Don Crabb
 This biography was posted on University of Chicago's site in 1996. |
 |
| Don Crabb's Impressive Biography - 1996
Computer Scientist Don Crabb is the Associate Director of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies in Computer Science and a Lecturer at The University of Chicago, where he has taught undergraduate, graduate, and professional computing and computer science courses since 1979. Don also teaches professional publishing courses for the University's Extension. In his academic roles Don functions as an certified instructional software developer for IBM, Apple, NeXT, and Sun. Trained as an historian as well as a computer scientist, Don specializes in enpowering humanities and liberal arts students with a critical understanding of computer science and computer programming. Columnist Don is a Contributing Editor and Columnist for MacWEEK magazine - writing the weekly "Mac Manager" column, as well as other articles. Don is also the Chicago Sun-Times Computer Columnist and a technology editor, writing the column "Crabb on Computers", which is syndicated by the Chicago Sun-Times Features Syndicate, as well as special features and articles. "Crabb on Computers" appears in the Sun-Times Sunday Connected section, and the Monday and Wednesday Business sections, while Don's Product Reviews, Q & A column, and Frequently-Asked Questions appears daily in the Chicago Sun-Times Online, http://www.suntimes.com. Don also writes special features for the MoneyLife, HomeLife, and Arts sections of the Chicago Sun-Times. Don is also the Computer Columnist for The Springfield-Union News (Massachusetts), where his column appears on Mondays. Don works as a Contributing Editor and/or Columnist for MacUSER ("The Mac Workshop" column, features, and reviews), PC Magazine (features and reviews), Mac/CHICAGO ("Don's Desktop" column, features, and reviews), MacTech ("Crabb's Apple column), Win95User (column), Digital Chicago ("Don's Desktop" column, features, and reviews) , Syllabus ("Technologically-Speaking" column), Query ("The Organizational Mac" column), MacHome Journal, The Higher Education Product Companion ("Ask Don" column and reviews), IDG's Netware Internet (features and column), IDG's PowerBook Traveler (features and column), IDG's Do It With the Macintosh OS (features and "Macinations" column), The Weigand Report ("Don Crabb Says" column), CompuServe Magazine (features), MacToday ("Crabb's Apple" column), Mobile Office (features), Consumer Guide (reviews), and IDG's Crustacean-at-Large (sole columnist). Don was a contributing editor, columnist, and consulting editor for BYTE, and a contributing editor and review board member for InfoWorld. Don was also a frequent contributor to Corporate Computing magazine. Since 1979, Don has written over 3,200 articles and columns for these magazines and newspapers, as well as others for PC World, PC Resource, MicroCAD News, MacWorld, ComputerWorld, The New York Times, UniSIG News, Digital Review, UnixWorld, The Chicago Tribune, The Macintosh Business Review, and Chicago Computing. Book Series Editor/Author Don has also written and edited textbooks on object-oriented programming for humanists, databases, and integrated software. His trade press books include MacWEEK Guide to System 7 (Emeryville: Ziff-Davis Press, 1991-1992), Running UNIX So it Doesn't Run You (Emeryville: Ziff-Davis Press, 1993), The Guide To Macintosh System 7.5 (Indianapolis: Hayden Books/MacMillan Computer Publishing/Apple Press, 1994-5), and The FileMaker Pro Book (Indianapolis: Hayden Books/MacMillan Publishing/Apple Press, 1996. Don is a senior consulting editor for books published by Hayden Books, and the series editor of The Don Crabb Macintosh Library. Don will co-author (with Jeff Gagne) The Filemaker Pro Relational Book (with the support of Claris Corporation) during 1995, as well as an updated edition of The Guide to Macintosh System 7.5. The Word Book by Tonya Engst, The Excel 5 Starter Kit by Charles Seiter, The PowerMac Programming Starter Kit by Tom Thompson, The Programming Starter Kit for Macintosh by Jim Trudeau, Publishing on the World Wide Web for Macintosh by Greg Holden, Tricks of the Mac Game Programming Gurus, Mastering NetScape by Greg Holden, QuickTime: The Official Guide for Macintosh Users by Judith L. Stern and Robert A. Lettieri, MacWEEK Upgrading and Repairing Your Mac by Lisa Lee, and WebServer Construction Kit have already been published in the of The Don Crabb Macintosh Library. Don is also an editor and contributing writer of the sixth editon of PeachPit PressUs Macintosh Bible and the writer of the forthcoming Osborne/McGraw-Hill book, The Busy People Macintosh Book. TV Producer