Hello and welcome to our very first edition of the new PC Update! Whilst I have no intention of regularly taking up valuable word space each month that can be better utilised, I felt it important in this first edition at least, that I make you acquainted with who I am and the fabulous team behind me who will be putting PC Update together.

A few people may know me as the owner, publisher and editor of AusCam (Australasian Camcorder) magazine, a publication born out of the demise of Peter Blasina's (The Gadget Guy on Channel 7) VideoCamera magazine of which I was Managing Editor. Prior to this I had a stint as editor of Free Access magazine and before that, a long term position as contributing editor for Digital Media World magazine.

As well as this, since 1980-something, I have been a freelancer in IT, gadgets and my passion, motor sport, for such publications as PC User, APC, PC Magazine, PC World, The Australian, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the Gold Coast Bulletin, Australian Reseller and many more.

I have also had radio shows on Triple M, 2GB and Radio Northern Beaches as well as being appointed as the technical consultant to the TV show "Blue Water High". As such, it is fair to say I've been around!

Indeed, I was at the forefront of the PC revolution, running a Tandy Computer Centre in WA (where I'm based) from 1979 to 1984 during those heady days of TRS (Trash) 80 models 1, 2, 3, 4, 12, 16 and CoCo! I then "defected" to the big bad IBM (well Olivetti M24) world and then jumped ship again three years later into distribution where I had a software company called 'Solutions' based on the Gold Coast.

And nary an Apple in sight ...

The team alongside me is equally if not more "worldly wise" in the way of The Computer, with subeditor Paul Zucker having much more technical hands on and writing experience than I, finished art whiz Ian Yates is very well known as a long standing IT journalist, and contributors Anthony Caruana, JV Douglas, Darren Yates and Helen Bradley are all firmly established in their respective fields of IT reporting.

Of course George Skarbek and Adam Turner are already well known to PC Update readers as are the regular member contributions from people such as Major Keary, Ash Nallawalla, John Swale, Ross Alcock and so on.

The new design of PC Update is from the very capable hands of Leanne Hunt (who also designs AusCam and is a not too shabby photographer either). Other photography is from a long standing mate of mine, Melbourne-based Ross Gibb, who is truly one of the world's very best and especially makes his mark as a motor sports snapper.

Please be assured we'll love to hear from you regarding any aspect of PC Update - all brickbats and bouquets are welcome at any time.

All I ask is that through the initial transition period you have a bit of patience as this publishing lark has lots of variables that are
sometimes totally out of our control.