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Michael Halvorson

Michael James Halvorson (born 1 March 1963) is an American technology writer and historian. He was employed at Microsoft Corporation from 1985 to 1993 and contributed to the growth of the Microsoft Office and Microsoft Visual Basic software platforms. He is the author of 40 books related to computer programming, using PC software, and the histories of Europe and the United States.

Michael Halvorson
Halvorson in 2019
Born
Michael James Halvorson

March 1, 1963
Alma materPacific Lutheran University
Occupation(s)Technology writer and historian

Early career edit

Halvorson grew up in Olympia, Washington. He received a B.A. degree in Computer Science from Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) in 1985, and MA and Ph.D. degrees in History from the University of Washington (1996, 2001). In a recent book, he discusses the formative influence of the liberal arts on his approach to technical writing and software systems.[1]

In November 1985, Halvorson was hired as employee #850 at Microsoft in Bellevue, Washington, where he worked as a technical editor, acquisitions editor, and localization project manager.[2]

Halvorson was an influential acquisitions editor at Microsoft Press during the early years of personal computing, acquiring and editing books from notable American technology writers such as Ray Duncan, Dan Gookin, Steve McConnell, Jerry Pournelle, Neil Salkind, and Van Wolverton. Within Microsoft's product teams, Halvorson worked as a localization project manager for the Visual Basic for MS-DOS 1.0 compiler (1992), contributing to the release of the product in the French and German languages.

Technical writing edit

Halvorson's first influential book was Learn BASIC Now, a Microsoft QuickBASIC programming primer co-authored by David Rygmyr. The book was published by Microsoft Press in 1989 and included a foreword by Bill Gates, who described Microsoft's plans for the BASIC language in future operating systems and application software.[3] Learn BASIC Now won the Computer Press runner-up prize for "Best How-To Book" published in 1989. In a review of the book, L. R. Shannon of the New York Times wrote, “For anyone who wants to learn something about programming, it would be hard to find an easier or more cost-effective source than Learn BASIC Now.”[4] In 1990, a Macintosh version of the book was published which included the Microsoft QuickBASIC Interpreter for Macintosh Plus, SE, and II systems on 3.5” diskettes.

Halvorson later wrote a series of popular books on the emerging Microsoft Office software suite, including Running Microsoft Office for Windows 95, co-authored with Michael Young.[5] In May 1999, Halvorson's Running Microsoft Office 2000 attempted to calm fears about the pending Y2K problem (or Millennium bug), which the authors believed was driven by popular hysteria.[6] A series of textbooks introducing Microsoft Works and Microsoft Office followed to help popularize Microsoft's integrated software suites and the idea that learning to use them efficiently was a suitable subject for college students.[7][8]

In later years, Halvorson's Microsoft Visual Basic Step by Step programming series was popular among new-to-topic developers who sought to learn Visual Basic for Windows and the Microsoft Visual Studio development system.[9] Canadian-American software developer Tyler Menezes credits the slot machine program in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Step by Step (1998) for introducing him to game programming and coding initiatives.[10] Ten editions of Visual Basic Step by Step were published between 1995 and 2013.

In 2020, Halvorson published Code Nation: Personal Computing and the Learn to Program Movement in America (ACM Books / Morgan & Claypool), a history of computing that emphasizes the influence of computer literacy debates in America and the range of experiences that hobbyist and professional developers had when creating software for early microcomputers, IBM PCs and compatibles, the Apple Macintosh, and Unix systems. An ethical component of Halvorson's work is his call to increase equity and access to programming instruction so that more may benefit from the opportunities afforded by digital electronic computing.[11]

Academic influence edit

Since 2003, Halvorson has been a professor of History at Pacific Lutheran University.

In 2009, he was appointed a research fellow at the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel, Germany. His work there resulted in the European history monograph Heinrich Heshusius and Confessional Polemic in Early Lutheran Orthodoxy (Ashgate, 2010), a history of ecclesiastical networks and the religious and political intrigues of late Reformation Germany.[12][13] His textbook, The Renaissance: All That Matters (2014), narrates the patterns and achievements of the Renaissance movement in Europe, opening at a graduation ceremony in Cambridge, England. He has also published articles in Sixteenth Century Journal, Archive for Reformation History, and Lutheran Quarterly, the later a publication of Johns Hopkins University Press.