and Personality Don was the coproducer, cohost, and technical editor of the weekly syndicated cable MacTV show, now in reruns. He was also a frequent guest co-host of PCTV, a syndicated cable weekly TV show dealing with all kinds of computing topics. Currently, Don can be seen as an analyst discussing technology and computers on Chicago's NBC-TV station, WMAQ - Channel 5 and ChicagoUs FOX-TV station, WFLD - Channel 32. Don also can be heard as a regular contributor on the Kathy and Judy and Steve and Johnnie shows on WGN - AM 720, on The Ed Schwartz Show on WLUP - FM 97.9, on the Jonathan Brandmeier Show on WLUP - FM 97.9, and on the Bruce Wol show on WMVP - AM 1000. Don has also appeared as a contributor on a variety of radio shows on WLS - AM 890, WBBM - AM 780, WMAQ - AM 670, WNUA - FM 95.5, and WBEZ - FM 93.1. Don is currently developing a weekly TV show for ChicagoUs PBS-TV station, WTTW - Channel 11. (7/98: Don has his own show on WGN (AM 720 and RealAudio) every Sat night from 10 p.m. to 1 am. He also appears on other WGN shows, he shows up on Steve Dahl's show, and does the Fox Thing in the morning every Thursday morning, plus do twice weekly reports for Fox News Channel.) Newsletter Editor Don is the senior consulting editor for newsletters published by IDG Newsletters, including The Netware Internet Newsletter, The PowerBook Traveller, and The Do it With the MacOS Newsletter. Analyst As a computer industry analyst, Don has been extensively-quoted in Business Week, Forbes, Fortune, Time, Newsweek, Money, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, and other publications. Speaker Don regularly gives keynote addresses and chairs panels at computer industry expositions and conferences, as well as at corporate meetings and functions. (1998: Keynoted the annual Wiscosin K-12 Education Convention: Learning in the Next Millenium: Visions vs. Realities.) Don has covered topics as diverse as "The Consultants View of Object-Oriented Software Development", "Managing Mixed Networks", " The Arts of Computing," "All About Modems", "Networks: Real and Imagined", "The Real Value of the IBM/Apple Alliance", "Operating System Wars", "The New Apple", "The Trivium, the Quadrivium, and Computer Science", "Where is the Line?: The Vanishing Differences Between PCs and Workstations", "The Truth about Small Business Computing", "Multimedia Truths and Multimedia Myths", "Developing a Mobile Computing Strategy", "The Real PowerPC Reveled," "Wireless Myths vs. Wireless Solutions", "PowerBook Communications", "CPU Strategies", "Assessing Operating Systems", "Academic Computing: Visions vs. Realities, Are They Really Different?", and "The Networking Big Picture for the Nineties." Don has been a speaker and consultant for institutions as different as the Sara Lee Corporation, Antioch College, Notre Dame University, IBM Corporation, Claris Corporation, The Rest of Us, MacWorld Expo, The University of Wisconsin, PC Expo, Ameritech, Cybertel, MacShow, Comdex, Mactivity, Varian, Apple Computer, Inc., Western Michigan University, The NorthWest of Us, Intel Corporation, Northwestern University, Winehouse Computing, "HolderBank", AppleCider User Group, Farallon, The Consumer Electronics Show, The University of Cincinnati, CE Software, Intel Corporation, The Indiana Apple User Group, MontClair State College, and Cayman Systems. Consultant Besides his teaching, writing, broadcasting, and speaking, Don does extensive UNIX, PC, Macintosh, networking, database, desktop publishing, instructional, and CAD consulting for Chicago-area and San Francisco Bay Area companies. He also specializes in helping small businesses get their technology needs under control and large businesses in rethinking their current operations. Advisor In addition to his teaching, speaking, research, broadcasting, writing, and consulting activities, Don is a member of the advisory boards of the MacWorld Expo, Mactivity, and MacSummit and is a former advisory board member for PC Expo, InterOp, and Comdex. In addition, Don is the permanent technology advisor to the Old Town School of Folk Music - Chicago's leading not-for-profit music school. Memberships and Affiliations More information about Don's current journalistic activities can be found in MediaMap , the Computer Media Guide, and Who's Who. Don is a member of the Computer Press Association, the Association for Computing Machinery, The Digital Equipment Computer User's Society, The Apple University Consortium, the Data Processing Manager's Association, MacIS, The American Historical Association, The Medieval Society of America, and other professional societies. Back to Don's Main Page |
Created Wednesday, March 1, 2000; Edited: