Windows Secrets: Fred Langa's Back ...
... rejoining a star studded cast of Windows experts:
A few days after I ordered a new up to date Vista enabled, Win7 ready box with its free upgrade offer for Win7, Fred Langa rejoined "Windows Secrets" and immediately after putting the box in service I resubscribed the paid newsletter version which subscription had lapsed several years prior.
Here's the press release ...
>> Windows Secrets Welcomes Back Fred Langa
New Column, LangaList Plus, Debuts Today
Windows Secrets Newsletter
Seattle, WA
Oct 09, 2008
marketwire.com
Windows Secrets Newsletter announced today that Fred Langa will resume writing for the weekly e-mail publication. His new column, LangaList Plus, will appear each week in the paid version of the newsletter and will answer readers' questions about the Windows operating system. The first column is available to paying subscribers beginning today.
Windows Secrets Newsletter announced today that Fred Langa will resume writing for the weekly e-mail publication. His new column, LangaList Plus, will appear each week in the paid version of the newsletter and will answer readers' questions about the Windows operating system. The first column is available to paying subscribers beginning today.
"We're excited to welcome Fred back from his short-lived retirement," said Brian Livingston, editorial director for Windows Secrets Newsletter. "We've missed his unique style of writing and we expect that our readers will be as enthusiastic about his return and new column as we are."
Langa has an extensive background writing about technology and computers. He was editor of Byte Magazine from 1987 to 1991 and editorial director of CMP Media from 1991 to1996. He then began writing columns for his own e-mail newsletter, the LangaList, for nine years. His publication merged with Windows Secrets in November 2006, and he subsequently wrote a weekly column for Windows Secrets for almost two years. Langa retired from professional writing in May of 2008 but decided to return to Windows Secrets Newsletter this month after clearly reviewing the realities of a sluggish economy and changes in his personal life.
"Windows Secrets provides a wealth of helpful information for readers trying to navigate Windows and other Microsoft products," said Langa. "I'm looking forward to returning to the newsletter as a resource to help answer subscriber questions and offer helpful suggestions for making Windows easier to use and more cost-effective."
Paid subscribers can access the debut of the LangaList Plus column in today's edition of Windows Secrets Newsletter. For subscription information, visit windowssecrets.com ... .
About Windows Secrets
Seattle-based WindowsSecrets.com publishes a free, weekly e-mail newsletter and a longer version available for a fee determined by the user. Published since 2003, the newsletter reveals tips and tricks to get the most out of Microsoft Windows. Employing six full-time staff members, WindowsSecrets.com also publishes the work of senior editor Ian "Gizmo" Richards and several contributing editors, including Woody Leonhard, Ryan Russell, Mark Joseph Edwards, and Susan Bradley. For more information, visit www.WindowsSecrets.com ... ###
In addition to the individuals listed above Brian Livingston is editorial director of WindowsSecrets.com. I purchased and used several of his Windows Secrets books back in the nineties. Over the years he, Fred Langa, Woody Leonhard (and Ed Bott) have contributed much to my mastery of the evolving family of Windows OSs (and the MS Office suites) as each generation was released -- although I skipped the Vista OS step until last month. The Windows Secrets staff is here:
windowssecrets.com
... and from that link:
More About Windows Secrets ...
.... The Windows Secrets Newsletter began with the merger in July 2004 of two high-tech e-mail newsletters: Brian's Buzz on Windows, edited by Brian Livingston beginning February 2003, and Woody's Windows Watch, founded by Woody Leonhard in 1998. The two publications merged on July 22, 2004, and began using the domain name WindowsSecrets.com. Brian's 50,000 subscribers joined Woody's 100,000-strong list to form a combined, unduplicated subscriber base of about 140,000.
The LangaList, an e-mail newsletter edited since 1997 by Fred Langa, merged with Windows Secrets on Nov. 16, 2006. Adding its 145,000 subscribers resulted in a publication with a circulation of about 270,000.
The Support Alert Newsletter, a publication edited by Ian "Gizmo" Richards for most of its existence from 1998 to 2008, merged with Windows Secrets on July 24, 2008. Combining Support Alert's 150,000 subscribers with Windows Secrets pushed the total circulation over 400,000.
Today, Windows Secrets is also distributed via an RSS feed, and the site delivers more than 1 million page views per month. ###
Brian Livingston: Secrets Pro
brianlivingston.com
About Brian:
brianlivingston.com
Woody Leonhard: Ask Woody
Woody now maintain's the AskWoody website here ...
askwoody.com
About Woody:
askwoody.com
LangaList Standard Edition Archives
A treasure-trove of tune-it / tweak-it / fix it information!
langa.com
Full Archives available on Windows Secrets ...
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