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Columns
Software reviews
Hardware reviews
Technical briefings
Tutorials
News
Fun stuff
Web Pages
ScreenCam Movies
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Editing How well do I do it?
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paul@paulspages.co.uk
www.paulspages.co.uk
Welcome to my Online CV
I'm Paul Stephens, a UK-based IT journalist and editor. I've
worked in the IT press for the past 12 years, and in the software industry
for another 12 before that. I'm available now for freelance writing, feature
commissioning and editing.
Below is a quick resume of my skills and experience; in the
margins are links to more detailed descriptions (with copy samples) of what
I've done and what I can do.
That quick resume in full:
| Name |
Paul Stephens |
| Born |
1953 |
| Phone/Address |
Please
email for details |
| Location |
Bath and West Cornwall, UK |
| Journalism experience |
1987-93:
PC Plus magazine, technical writer, deputy editor, editor (1988-93).
1993 onwards:
PC Plus magazine, consultant
editor (freelance contributor)
Contributor to Developer Network
Journal and my website (www.paulspages.co.uk). |
| Feature type experience |
News, columns, software & hardware
reviews, tutorials, technical backgrounders, Q&A, end-pieces (especially fictional
'diaries'), web pages and ScreenCam movies for cover-mount CD-ROMs. |
| Areas of product / technology expertise |
Main: Windows (3.x, 9.x, NT/2000),
office suites, databases, web authoring (HTML/JavaScript), digital
cameras.
Also: Multimedia (Encarta etc), developer tools, comms
utilities. |
| Hands-on skills |
MS Word, FrontPage, HoTMetaL, Quark
XPress (4.0 on PC), Paint Shop Pro, PhotoShop, ScreenCam. |
| Employment prior to journalism |
1975-87: Programmer, analyst, software
support, contract developer, ICL & IBM mainframes, PCs. |
| OK, I suppose we'd better do some
personal stuff: |
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| Favourite colour |
Blue |
| Favourite pop stars |
Joni Mitchell, Captain Beefheart |
| Clubs |
NUJ and MENSA |
| Hobbies |
Cycling, walking, music, web authoring,
lying on beach reading. |
| Favourite author |
William Trevor |
| Favourite Software Product |
Paint Shop Pro. |
| That's enough personal stuff - ed. |
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Click the links in the margins for more details, or email
me at paul@paulspages.co.uk if there's anything else you want to know!
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What do I know?
Windows
Databases
Office suites
Web authoring tools
The Internet
Digicams
... the Ropes!
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