Host, Robert X. Cringely

For eight years from 1987-95, Robert X. Cringely wrote the "Notes From the Field" column in InfoWorld, a weekly computer trade newspaper. He is also the author of the best-selling book Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date.

Cringely was the host and writer of the PBS-TV programs "Electric Money," "Triumph of the Nerds," "Digital TV: A Cringely Crash Course," "Y2K: The Winter of Our Disconnect" and "Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet." His work has appeared in The New York Times, Newsweek, Forbes, Upside, Success, Worth, and many other magazines and newspapers.

An airplane enthusiast and adventurer who travels the globe to speak about information technology, Cringely continues to write about personal computers and has an active consulting business.

His weekly PBS Online column can be found at www.pbs.org/cringely.