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Bill Harlow,
Mid-Atlantic Consulting

TechBit Profile: Bill Harlow

Default browser homepage
My RSS feeds
Online must-reads
Daring Fireball
Last book read
The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan
Favorite movie or television show
24, though last season was a bit of a letdown
OS
Mac OS X (Currently 10.4)
Tech-related How-To Guide I recommend most often
www.versiontracker.com It's not exactly How-to. It tracks the latest software updates for Mac (also Windows, but not as thoroughly) so you can quickly see which applications have been revised lately and download the latest updates.
Coolest recent web trend
Publishing/blogging from your mobile device
Lamest recent web trend
Overuse of video

TechBits profile created July 2007

Ben Fathi,
Microsoft

TechBit Profile: Ben Fathi

Default browser homepage
www.live.com
Online must-reads
CNet.com and Larry Seltzer of eWeek
Funniest/oddest/most remarkable thing I've found on the web recently
Funniest: the Budweiser crabs commercial that aired during the Super Bowl
Last book read
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Favorite movie or television show
The Office
OS
Windows Vista of course
Tech-related How-To Guide I recommend most often
www.microsoft.com/security, where customers can get more information about protecting themselves online
Coolest recent web trend
RSS feeds
Lamest recent web trend
Online fraud

TechBits profile created February 2007


Curt Broskey,
Macintosh Consultant at Mid-Atlantic Consulting, Inc.

TechBit Profile: Curt Broskey

Default browser homepage
My Google homepage
Online must-reads
Gizmodo
Funniest/oddest/most remarkable thing I've found on the web recently
Funniest: You Tube movie. Remarkable: Hussein's video on the web. It was up fast then any news broadcaster.
Last book read
MacWorld and Mac Life
Favorite movie or television show
The Matrix. Stargate SG-1.
OS
Mac OS X
Tech-related How-To Guide I recommend most often
Any of the "Missing Manual" books, AFP548.com, MacWorld
Coolest recent web trend
Oldie but goodie, buying online
Lamest recent web trend
Blogging has turned into a really bad idea

TechBits profile created January 2007

Jeff Lauterette,
Macintosh Consultant at Mid-Atlantic Consulting, Inc.

TechBit Profile: Jeff Lauterette

Default browser homepage
HotMacNews.com
Online must-reads
Version Tracker
Last book read
iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It by Steve Wozniak
Favorite movie or television show
Heroes now but Seinfeld of all times
OS
DOS. Just kidding...Mac OS 10.4
Tech-related How-To Guide I recommend most often
Mac OS X Tiger: Missing Manual
Coolest recent web trend
You Tube. I love the idea of sharing video so easily.
Lamest recent web trend
Blogging. I think it is a stupid waste of time. And let me take this moment to add in INTERNET EMAIL JOKES. Stop sending them. Email servers, not to mention my inbox, is clogged with so many jokes I never read. Anyone else sick of this???

TechBits profile created January 2007


Allison Druin,
Director, Human-Computer Interaction Lab

TechBit Profile: Allison Druin

Default browser homepage
The International Children's Digital Library
Online must-reads
The Washington Post
Funniest/oddest/most remarkable thing I've found on the web recently
Anything I read from a search page
Last book read
Outwitting History
by Aaron Lansky
Favorite television show
Between the Lions -- It's such a great show to watch with your kids!
OS
I'm agnostic
Tech-related How-To Guide I recommend most often
Builder.com
Coolest recent web trend
Podcasting
Lamest recent web trend
When billions of dollars are paid to acquire websites that are "cool" and then they become "uncool" because they've got real money behind them

TechBits profile created December 2006


Steve Roberson,
President, Zurka Interactive

TechBit Profile: Steve Roberson

Default browser homepage
It's set to be blank.
Online must-reads
engadget
Last book read
The World Is Flat
by Thomas Friedman
Favorite television show
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
OS
Mac OS X
Tech-related How-To Guide I recommend most often
Javascript & DHTML Cookbook
Coolest recent web trend
AJAX

TechBits profile created November 2006


Pat Fauquet,
Software Educator

TechBit Profile: Pat Fauquet

Default browser homepage
Google News
Online must-reads
Macworld's MacCentral
Oddest thing found on the web recently
Stephen Colbert's interview with Steve Wozniak
Last book read
Take Control of Running Windows on a Mac
by Joe Kissell
Favorite movie or television show
So You Think You Can Dance
OS
Mac OS X 10.4x - Tiger
Tech-related How-To Guide I recommend most often
David Pogue's Missing Manual Series and Bob LeVitus' Mac OS X Tiger for Dummies
Coolest recent web trend
Video Podcasting. It's a relatively low-tech hi-tech way to inform, train and share.
Lamest recent web trend
Dynamic content ads. Advertising pays for the web, but pop-ups drive me crazy!

