A little about me…
I started messing with (and first wrote about) Linux in 1996, and have used it as my primary desktop operating system since 1998. I am a member of the Internet Press Guild, the Society of Professional Journalists, and the Online News Association, in case it matters to anyone. My “Roblimo” nick was originally an abbreviation for “Robin’s Limousine” back in the days of eight character screen name maximums. Now so many people know me by it that I can’t let it go, even though I no longer own or drive a limousine.
I am Editor in Chief for SourceForge, Inc., one of the world’s leading online tech news publishers. I have written for Slashdot, Linux.com, NewsForge, Time New Media, Online Journalism Review, Web Hosting Magazine, The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, and many other Web sites, newspapers, and magazines.
I have written three books: “The Online Rules of Successful Companies” (Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2002), “Point & Click Linux” (Prentice Hall, 2004), and “Point & Click OpenOffice.org” (Prentice Hall, 2005).
Before becoming a full-time writer and editor, I operated a small limousine service in the Baltimore/Washington area and wrote freelance part-time. I never intended to make non-fiction writing a full-time career. It was something I fell into by accident. My childhood goal was to write literary fiction, which I did with a notable lack of financial success until I was 35 years old.
More recently, I’ve been using video as my primary story-telling medium — and doing “online commercial” videos for local businesses. You can see samples of my video work here.
If you have any questions or would like me to speak at an upcoming conference, please email me at : robinATroblimoDOTcom. (If you want a reply, email is a far better bet than posting a comment on this article…)
All material on Roblimo.com is copyright, copyleft or something like that at some point in the last century or two.
[…] Gelukkig ben ik niet de enige die dit vindt, gezien de reactie van journalist Robin ‘Roblimo’Miller. Zijn antwoord in de vorm van een videoboodschap zegt eigenlijk alles. Blijkbaar zijn er zelfs voor journalisten die over nieuwe technologie schrijven, grenzen aan het gebruik van diezelfde technologie. Wijze les dus aan alle PR professionals: Nieuwe media is leuk, maar overdrijf niet. Soms is een oude beproefde methode van een persbericht nog altijd de meest doeltreffende. […]
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Comment by Stan Cooper — July 3, 2007 @ 6:37 am
I love your site design. Very crisp, clean, and easy to navigate. Very nicely done.
Comment by Brian Roberts — July 11, 2007 @ 11:01 pm
Agree on design. Very well done. Good readings too
Comment by William — August 5, 2007 @ 6:33 am
Funny how I ended up here…online search for the phone number of The Bagel Shop on Manatee @ 59th. I am the bagel maven..trust me. At 2PM on Sunday holiday weekend I was too late and am bagelless. Oh well.
So with your IT experience, do you know any ACT! and/or database experts? No for my real estate…for my day job…
Nice website. I look forward to your reply.
Suzanne
Comment by Suzanne — September 2, 2007 @ 2:31 pm
Nice to know you’re doing fine. Or so it would seem.
Best,
The Original NYC Free Advice Man
(City Paper, Mobtown Beat, “Piece of Mind” by Robin Miller, July 19, 1991.)
http://www.infinitysociety.org/FREEADVICEMAN
Comment by Jean-Pierre A. Fenyo — September 6, 2007 @ 1:23 am
Was researching Linux, but everything I find is just technobabble to me. How much trouble is it to install on a P4 computer? What plugins do you suggest? Which one do you use? Help!
Comment by gimlet — December 5, 2007 @ 2:29 am
Roblimo should be canonised or Epsonised or Lexmarkised for the help he has given me with his video tutorials on Gparted. I was tearing my hair out trying to get to grips with it and it is all so easy when shon how to use it. Many many thanks, Aidan
Comment by Aidan Griffiths — January 6, 2008 @ 11:45 am