In 2016, Halvorson was appointed Benson Family Chair of Business and Economic History at PLU. In 2018, he co-founded an Innovation Studies program that exposes students to influential ideas about design thinking, ethical leadership, and the history of technology.[14]

Selected books edit

  • Michael J. Halvorson, Code Nation: Personal Computing and the Learn to Program Movement in America (ACM Books / Morgan & Claypool, 2020).
  • Michael Halvorson, The Renaissance: All That Matters (London: Hodder and Stoughton / New York: McGraw-Hill, 2014).
  • Michael Halvorson, Microsoft Visual Basic 2013 Step by Step (Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Media, 2013).
  • Michael J. Halvorson, Heinrich Heshusius and Confessional Polemic in Early Lutheran Orthodoxy (St. Andrews Studies in Reformation History, Ashgate Publishing, England, 2010).
  • Michael J. Halvorson and Karen E. Spierling, eds., Defining Community in Early Modern Europe (St. Andrews Studies in Reformation History, Ashgate Publishing, England, 2008).
  • Robert P. Ericksen and Michael J. Halvorson, eds., A Lutheran Vocation: Philip A. Nordquist and the Study of History at Pacific Lutheran University (Tacoma, WA: Pacific Lutheran University Press, 2005).
  • Michael Halvorson, Microsoft Works 2000: Illustrated Complete, Course Technology Inc. (Cambridge, MA, 2000).
  • Michael Halvorson, Microsoft Office 2000: Illustrated Brief, Professional ed., Course Technology Inc. (Cambridge, MA, 2000).
  • Michael Halvorson and Michael Young, Running Microsoft Office 2000 Professional, Microsoft Press (Redmond, WA, 1999).
  • Michael Halvorson, Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Step by Step, Microsoft Press (Redmond, WA, 1998).
  • Michael Halvorson, Microsoft Office 97 Professional Edition, Brief Edition, Course Technology Inc. (Cambridge, MA, 1998).
  • Michael Halvorson and Michael Young, Running Microsoft Office 97, Microsoft Press (Redmond, WA, 1997).
  • Michael Halvorson and Michael Young, Running Microsoft Office for Windows 95, Microsoft Press (Redmond, WA, 1996).
  • Michael Halvorson, Microsoft Works 4 for Windows 95 Illustrated, Course Technology Inc. (Cambridge, MA, 1996).
  • Michael Halvorson, Microsoft Visual Basic 4 Step by Step, Microsoft Press (Redmond, WA, 1995).
  • Michael Halvorson and David Rygmyr, Running MS-DOS QBasic, Microsoft Press (Redmond, WA, 1991).
  • Michael Halvorson and David Rygmyr, Learn BASIC for the Apple Macintosh Now, Microsoft Press (Redmond, WA, 1990).
  • Michael Halvorson, JoAnne Woodcock, and Robert Ackerman, Running UNIX, Microsoft Press (Redmond, WA, 1990).
  • Michael Halvorson and David Rygmyr, Learn BASIC Now, Microsoft Press (Redmond, WA, 1989).

