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A leading authority for Windows, server and Web technologies, and the award-winning author of over 100 books.
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October 24 2012
As the author and series editor of the Pocket Consultants, I've poured my many years of hands-on experience with advanced systems management, programming and development into every book. Currently, Microsoft Press and O'Reilly Media are preparing to release my newest... read moreGot Your Pocket Consultant? Hope so!
September 12 2012
Pocket Consultants are the portable and precise pocket-sized guides that deliver ready answers for day-to-day administration. Pocket Consultants zero in on core operations and daily tasks using quick-reference tables, instructions, and lists. Inside each Pocket Consultant, you get focused information... read moreJanuary 09 2012
Picture books are a misunderstood art and I want to take you behind the scenes to demystify the process by taking you from idea to print. When you're the creator, writer, and producer of an illustrated book some people think that you can sit down write, draw, revise, and poof!… read moreInside the E-Wars: It's a Braver New Digital World Than Ever Before
May 11 2011
I've been a writer in my heart since I was old enough to hold a pencil and a professional writer for nearly 20 years (writing as William Stanek and Robert Stanek). Over the years many would-be writers have asked... read moreInside the e-wars: Barnes & Noble Woes and the Digital Marketplace: A 1-2 Punch
March 07 2011
Borders and Barnes & Noble used to be great. The #1 and #2 booksellers in the U.S., building out new superstores like they were going to grow forever. Three years ago, a new Borders was built in Olympia. It's... read moreInside the E-Wars: Apple's iPad 2 Unveiled
March 02 2011
Apple officially unveiled the iPad 2 today, and I did pretty good on my feature/change predictions. The iPad 2 is indeed thinner (by 33%) and lighter (by 15%) than the iPad 1 with a depth of .34" and weight... read moreInside the E Wars: Apple's iPad 2
February 28 2011
Last year I blogged quite a bit about Apple's iPad. I introduced iPad, explored it's features, and examined a networking problem iPad users were experiencing. Though it was a tongue-in-cheek title of the blog exploring iPad's features, I didn't... read moreAdventures in Windows 7 Troubleshooting: Browser-run Apps
January 20 2011
Ever had a problem with an app run via a browser window? You're not alone. Here's an entry related to troubleshooting these types of problems using the Sirius XM media player app as an example. The Sirius XM media player... read moreA Look Back and a Look Ahead, My Work In Review and Independents Too
November 24 2010
I write as William Stanek and Robert Stanek. My story may help you understand writers and independents a little better. As a technology journalist, I've written for PC Magazine, Dr. Dobbs, TechNet Magazine and a variety of other leading magazines.... read moreBeyond Tech: Racing Super Buster Learning Adventures
November 18 2010
I wrote the Bugville Critters stories as bedtime stories for my own children. The books are about life, family, friends, and our world and they're meant to instruct and entertain. My children enjoyed the stories so much they urged me... read moreWindows 7 Inside Track: Printer, Scanner, and Fax Installation
October 27 2010
Let's embark on what I'd like to call "Adventures in Printer, Scanner, and Fax Installation." Last Thanksgiving, I did something I rarely do: I went shopping on Black Friday. Picked up some great buys on USB flash drives, SDHC cards and a fantastic deal on a HP Officejet All-in-one. By… read moreWindows 7 Inside Track: 64-bit and Beyond
June 22 2010
(pdf download) Know the classic rock song that says "I did a bad, bad thing, a real bad thing"? Well, Tunnel Vision is a bad, bad thing, and this article hopefully will help you avoid it when you deploy and... read moreWriting Beyond Tech: Introducing Ripple Reader and Recorded "Bugville" Books
May 28 2010
Last fall, all 15 of the original Bugville Critters books were released in a special "e" format for the beta of the Ripple Reader. Just recently, the Ripple team officially launched their Reader. If you are a parent with young... read moreWriting Beyond Tech: New Ruin Mist Book
May 11 2010
Rise of the Fallen, the first book in the Ruin Mist: Dawn of the Ages series, releases/released on May 11, 2010 in hardcover. Although set in the fantasy universe of Ruin Mist, the book is very different from the previously... read moreNews from the Twittersphere: Twitter is Changing, You Knew It Would
April 16 2010
News from the Twittersphere. The Library of Congress has acquired every public tweet since Twitter's inception and will digitally archive these and future tweets. These billions of tweets were acquired via donation) and will add ~5 terabytes to the Library... read moreInside the E Wars: So Experiencing Networking Problems with your iPad?
April 08 2010
If you are experiencing networking problems with your iPad, you're not alone. I hate to say I told you so but in my previous blog post about iPad, I called it, stating: The transfer speed/reception quality over wireless and 3G... read moreInside the E Wars: So How Much Do You H-A-T-E iPad?
