I'm a pioneer in electronic publishing. My newsletter,
Wiretap, was available (and profitable)
online in 1985, and was cited for excellence in online
publishing the following year by the Computer Press
Association. Besides being published online and on paper,
Wiretap was distributed via e-mail with bridges to fax and
overnight delivery-- revolutionary stuff 20 years ago.
Since then, I've remained deeply involved in online
publishing, championing electronic media at Ziff
Davis, CMP, Time
Inc., Mecklermedia,
Pennwell, and many other companies. As
Editor of Mobile Office, I was responsible
for making that magazine one of the first monthly newsstand
magazines to be available on the World Wide Web. As
Editor of NetGuide, I wrote the initial
specification for what became the storied NetGuide Live. As
president of the consultancy 3Ships
Communications in 1996, I produced The New Media Guide, an early
exercise at the intersection of electronic commerce,
database publishing, viral marketing, and social
networking. I also consulted on many online projects
in the boom years of Silicon Alley.
An in-demand public speaker, I've
presented at numerous
Comdex, Internet World,
and Folio: shows. My many television
appearances include Good Morning America,
CNBC, Extra, and
The f/x Morning Show, and I've been a
frequent guest on CNN networks around the
world. I introduced CNN's viewers to the
Internet on the occasion of the launch of cnn.com,
and for two years, had a weekly spot on CNNfn's "Biz Buzz" program. In
1996, I debated the import of online campaign
fundraising on-air with Arianna Huffington and Sen.
John Kerry. (She thought it was a fine idea; him, not
so much.)
My career started at United Press
International, where I covered stories including
the divestiture of AT&T, experiments in fusion power,
and the return of American hostages from Iran. I was a
senior editor at Computer Shopper, and
led consumer technology titles including
PC Sources (heralded by Samir Husni as one
of the biggest launches of the 1990s), Mobile
Office, NetGuide, Time
Digital, and Internet Shopper.
I'm a graduate of Union College and the Stanford
University Professional Publishing Course. I'm not
the economist Dan Rosenbaum, the doctor Dan Rosenbaum or
the sportswriter Dan Rosenbaum. Nor am I the Dan Rosenbaum
who performs with the Electric Light Orchestra or the music
publishing executive Dan Rosenbaum -- though do take a look
at the Music tab in the sidebar. Please e-mail me for a
full CV.