Milton Kurtz & Family
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Technology |
| Occupation | Freelance Editor & Writer |
| Location | Aptos, CA, United States |
| Introduction | Michael, the first Editor-in-Chief of Web Techniques magazine and former Executive Editor of Dr. Dobb’s Journal has worked with some of the Web’s leading pioneers including Dr. Charles Goldfarb, the father of markup language. Michael’s books, his “Beyond HTML” column, and subsequent release of his Rocket XML Framework represent one of the first working proofs of dynamically generated content on the Web using XML and XSLT. Through his company, BeyondHTML, Michael now focuses on hands-on training in Web technologies, and offers both public courses and on-site deliveries in more than 50 subjects. He has taught his Web development strategies to designers and developers at dozens of conferences, workshops, training classes, and on site at companies including Hewlett Packard, ADP, and Ericsson. Prior to the Internet’s evolution, Michael began his career at NASA working on the Arpanet/Milnet, which later (with other collective pieces) became known as the Internet. There he developed the first NASA-wide BBS (a precursor, of sorts to the modern Web site) to share public-domain software developed by the agency. |
| Interests | Writing, Guitar, Fiction, Using Web as an artistic medium, Sailing, Kayaking, Golf |
| Favorite Movies | Johnny Mnemonic, Aeon Flux, I Robot, National Treasure |
| Favorite Music | Rock 'n Roll |
| Favorite Books | Story by Robert McKee, The Writer's Journey by Chris Vogler, The Art of Fiction by John Gardner, Photorealism with Bert Monroy, Building Websites with XML by Michael Floyd |