Michael Swaine

Michael Swaine, Tech Stories Series Editor and developmental editor for the Pragmatic Bookshelf, has been writing about technology full-time since he helped launch InfoWorld back in 1981. He and Paul Freiberger wrote Fire in the Valley, the seminal history of the personal computer and the source for the award-winning movie Pirates of Silicon Valley, and co-wrote the article on computer history for Encyclopedia Britannica. He was editor-in-chief/-at-large for Dr. Dobb’s Journal forlikeever, and launched several magazines plus four regular columns in MacUser magazine and columns in a dozen other magazines.