Having partnered with McGraw-Hill to produce a string of successful titles, my horizons were now expanding with increasing velocity. I went to work to harness professors, friends and family members to help me build an authoring group. Our focus? To specialize in producing friendly computer books of superior quality on CP/M, Basic, Assembly Language, not … read more

The personal computer boom had reached its peak in 1983. I met a New York literary book agent named John Brockman. John took one look at my record of accomplishment and said: “Mitchell, all the big New York fiction publishers want to jump on the computer book bandwagon. I can make you a rich man.” … read more

Microsoft has honed the science of fingering human “prospects” at the prime of their life then like a spider they extract all vital creative juices from their brain stems until dry. Okay maybe that is an overstatement; I should say they often leave them wrapped in a web of stock options worth millions. I was … read more