I'm a freelance technology journalist and ZDNet.co.uk blogger, and covered IT for the Guardian newspaper from 1983 to 2010. My weekly advice column, Ask Jack, continues as a Guardian blog. Before personal computing took over, I edited a number of photography magazines and books. These included Photo Technique, Film Making, ZOOM, and You and Your Camera. I have also written regular columns for Practical Photography, Computer Weekly, Personal Computer World and several other print publications. I have a BA in English from the University of Birmingham and an MA from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.