About Will Fastie

A Guide to Will's Background, Experience, Skills, and Projects

About Me

Highlights

Since 1981, over 400 of my articles relating to desktop computing with IBM-compatible personal computers and software were published in PC Tech Journal, PC Week, Electronic Business, PC Magazine, PCjr, Creative Computing, AskWoody Plus, and others. Many of these articles were written during my full-time tenure at PC Tech Journal.

Creative Computing

First in-depth review of IBM PC, December 1981.  IBM Images column, January 1982 through May 1983, and in six later issues.  Numerous other contributions.

PC Tech Journal

Editorial Directions, every issue until October 1987.  Column New Directions,  every subsequent issue through April 1989.  Numerous other contributions.

PC Week

Column Desktop Technology, one year of weekly columns, November 1987 through October 1988.

The Fastie Report

Researched, wrote, and published newsletter, November 1989 to August 1991.

Electronic Business

Monthly Column, November 1990 to August 1991.

AskWoody Plus Newsletter

Assorted articles, June 2020 to present. Editor in chief, January 2021 to present.

Research Papers

Fastie, Will. 1986. Desktop computing in science and engineering: The next five years. Computers & Operations Research 13:2-3, 335-345.