The first collection of my tech journalism, Bring Me The Head of Mark Zuckerberg, is on sale now in Kindle format from Amazon UK and Amazon US. Here’s the blurb:
Things move fast in technology. In 1998 Google was still in a garage, Microsoft ruled the world and the internet was made of wood. iPods, YouTube and Facebook were years away. Phones were rubbish, getting online cost a fortune and Gary Marshall tried to convince the readers of .net magazine that the Hitler Diaries had been written by a small dog.
Luckily for him, the dog didn’t sue.
Gary Marshall has been writing about technology like a pixelated PJ O’Rourke since 1998. In this collection of tech journalism from titles including .net, PC Plus, Techradar.com and Official Windows Magazine Gary picks through the PR nonsense, inflated claims and the reality distortion fields of the tech industry to concentrate on the big issues – issues such as, “does Google’s Eric Schmidt really own a coat made of human skin?”, “just how evil does Facebook need to become before people stop using it?” and “why are we being chased around the internet by adverts for horrible shirts?”
In addition, I’ve written and co-written a whole bunch of books – real, printed ones.
Books I’ve written
- The Laptop Manual
Haynes Publishing, 2007
- Get Started With Windows Vista
Future Publishing (free with Official Windows Vista Magazine), 2007
- Working from Home: the Complete Home Office Manual
Haynes Publishing, 2006
- The Cut the Crap Guide to the Music Business
- The Cut the Crap Guide to Music and the Internet
- The Cut the Crap Guide to Music Technology
- The Cut the Crap Guide to Making a Record
- The Cut the Crap Guide to Guitars
all published by Artemis Editions, 2002-2003
Books I’ve co-written
- Build Your Own Website: Second Edition
With Kyle MacRae. Haynes Publishing, 2009 - Computer Troubleshooting: Second Edition
With Kyle MacRae. Haynes Publishing, 2008 - Build Your Own Computer: Third Edition
With Kyle MacRae. Haynes Publishing, 2007 - The Best Rock and Pop Trivia Ever
Ottakar’s, 2004 - Q Magazine’s Best Rock and Pop Trivia Ever
EMAP (covermounted with Q Magazine, 2005) - The Complete Guide to Digital Music
Future Publishing, 2003