Pat B.

Programming ========= I have been programming databases for more than 15 years, starting with dBase, moving on to FoxBase/FoxPro, and currently my "weapon of choice" is 4th Dimension. My specialty is in database publishing: making it very easy to publish data using a page layout program such as QuarkXPress or InDesign, or as XML, HTML, or delimited text files. My main program is CatBase (please see [login to view URL]), which will do all of those things and much more. It can upload/download data to/from other databases, such as MySql and Microsoft SqlServer, import data from various other sources, and publish it in countless different ways. I am skilled with both Windows and Macintosh operating systems and all my databases run on either. Writing ===== Relevant experience: - Five years as a journalist, news agency bureau chief, and magazine editor -Three complete software manuals written - Numerous magazine articles on various topics written - Software reviews for Infoworld, MacGuide Magazine, and The Ms. Biz (a Los Angeles area radio show) - Two books published: - A Lizard in the Sun: a story about three adventurous years I spent travelling the world in the '70s - The Grammar Cookbook: A grammar reference book for businesspeople and students