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Just who is this guy anyway?
The semi official bio of
Robert Parson
Robert Parson is author of The Wired Future series and the
continuing column The Electronic Identity in International Online
Magazine.
Mr. Parson is a Broadcast Journalist who has worked at several
Radio and TV stations throughout the U.S. during his 15 year
career. He is currently the News Director/Operations Manager for
the Awareness News Network, a network that provides news and
information to radio stations throughout Arkansas.
Robert has won writing awards, has been honored by Chambers of
Commerce and was an applicant for the Journalist in Space Program
before the Challenger disaster (the JIS program remains
suspended). In 1981, he produced a series of reports about the
breakup of the AT&T system in the United States.
Robert has also worked in Market Research and Financial Planning.
Information Management and Distribution has always been a major
factor in his career. International Online Magazine is one facet
of that life's work.
His entry into computers was slow at first. "I make my living
writing, so I decided I needed a computer. But after doing some
serious thinking about it, I realized that at that time all I
really needed was a dedicated word processor."
The word processor he bought, the Canon Cat, was quite unique. It
had an unusual, but easy to use interface. Inexplicably, it also
had an internal modem. That was his first introduction to
computer communications. Although he could read only ASCII files,
he realized the potential of telecommunications.
Although he no longer uses the Cat, it still holds a special
fascination. "It was the only machine I've ever used that was
truly user friendly."
Robert started writing for International Online Magazine when it
was still known as Arkansas Bytes. "I read an article that
bothered me and started writing a response." When the response
shot up to 10k in size and he still wasn't finished, he rewrote,
edited and broke it into five sections. The end result was The
Wired Future series. Publisher/Editor Michael Gray offered Robert
a position as a Consulting Editor with the magazine, which he
accepted, the outgrowth of which is The Electronic Identity Column.
Robert says he tries to explain information technology in layman's
terms. "People often buy something and even if they know how it
works, they may not fully understand it or how it affects their
lives."
Robert is married with two children and lives in Fort Smith, AR.
He is, in his words, "moderately active" in the Fort Smith BBS
community, can be found on the International Online Echo and
subscribes to the national online service GEnie. He says he
doesn't use pseudonyms on BBSs because "I have nothing to hide. I
am my comments."
E-Mail addresses:
I/O echo Robert Parson
GEnie R.PARSON1
Can be found regularly on Fort Smith, AR BBSs and on Arkansas
Valley BBS, Russellville, AR using the name Robert Parson.