Ed Bott

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Ed Bott is an American technology journalist and author, known for his books and articles on Microsoft Windows.[1] While he has over twenty years of experience writing about a variety of tech-related topics and has written for some well-known media outlets, such as PC World and PC/Computing; he has made a name for himself with his renowned pro-Microsoft bias.[citation needed] Ed Bott often applies undisclosed, stricter standards of evaluation to companies he writes about other than Microsoft.[citation needed] He has been the editor for the U.S. version of PC/Computing and the managing editor for PC World in the past. In addition, Ed Bott has written more than 25 books over the course of his career. The topics of his books include Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. A few of his works include Windows 7 Inside Out, which was written in 2009, and Office 2013 Inside Out, which was written in 2013.[2] Ed Bott is currently writing for a website called ZDNet.

Awards and honours[]

Ed Bott is the awardee of eleven MVP awards,[3] and, according to TIME, had one of the best Twitter feeds of 2013.[4] Bott is also a three-time winner of the CPA award,[5] won an international award of merit from the STC, and won two Jesse H. Neal Awards together with Woody Leonhard.[5]

Publications[]

  • (Nov 6, 2016)
  • (July 14, 2016)
  • (Feb 18, 2016)
  • (April 26, 2016)
  • (Jun 25, 2013)
  • (Oct 15, 2013)
  • (Jul 25, 2011)
  • (Oct 4, 2010)
  • (Sep 30, 2009)
  • (Jun 8, 2008)
  • (Jan 18, 2007)
  • (Jan 1, 2007)
  • (Jul 24, 2008)
  • (Oct 5, 2005)
  • (Nov 4, 2004)
  • (Oct 27, 2004)
  • (Nov 19, 2003)
  • (Sep 25, 2003)
  • (Jan 1, 2002)
  • (May 22, 2001)
  • (Nov 13, 2000)
  • (Dec 13, 2002)
  • (Jan 31, 2000)
  • (Dec 21, 1999)
  • (May 17, 1999)
  • (May 4, 1999)
  • (Jul 1, 1998)
  • (Jun 1998)
  • (Feb 1, 1998)
  • (Jun 7, 1997)
  • (Mar 1, 1997)
  • (Sep 1, 1996)
  • (Oct 1, 1995)
  • (Jan 1, 1995)

Personal life[]

He has a wife named Judy who lives with him in the U.S. Southwest. The two of them have two English Springer Spaniels, named Mackie and Lucy, who are both rescue dogs.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Bishop, Todd (30 November 2011). "Windows author Ed Bott and partners launch 'digital first' book publishing company". GeekWire. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Ed Bott - US - Meet the Team - ZDNet". Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Ed Bott entry at Microsoft.com". Microsoft. 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  4. ^ Feeney, Nolan (20 March 2013). "Ed Bott | The 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2013 | TIME.com". TIME. Archived from the original on 14 October 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Ibaraki, Stephen (2003). "Two world famous authors share their insights into IT and MS Office..." Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Ed Bott". Retrieved 5 November 2014.

External links[]

Official website

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