That's bios, as in "biographies," not bios as in the low-level computer instructions.
I am about to be luckiest kid in the land. My lifelong dream of having a magazine column is about to come true. The only thing left for me to do is come up with a 10- to 30-word bio for the magazine to include. So what should I say?
Adhering to Tom Dalton Problem Solving Format, I first reach for my back copies of the magazine to look and see what everyone else has done:
"Phil Windley teaches Computer Science at Brigham Young University. Windley writes a blog on enterprise computing at http://www.windly.com and is writing a book on digital identity. Contact him at (email address)."
"Trajan King is co-editor of the FearorGreed newsletter. He can be reached at (email address)."
"Matt Asay is Director of Novell's Linux Business Office, where he is responsible for helping to lay the strategic foundation for the company's adoption and promotion of open source software. Asay is also an Entrepreneur-in-Residence with Thomas Weisel Venture Partners, focusing on open source software. Asay received his Juris Doctorate from Stanford Law School."
"Paul Allen has founded several companies including Infobases, MyFamily.com, and 10x Marketing. He has taught entrepreneurship at UVSC and he blogs at www.infobaseventures.com/blog."
So, I don't love any of these. Can I get away with what I really want to say?
"Tom Dalton gets paid to play with computers and marketing for 10x Marketing. Then for fun, he writes, builds, and reads. He also believes strongly in doing good."
That's what I think I'd like my bio to say. What will it actually end up saying?
Find out in a month!