I'm a book author, writing most often about Mac software. I've written dozens of computer books on subjects as diverse as Keynote, Microsoft Office, Quicken, and CSS. My bestselling books are JavaScript & Ajax for the Web: Visual QuickStart Guide, and Adobe Dreamweaver: Visual QuickStart Guide, both co-written with my wife, Dori Smith.

I've written for most of the Mac magazines, and I was a Contributing Editor for Macworld for about 15 years.

I live in Northern California's Wine Country with Dori and our excellent cat.