TechBits profile created October 2006

Alan Paller
Director of Research, SANS Institute

TechBit Profile: Alan Paller

Default browser homepage
Google News
Online must-reads
SANS Internet Storm Center and Brian Krebs SecurityFix
Most remarkable thing found on the web recently
Most remarkable (but not good) thing is the use of the web by Imam Samudra (the Bali Bomber) and other terrorists to steal money to buy bombs.
Last book read
How To Break Software
by James Whittaker
(Addison & Wesley)
Favorite movie or television show
Grey's Anatomy(but that's because my daughter started her residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital just as the program started.
OS
Cannot pick one. None is good enough to be preferred. I use XP Professional.
Tech-related How-To Guide I recommend most often
The Center for Internet Security secure configuration settings (all free and come with a tool to test)
Coolest recent web trend
Interactivity such as Google Maps that move rather than forcing you to wait for a refresh
Lamest recent web trend
Spear phishing.

TechBits profile created September 2006


Wayne Rash
technology journalist; and Washington Bureau Reporter for eWeek

TechBit Profile: Wayne Rash

Default browser homepage
Cox Northern Virginia
Online must-reads
eWeek and me
Most remarkable thing found on the web recently
Mentos and Diet Coke explosions
Last book read
1776
by David McCullough
(Simon & Schuster)
Favorite movie or television show
Numbers
OS
Linux
Tech-related How-To Guide I recommend most often
PC Mag
Coolest recent web trend
Tabbed browsing
Lamest recent web trend
Pop unders

TechBits profile created Jul 2006


John Gilroy
Resident Computer Guy and Director of Business Development at SolutionsDevelopers

TechBit Profile: John Gilroy

Default browser homepage
The Kojo Nnamdi Show
Online must-reads
NetworkWorld and Robert Cringley at InfoWorld
Funniest site visited recently
CareerBuilder's MonkeyMail
Last book read
The Iranians : Persia, Islam and the Soul of a Nation
by Sandra Mackey
(Plume)
Favorite book
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
by Thomas S. Kuhn
(University Of Chicago Press)
OS
Microsoft Windows
Tech-related How-To Guide I recommend most often
Practical VoIP Security
by Thomas Porter
(Syngress Publishing)
Coolest recent web trend
MySpace
Lamest recent web trend
Too many blogs

TechBits profile created July 2006


Ben Bederson
Member, Human Computer Interaction Laboratory; Professor of Computer Science, University of Maryland, and Co-founder & VP, Client Technologies, ZenZui, Inc.

TechBit Profile: Ben Bederson

Default browser homepage
about:blank
Online must-reads
The New York Times Technology Section or New York Times columnist David Pogue
Oddest site visited recently
The Million Dollar Homepage
Last book read
The Long Walk : The True Story of a Trek to Freedom
by Slavomir Rawicz
(The Lyons Press)
"About a Russian WW II prisoner who walked from Siberia to India for freedom. Good motivation when tech problems get you down :)"
Favorite movie or television show
Commander In Chief - The Inaugural Edition, Part 1 (Episodes 1-10)
(Buena Vista Home Entertainment)
"My antidote to reality - or was until it was canned"
OS
Microsoft Windows XP
Tech-related How-To Guide I recommend most often
Google
"Look it up"
Coolest recent web trend
Foldershare
"Syncs files across multiple devices"
Lamest recent web trend
"Companies that still force their stuff on you. Real has gotten better by being less forceful, but now Adobe forces their toolbar buttons into Outlook and they come back every time you turn them off. Companies that force themselves into your eyesight should have eggs tossed on them. Ok, this isn't new - but really has to go away."

TechBits profile created July 2006

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