I’ve been writing about home networks since before they existed. Back in 1998—when IT folks were stringing cables to share a single 56kbit per second analog modem line—I was promoted to networking and communications editor at PC Magazine. At the news my colleagues hung their heads. “You won’t last,” they said. “That stuff is hard.” Well, PC networking is hard. Packets, protocols, layers, transports. Over the years I’ve had to learn the hairiest technologies, analyzing test results, praising the good,…
I’m looking forward to your articles since I still have a very tough time remembering how my own network is set up.
The information everyone provides is always different than how your own devices describe them.
A good idea would be to provide a glossary that not only describes the word but gives any other manufacturers/vendors term for the same thing.
They may not like standards but we need to have them.
Kistner is a technology writer living in Cambridge, Mass. Her main focus is networking and wireless.
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Toni -This is the first article I’ve read produced by Electronic House that elucidates clearly why emotion should not be used when making a buying decision. Patience truly is a virtue in these instances.
No offense but I thought the article was first written by a man :) Clearly it takes a grounded person to write about what so many find intoxicating (ie gadgets…) and those are the people that throw out reason completely.
Most of the articles produced by E-House are praising upcoming technologies that haven’t lasted any test of time:
Apple TV, Apple I-Phone, Blu-Ray vs HD DVD, HDMI, Cablecard, Draft 802.11n products…....
I and all the other sane readers will be looking forward to your future reports :)