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Custom PC, Issue 103
06 days
by Gareth
in Published Work
To say Custom PC has undergone a transformation in its most recent incarnation would be understating things a tad. Gone are the staffers, replaced by Dennis Publishing with freelancers, while editor James Gorbold returns to industry with Ben Hardwidge taking on the role in his stead.
Under its new leadership, the mag has enjoyed a reinvention: new columnists have been brought on board to rejuvenate the content and offer something more than month-old news. One of those columnists is me, with a brand-new two-page section called Mobile Tech Watch.
It’s not the first time I’ve written for Custom PC: previously, I worked under James Gorbold to produce the news analysis and opinion column Download, while the news articles I had written for Bit-Tech were culled and reprinted in the front of the magazine. When Custom PC underwent a redesign that saw the page size shrink, however, Download left the building and so did I.
It’s good to be back, and while this initial column was completed to a short deadline I’m looking forward to what the future will bring. A regular monthly column on a set topic gives you a chance to set up interviews, briefings and behind-the-scenes access which simply isn’t possible with one-off features and will hopefully result in a quality read.
It’s early days, but the magazine’s rebirth appears to be going down well with its readers so far. In my opinion, things are only going to get better.
Micro Mart, Issue 1195
012 days
by Gareth
in Published Work
My first piece for Dennis Publishing’s weekly IT mag Micro Mart, and it’s a cover feature. Not that I’m boasting or anything. Okay, perhaps I’m boasting a bit.
As you can probably see from the cover it’s a look at AMD’s disappointing launch of its consumer-grade Bulldozer-core processors, the AMD FX Series. Completed to the tightest possible schedule – I received an email requesting a 3,500-word feature on Thursday, with a deadline of the following Monday – it forms an overview of the history of Bulldozer, its launch in the server market, its consumer launch and the complaints that have been raised over its performance.
It also includes comment from an AMD engineer in the company’s Austin facility on what is being done to address the architecture’s problems – not an easy thing to get on such short notice, and massive thanks to AMD’s André Heidekrueger and Bite PR’s Sami Makinen for organising that so quickly.
It’s a nice piece, if I do say so myself, and hopefully won’t be the last to grace Micro Mart’s cover. Fingers crossed for longer deadlines next time, though…
Bit-Tech, Raspberry Pi Feature
028 days
by Gareth
in Published Work
Following an interview with Raspberry Pi co-founder Eben Upton last week, the first of two confirmed features: a look at the project, which has created a 700MHz ARM-based credit-card size computer costing just $35, from a modder’s perspective.
Will it take off? Where are the mounting holes? Is it possible to overclock the Broadcom system-on-chip at the heart of the system? What software does it run? Can it play games? Does it support 1080p video playback? Will I ever stop asking these stupid questions?
All this and more answered over on Dennis Publishing’s computing enthusiast site, Bit-Tech.
The second feature to come out of the interview, a more Linux-focused Q&A-style transcription, is scheduled to appear in Imagine Publishing’s Linux User & Developer Magazine, Issue 111.