April 02 2010
Earlier this year, eReaders were all the rage at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. It seemed every company imaginable had or was coming out with a new reader-type device. I blogged about many of the readers right here... read moreWriting Beyond Tech: Ruin Mist Graphic Novels
March 26 2010
A follow up to my previous posts about writing outside of technology. This one focuses on my upcoming graphic novels set in the fantasy universe of Ruin Mist as I thought it might be fun to share my experiences with... read moreWriting Beyond Tech: Doamanse and the Magic Lands
March 25 2010
A follow up to my previous posts about writing outside of technology. This one focuses on my fantasy novels set in Doamanse, the Magic Lands, which you can learn more about at http://www.themagiclands.com/. If you thought the floating mountains in... read moreWriting Beyond Tech: Ruin Mist and the Kingdoms
March 24 2010
A follow up to my previous posts about writing outside of technology. This one focuses on my fantasy novels set in Ruin Mist, the World of many Paths. The name Ruin Mist comes from an elvish saying which speaks of... read moreWriting Beyond Tech: Bugville Critters
March 19 2010
A fun follow up to my previous post about writing outside of technology. This one focuses on my childrens picture books and a series called Bugville Critters. All 16 of my original Bugville Critters books have been published. The latest... read moreWriting Beyond Tech: Results Unexpected
March 18 2010
Last year Microsoft published my 100th book; it was a huge milestone in my professional writing career. When you give yourself to the craft of writing and have spent your life helping others and helping the communities you've lived in,... read moreDon't Click That Link! Net & Email Mistakes 101
March 17 2010
Get a strange email from an account you think you recognize? You might want to take a closer look. Recently, an email told me, I just won a cool $1,000,000 from an account with the address "award@microsoft.co.uk". A quick look... read moreInside the E-Wars: So Long Twitter You're a Fad Going Bye-Bye?
March 15 2010
Twitter has been a fun experiment for me the past few months as I take a break from tech writing and focus on my creative side. Interesting, Twitter usage study out from Barracuda Labs. This annual report follows their 2008... read moreInside the E Wars: Apple's iPad
March 14 2010
Been awhile since a post, been out enjoying the real world. Wanted to post about the iPad, which ships/shipped on April 3, 2010. iPad was big news at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Didn't talk much about it.... read moreInside the E Wars: Interesting News Continues in the Publisphere
January 20 2010
Several interesting media and reading studies released recently. First, Book Industry Study Group released a comprehensive report on ebooks titled Consumer Attitudes toward E-Book Reading (http://ow.ly/WUYw). This is a major study with many contributors and sponsors, but mostly based on... read moreBarnes & Noble Nook: Installing and Using microSD Cards
January 12 2010
Nook has 2GB of internal storage (with 1.3 GB usable for your content). You can expand the storage capacity by adding a microSD card to the device. Cards of up to 16 GB are supported and the cards can be:... read moreInside the E-book Wars: CES 2010 update on Barnes & Noble Initiatives
January 08 2010
William here. Digging in with a special blog series on the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) 2010 in Las Vegas. As you probably know, Barnes & Noble acquired Fictionwise in 2009 and used this acquisition to launch into the ebook business... read moreInside the E-book Wars: CES 2010 update on the Ocean and Tidal readers from Copia
January 08 2010
From the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) 2010 in Las Vegas, sneak peaks at the Copia reader devices. Copia offers an e-reading / social networking combination on six different devices: Ocean-6 - with a 6" e-ink touch screen Ocean-9 - with... read moreInside the E-book Wars: CES 2010 update on the eDGE dual-screen Reader
January 08 2010
From the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) 2010 in Las Vegas, a sneak peak at a reader device from Entourage called the eDGe. The eDGe, shown in the figure below, has two screens: A 9.7" e-ink display on one side (1200... read moreInside the E-book Wars: CES 2010 update on Alex Reader for Borders
January 08 2010
From the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) 2010 in Las Vegas, a sneak peak at the e-reader device for Borders stores. This device, from Spring Designs, is called the Alex Reader. Borders and Kobo, its e-book store unit, will offer more... read moreInside the E-Book Wars: PDF, Reflow, Color E-ink and More
January 08 2010
Recently a reader named Dayne posted a lengthy response to my post about the Nook. It got me thinking and I decided to turn my response into a new blog post. Dayne, you are right about PDF -- the format... read moreUltimate Control Panel (AKA God Mode) Part 2
January 06 2010
