is an active proponent of the .NET
technologies and community-based learning initiatives for .NET. He
has been actively involved with .NET since the first bits were
released in 2000 and has since become president of the St. Louis
.NET User Group (http://www.stlusergroups.org). Bill is also the
founder and executive director of the International .NET
association (http://www.ineta.org), which represents more than
125,000 members worldwide. Based in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, Bill
is an acclaimed author and speaker on ASP.NET and XMLWeb services.
He has written XMLWeb Services for ASP.NET, Web
Services Enhancements: Understanding the WSE for Enterprise
Applications, Visual Basic .NET Bible, and
ASP.NET Professional Secrets (all published by Wiley).
Bill is a Technical Director for Reuters, the international news
and financial services company. He graduated from Western
Washington University in Bellingham, Washington, with a Russian
language degree. You can reach Bill at evjen@yahoo.com.