Philip Elmer-DeWitt
Philip Elmer-DeWitt (born September 8, 1949) is an American writer and editor. He was Time's first computer writer—producing much of the magazine's early coverage of personal computers and the Internet[1]—and for 12 years its science editor.[2] He is currently writing a daily blog about Apple Inc. called Apple 3.0.[3]
Background[edit]
Elmer-DeWitt was born in Boston and raised in the Six Moon Hill neighborhood of Lexington, Massachusetts. He graduated from Oberlin College and studied English literature at the University of California, Berkeley and journalism at Columbia University.[4] He worked as a computer programmer and technical writer for Bolt Beranek and Newman[5] in the late '60s, wrote mathematical games for McGraw-Hill in the early 1970s and copy-edited textbooks and scientific monographs for Academic Press in the late '70s.[citation needed]
Career highlights[edit]
In 1978, writing as a freelance under the byline Philip Faflick in the Village Voice, Elmer-DeWitt published the first interview with Jean-Michel Basquiat. [6] He joined TIME in 1979 and wrote nearly 500 stories for the magazine, including a dozen cover stories. He launched two sections—Computers and Technology—before being made a senior editor. He edited more than 150 Time cover stories, including the issues that named AIDS researcher David Ho Time's 1996 Man of the Year and Albert Einstein the Person of the Century. His interviews include Steve Jobs,[7] Bill Gates,[8] William Gibson,[9] Elmore Leonard,[10] and Anita Roddick.[11] He was also the author of the controversial Cyberporn cover story.[12] In commenting on that episode, Declan McCullagh excoriated Elmer-DeWitt for multiple "misrepresentations and errors," "logical fallacies," reporting in a "deceptive manner," and "[refusing] to acknowledge the many errors" in the story.[13]
Elmer-DeWitt helped start TIME.com,[1] and organized[14] TIME -sponsored scientific conferences on genetics[15] (2003), obesity[16] (2004) and global health.[17]
In January 2007, he joined Josh Quittner at Business 2.0, another Time Inc. publication, as that magazine's executive editor.[18] In February, he launched[19] a blog called Apple 2.0: Mac news from outside the reality distortion field. When Time Inc. folded Business 2.0 in September 2007,[20] he worked briefly for Fortune magazine[21] before retiring from Time Inc. in May 2008[22] to write full-time for the web, first for Fortune.com, then for himself. In 2014 he moved to Greenfield, Massachusetts,[23] married the architect Margo Jones[24] and was elected to the city council of his new hometown.[25] He launched Apple 3.0, a blog for Apple investors, on April 1, 2016.[26]
Select works from Time[edit]
- The Rio Earth Summit[27]
- Sex in America[28]
- Obesity[29]
- Infertility[30]
- Bards of the Net[31]
- Microsoft[32]
- The Internet[33][34]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "To Our Readers, Jul. 3, 1995 - TIME". 2010-10-08. Archived from the original on 2010-10-08. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ^ "Index of /talkingbiznews".
- ^ Peter Kafka (14 March 2016). "Fortune Apple Writer Philip Elmer-DeWitt Leaves, Starts His Own Site - Re/code". Re/code.
- ^ "Mary M. DeWitt To Marry in May". The New York Times. 1983-02-13. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=6KKpnpLevg4C&dq=Faflick+feurzeig&pg=PA300 Feurzeig et al. 1971
- ^ "Jean-Michel Basquiat and the Birth of SAMO". Village Voice. 11 December 1978.
- ^ "Steve Jobs: Apple's Anti-Gates". TIME.com. 7 December 1998. Archived from the original on June 16, 2007.
- ^ "INTERVIEW with Bill Gates: Hard Drive". TIME.com. 5 June 1995. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.
- ^ "COVER: WELCOME TO CYBERSPACE". www.isd1.com. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ^ "10 Questions for Elmore Leonard". TIME.com. 12 June 2005. Archived from the original on March 6, 2008.
- ^ "Anita The Agitator - TIME". 2007-09-30. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ^ "ON A SCREEN NEAR YOU: | TIME". 2007-05-19. Archived from the original on 2007-05-19. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ^ "The Ethics of TIME Magazine". w2.eff.org. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ^ Kelly, James (October 30, 2005). "Journalism That Makes a Difference". Time. Archived from the original on November 1, 2005. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
- ^ "Next Stop: The Future of Life - TIME". 2007-09-30. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ^ "The New Battle of the Bulge - TIME". 2007-10-17. Archived from the original on 2007-10-17. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ^ "TIME.com: Journalism That Makes a Difference -- Nov. 07, 2005 -- Page 1". 2005-11-01. Archived from the original on 2005-11-01. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ^ "Cision | the Navigator". Archived from the original on 2007-05-04. Retrieved 2007-04-08. Bacons The Navigator 2007
- ^ http://weblogs.jomc.unc.edu/talkingbiznews/?p=2362 TBN Business 2.0 bloggers get first checks 4/5/2007
- ^ Stone, Brad (2007-09-05). "Time Inc. to Close Business 2.0". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ^ http://www.nypost.com/seven/09072007/business/rigor_mort_is_at_mag.htm?page=0 New York Post 9/7/2007
- ^ http://www.nypost.com/seven/06062008/business/theyll_take_manhattan_114236.htm?page=0 New York Post 6/6/2008
- ^ Davis, Richie (2017-10-14). "In retirement, Greenfield man's blog covers the up-and-downs of Apple".
- ^ "Wedding: Jones — Elmer". May 21, 2017.
- ^ "Elect Phil Elmer". Facebook.
- ^ Philip Elmer-DeWitt (31 March 2016). "Happy Birthday Apple, Goodbye Time Inc". Fortune.
- ^ "Summit to Save the Earth: Rich vs. Poor". TIME.com. 1 June 1992. Archived from the original on April 8, 2008.
- ^ "Behavior: Now for the Truth About Americans and Sex". TIME.com. 17 October 1994. Archived from the original on March 29, 2007.
- ^ "Fat Times What health craze?". TIME.com. 16 January 1995. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.
- ^ "Treating Infertility: Making Babies". TIME.com. 30 September 1991. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.
- ^ "Bards Of the Internet". TIME.com. 4 July 1994. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.
- ^ "BILL GATES: MINE, ALL MINE". TIME.com. 5 June 1995. Archived from the original on December 31, 2006.
- ^ "Battle For The Soul Of The Internet".
- ^ "Internet Article TIME International".