William here. Blathering on about Ultimate Control Panel (AKA God mode). If you read my last post about the UCP, you may be wondering what this feature is and how it works. So in this post, I'll try to answer... read moreThe Ultimate Control Panel (Aka God Mode)
January 05 2010
William here. Wandering the stream on a slow Tuesday. Kids are at school and it's so quiet. By now you may have heard about an alternate Control Panel view some folks are calling God mode and probably because God mode... read moreIE8 64-bit Windows 7 and the Mobile Code Bug (Part 3)
January 04 2010
William Stanek here, concluding a talk about a scripting/programming bug that was driving me absolutely bonkers. The code bug is this: When you visit web sites and are using Internet Explorer 8 on 64-bit Windows 7, you are redirected to... read moreIE8 64-bit Windows 7 and the Mobile Code Bug (Part 2)
January 01 2010
William Stanek here, continuing to talk about a scripting/programming bug that was driving me absolutely bonkers. The code bug is this: Often when you visit web sites and are using Internet Explorer 8 on 64-bit Windows 7, you are redirected... read moreIE8 64-bit Windows 7 and the Mobile Code Bug
December 31 2009
William Stanek here, talking about a scripting/programming bug that is driving me absolutely bonkers. The code bug is this: Often when you visit web sites and are using Internet Explorer 8 on 64-bit Windows 7, you are redirected to a... read moreInside the E-book Wars: Sony Turns up the Heat
December 09 2009
William Stanek here, delivering a new installment in my "Inside the E-book Wars" series. As I let you know in earlier posts, Barnes & Noble began shipping the Nook and Sony began shipping the Reader Daily Edition (PRS-900) in time... read moreThis World of E: A Look Back to Look Forward...
December 08 2009
So the Atari 2600 debuted in 1977 and remained the world's most popular video game system through 1984. I bought one around 1978 and happily shelled out pretty big bucks for the privilege of having popular arcade games available for... read moreInside the E-book Wars: Best E-Reader?
December 03 2009
William here. On 12/3, Business Week picked the Kindle 2 International Edition as the Best Gadget of 2009 because of it's "inclusion of free, high-speed wireless access that lets users download books on the go." But is it really the... read moreInside the E-Book Wars: The Nook in Depth (Part 5)
December 02 2009
William Stanek here, completing the 5-part in-depth look at the Nook e-reader from Barnes & Noble. Anyone who's been watching the e-reader and e-book market knows, the Nook is the latest entry in this highly competitive space where Sony, Amazon... read moreInside Exchange Server 2010: A First Look
December 01 2009
William here, talking about my new book Exchange Server 2010 Administrator's Pocket Consultant. This book is designed to be a concise and compulsively usable resource for Exchange Server 2010 administrators. Exchange Server 2010 Administrator's Pocket Consultant covers everything you need... read moreDecember 01 2009
William here, talking about the new Microsoft Press / O'Reilly partnership launches officially and it's pretty cool. You can learn more about the possibilities this new partnership brings at the new Microsoft Press site pictured in the figure below. Currently,... read moreInside the E-Book Wars: The Nook in Depth (Part 4)
November 30 2009
William Stanek here, continuing the e-reader discussion with an in-depth look at the Nook from Barnes & Noble. Anyone who's been watching the e-reader and e-book market knows, the Nook is the latest entry in this highly competitive space where... read moreInside the E-Book Wars: The Nook in Depth (Part 3)
November 27 2009
William Stanek here, continuing the e-reader discussion with an in-depth look at the Nook from Barnes & Noble. Anyone who's been watching the e-reader and e-book market knows, the Nook is the latest entry in this highly competitive space where... read moreInside the E-Book Wars: The Nook in Depth (Part 2)
November 24 2009
William Stanek here, continuing the e-reader discussion with an in-depth look at the Nook from Barnes & Noble. Anyone who's been watching the e-reader and e-book market knows, the Nook is the latest entry in this highly competitive space where... read moreInside the E-Book Wars: The Nook in Depth (Part 1)
November 23 2009
William here, continuing the e-reader discussion with an in-depth look at the Nook from Barnes & Noble. Anyone who's been watching the e-reader and e-book market knows, the Nook is the latest entry in this highly competitive space where Sony,... read moreE-Readers Up Close: Using the Sony PRS-700
November 18 2009
The Sony PRS-700 has an internal storage capacity of 420 megabytes (MB) and two expansion slots: One expansion slot for Sony Memory Stick Duo or Pro Duo cards up to 16 GB One expansion slot for SD, SDHC, or... read moreE-Readers Up Close: Using the Sony PRS-505
November 18 2009
The PRS-505 has an internal storage capacity of 192 megabytes (MB) and two expansion slots: One expansion slot for Sony Memory Stick Duo or Pro Duo cards up to 8 GB One expansion slot for SD, SDHC, or miniSD... read moreRecent Posts | All O'Reilly Posts
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