References edit

  1. ^ Halvorson, Michael (2020). Code Nation: Personal Computing and the Learn to Program Movement in America. New York, NY / San Rafael, CA: ACM Books / Morgan & Claypool. p. 17. I was lucky that my university training required a healthy dose of the liberal arts along with my computing classes. Both fields of study prepared me to tackle substantial research and writing projects in the years to come, and they were valued in the book publishing division.
  2. ^ Hansen, Steve (April 3, 2011). "One on one: From Microsoft to Martin Luther, and back again". Scene Magazine. Spring 2011: 38, 40.
  3. ^ Gates, Bill; Halvorson, Michael; Rygmyr, David (1989). "Foreword". Learn BASIC Now. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press. ISBN 9781556152405.
  4. ^ Shannon, L. R. (January 16, 1990). "Peripherals; Basic Beyond Simple". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  5. ^ Halvorson, Michael. (1995). Running Microsoft Office for Windows 95 : in-depth reference and inside tips from the software experts. Young, Michael J. (Select ed.). Redmond, Wash.: Microsoft Press. ISBN 1-55615-897-1. OCLC 33079867.
  6. ^ Halvorson, Michael; Young, Michael (1999). Running Microsoft Office 2000 Premium. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press. pp. xxxix. ISBN 978-1572319363. As you learn about the year 2000 problem, and prepare for its consequences, there are a number of points we'd like you to consider. First, despite dire predictions, there is probably no good reason to prepare for the new millennium by holing yourself up in a mine shaft with sizable stocks of water, grain, barter goods, and ammunition. The year 2000 will not disable most computer systems, and if your personal computer was manufactured after 1996, it's likely that your hardware and systems software will require little updating or customizing.
  7. ^ Halvorson, Michael. (2000). Microsoft works 2000 : illustrated complete. Cambridge, MA: Course Technology. ISBN 0-619-01742-2. OCLC 45791669.
  8. ^ Halvorson, Michael. (2000). Microsoft Office 2000 : illustrated brief (Professional ed.). Cambridge, Mass.: Course Technology. ISBN 0-7600-6155-6. OCLC 42875125.
  9. ^ Halvorson, Michael. (2013). Microsoft Visual Basic 2013 step by step. Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-7356-6704-4. OCLC 818414972.
  10. ^ Halvorson, Michael. (1998). Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Professional step by step. Redmond, Wash.: Microsoft Press. ISBN 1-57231-809-0. OCLC 38910348.
  11. ^ Halvorson, Michael (2020). Code Nation: Personal Computing and the Learn to Program Movement in America. New York, NY / San Rafael, CA: ACM Books / Morgan & Claypool. p. 13. ISBN 978-1450377577.
  12. ^ Halvorson, Michael. (2010). Heinrich Heshusius and confessional polemic in early Lutheran orthodoxy. Farnham, Surrey, England: Ashgate. ISBN 978-0-7546-6470-3. OCLC 694147960.
  13. ^ "Accolades". Scene Magazine. November 17, 2010. p. 7. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  14. ^ Kyle-Milward, Thomas (December 19, 2018). "PLU adds Innovation Studies minor, helps students transition from college to career". Resolute. Retrieved January 4, 2020.

