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.