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 [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,983122,00.html TIME Publisher's Letter 7/3/1995] -- and for 12 years its science editor. [http://weblogs.jomc.unc.edu/talkingbiznews/?p=1986 UNC 1/26/2007] ] He is currently a contributor to Fortune magazine, which publishes his online column about Apple Inc. (see [http://fortune.com/apple20 Apple 2.0] ). [http://fortune.com/apple20/ Apple 2.0: Mac news from outside the reality distortion field] ]

Background

Elmer-DeWitt was born in Boston and raised on Moon Hill Rd. in Lexington, Massachusetts. He graduated from Oberlin College and studied English literature at the University of California, Berkeley and journalism at Columbia University. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9406E5DC1F38F930A25751C0A965948260&scp=1&sq=dewitt+faflick&st=nyt New York Times 3/13/1983] He worked as a computer programmer and technical writer for Bolt Beranek and Newman [http://books.google.com/books?id=6KKpnpLevg4C&pg=PA300&lpg=PA300&dq=Faflick+feurzeig&source=web&ots=lSgYs60De0&sig=foUqkhV8Te2PTUGocDROnZPbSvY&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result Feurzeig et. al 1971] 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.Fact|date=July 2008.

Career highlights

Elmer-DeWitt 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. As science editor he produced more than 150 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, [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,989757,00.html Steve Jobs article] ] Bill Gates, [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,983013,00.htm Bill Gates article] ] William Gibson, [ [http://www.isd1.com/isd/times-1.html Welcome to Cyberspace] ,] Elmore Leonard [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1071265,00.html Elmore Leonard article] ] and Anita Roddick. [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,977524,00.html Anita Roddick article] .] He was also the author of the controversial Cyberporn cover story. [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,983116,00.html/ Cyberporn cover story (see Marty Rimm).]

He helped start [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,983122,00.html TIME Publisher's Letter 7/3/1995] ] TIME.com, [ [http://www.time.com] ,] and organized [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1124347,00.html James Kelly, Journalism that makes a difference 10/30/2005] "TIME" -sponsored scientific conferences on genetics [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004050,00.html Next Stop: The Future of Life - TIME ] ] (2003), obesity [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,994349,00.html The New Battle of the Bulge - TIME ] ] (2004) and global health. [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1124347,00.html] (2005)]

In January 2007, he joined Josh Quittner at Business 2.0, another Time Inc. publication, as that magazine's executive editor. [http://navigator.bacons.com/ARCHIVE/Philip_Elmer-DeWitt.asp Bacons The Navigator 2007] In February, he launched [http://weblogs.jomc.unc.edu/talkingbiznews/?p=2362 UNC Business 2.0 Bloggers get first checks 4/5/2007] a blog called [http://fortune.com/Apple20 Apple 2.0: Mac news from outside the reality distortion field] . When Time Inc. folded Business 2.0 in September 2007, [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/05/business/media/05mag.html?_r=1&oref=slogin New York Times 9/5/2007] he worked briefly for Fortune magazine [http://www.nypost.com/seven/09072007/business/rigor_mort_is_at_mag.htm?page=0 New York Post 9/7/2007] before retiring from Time Inc. in May 2008 [http://www.nypost.com/seven/06062008/business/theyll_take_manhattan_114236.htm?page=0 New York Post 6/6/2008] to write full time for the Web.

elect works from "Time"

* The Rio Earth Summit [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,975656,00.html]
* Sex in America [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,981624,00.html]
* Obesity [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,982327,00.html]
* Infertility [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,973919,00.html]
* Bards of the Net [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,981013,00.html]
* Microsoft [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,982998,00.html]
* The Internet [http://www.virtualschool.edu/mon/Internet/TimeInternetCoverStory.html] , [http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/outerspace/internet-article.html]

Quotes

* [http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Philip_Elmer-DeWitt Philip Elmer DeWitt]

ee also

* Priscilla Painton

References

External links

* [http://fortune.com/apple2.0 Apple 2.0: Mac news from outside the reality distortion field]
* [http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=103381 LinkedIn Profile]
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* [http://navigator.bacons.com/ARCHIVE/Philip_Elmer-DeWitt.asp The Navigator: Elmer-DeWitt at Business 2.0]
* [http://www.business2.com Official "Business 2.0" Magazine Website]
* [http://www.fortune.com Official "Fortune" Magazine Website]