Timothy John Parker
Timothy John Parker is a widely published technical author,[1][2][3] editor, trainer and consultant.
Biography
Timothy Parker was born in Hertfordshire, England in 1958 but has lived in Canada for several decades. He was educated in England, the United States and Canada.
He started his writing career in 1981 publishing an article on S-BASIC, a structured basic compiler for the Kaypro computer. Shortly thereafter he began writing about the Commodore VIC-20 computer, writing several articles for Compute! magazine and Commander magazine, for which he also wrote a regular column entitled "Ravings of a Madman".
Tim Parker has written for over two dozen different magazine titles focused on the computer industry. Frequent contributions were made to Windows NT Systems Magazine, Windows NT Expert, Advanced Systems Magazine and many others. He wrote monthly columns for Canadian Computer Resller, IT Datasystems and several other magazines. Tim Parker was the Technical Editor for SCO World Magazine from its inception to its closure. Working with Linux' growing popularity, Tim also contributed heavily to Maximum Linux magazine and Linux Journal, and was the Technical Editor for Linux Server Computing magazine during its publication history. An avid photographer, Tim also contributed to several photographic magazines including Digital Foto. To date, Tim has published approximately 3,500 articles, reviews, and columns.
Timothy Parker has written many commercially published books. His first was UNIX User's Handbook published in 1990 by Addison-Wesley. A set of Linux books was published by Sams Publishing, including Linux Unleashed, Slackware Linux Unleashed, Redhat Linux Unleashed and Linux System Administrator's Survival Guide. All titles went through several editions. Sams also published Tim's TCP/IP In 14 Days and TCP/IP Unleashed. Prentice-Hall published Tim's Linux To Go and Windows 98 To Go. Tim's books (over 50 to date) have been translated into several languages.
Tim has worked for the last two decades in the software development field, leading R&D groups for a variety of high-technology companies.
References
- ↑ Kaplenk, Joe (1 December 1997). "Using Linux to Teach Unix System Administration". Linux Journal. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ↑ Lipkin, Bernice Sacks (1999). Latex for Linux: a vade mecum. Springer. p. xxi. ISBN 978-0-387-98708-8. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ↑ McCune, Mike (2001). Integrating Linux and Windows. Prentice Hall PTR. p. 349. ISBN 978-0-13-030670-8. Retrieved 1 May 2011.