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Michael James Halvorson born 1 March 1963 is an American technology writer and historian He was employed at Microsoft Corporation from 1985 to 1993 and contributed to the growth of the Microsoft Office and Microsoft Visual Basic software platforms He is the author of 40 books related to computer programming using PC software and the histories of Europe and the United States Michael HalvorsonHalvorson in 2019BornMichael James HalvorsonMarch 1 1963Alma materPacific Lutheran UniversityOccupation s Technology writer and historianContents 1 Early career 2 Technical writing 3 Academic influence 4 Selected books 5 ReferencesEarly career editHalvorson grew up in Olympia Washington He received a B A degree in Computer Science from Pacific Lutheran University PLU in 1985 and MA and Ph D degrees in History from the University of Washington 1996 2001 In a recent book he discusses the formative influence of the liberal arts on his approach to technical writing and software systems 1 In November 1985 Halvorson was hired as employee 850 at Microsoft in Bellevue Washington where he worked as a technical editor acquisitions editor and localization project manager 2 Halvorson was an influential acquisitions editor at Microsoft Press during the early years of personal computing acquiring and editing books from notable American technology writers such as Ray Duncan Dan Gookin Steve McConnell Jerry Pournelle Neil Salkind and Van Wolverton Within Microsoft s product teams Halvorson worked as a localization project manager for the Visual Basic for MS DOS 1 0 compiler 1992 contributing to the release of the product in the French and German languages Technical writing editHalvorson s first influential book was Learn BASIC Now a Microsoft QuickBASIC programming primer co authored by David Rygmyr The book was published by Microsoft Press in 1989 and included a foreword by Bill Gates who described Microsoft s plans for the BASIC language in future operating systems and application software 3 Learn BASIC Now won the Computer Press runner up prize for Best How To Book published in 1989 In a review of the book L R Shannon of the New York Times wrote For anyone who wants to learn something about programming it would be hard to find an easier or more cost effective source than Learn BASIC Now 4 In 1990 a Macintosh version of the book was published which included the Microsoft QuickBASIC Interpreter for Macintosh Plus SE and II systems on 3 5 diskettes Halvorson later wrote a series of popular books on the emerging Microsoft Office software suite including Running Microsoft Office for Windows 95 co authored with Michael Young 5 In May 1999 Halvorson s Running Microsoft Office 2000 attempted to calm fears about the pending Y2K problem or Millennium bug which the authors believed was driven by popular hysteria 6 A series of textbooks introducing Microsoft Works and Microsoft Office followed to help popularize Microsoft s integrated software suites and the idea that learning to use them efficiently was a suitable subject for college students 7 8 In later years Halvorson s Microsoft Visual Basic Step by Step programming series was popular among new to topic developers who sought to learn Visual Basic for Windows and the Microsoft Visual Studio development system 9 Canadian American software developer Tyler Menezes credits the slot machine program in Microsoft Visual Basic 6 0 Professional Step by Step 1998 for introducing him to game programming and coding initiatives 10 Ten editions of Visual Basic Step by Step were published between 1995 and 2013 In 2020 Halvorson published Code Nation Personal Computing and the Learn to Program Movement in America ACM Books Morgan amp Claypool a history of computing that emphasizes the influence of computer literacy debates in America and the range of experiences that hobbyist and professional developers had when creating software for early microcomputers IBM PCs and compatibles the Apple Macintosh and Unix systems An ethical component of Halvorson s work is his call to increase equity and access to programming instruction so that more may benefit from the opportunities afforded by digital electronic computing 11 Academic influence editSince 2003 Halvorson has been a professor of History at Pacific Lutheran University In 2009 he was appointed a research fellow at the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbuttel Germany His work there resulted in the European history monograph Heinrich Heshusius and Confessional Polemic in Early Lutheran Orthodoxy Ashgate 2010 a history of ecclesiastical networks and the religious and political intrigues of late Reformation Germany 12 13 His textbook The Renaissance All That Matters 2014 narrates the patterns and achievements of the Renaissance movement in Europe opening at a graduation ceremony in Cambridge England He has also published articles in Sixteenth Century Journal Archive for Reformation History and Lutheran Quarterly the later a publication of Johns Hopkins University Press In 2016 Halvorson was appointed Benson Family Chair of Business and Economic History at PLU In 2018 he co founded an Innovation Studies program that exposes students to influential ideas about design thinking ethical leadership and the history of technology 14 Selected books editMichael J Halvorson Code Nation Personal Computing and the Learn to Program Movement in America ACM Books Morgan amp Claypool 2020 Michael Halvorson The Renaissance All That Matters London Hodder and Stoughton New York McGraw Hill 2014 Michael Halvorson Microsoft Visual Basic 2013 Step by Step Sebastopol CA O Reilly Media 2013 Michael J Halvorson Heinrich Heshusius and Confessional Polemic in Early Lutheran Orthodoxy St Andrews Studies in Reformation History Ashgate Publishing England 2010 Michael J Halvorson and Karen E Spierling eds Defining Community in Early Modern Europe St Andrews Studies in Reformation History Ashgate Publishing England 2008 Robert P Ericksen and Michael J Halvorson eds A Lutheran Vocation Philip A Nordquist and the Study of History at Pacific Lutheran University Tacoma WA Pacific Lutheran University Press 2005 Michael Halvorson Microsoft Works 2000 Illustrated Complete Course Technology Inc Cambridge MA 2000 Michael Halvorson Microsoft Office 2000 Illustrated Brief Professional ed Course Technology Inc Cambridge MA 2000 Michael Halvorson and Michael Young Running Microsoft Office 2000 Professional Microsoft Press Redmond WA 1999 Michael Halvorson Microsoft Visual Basic 6 0 Professional Step by Step Microsoft Press Redmond WA 1998 Michael Halvorson Microsoft Office 97 Professional Edition Brief Edition Course Technology Inc Cambridge MA 1998 Michael Halvorson and Michael Young Running Microsoft Office 97 Microsoft Press Redmond WA 1997 Michael Halvorson and Michael Young Running Microsoft Office for Windows 95 Microsoft Press Redmond WA 1996 Michael Halvorson Microsoft Works 4 for Windows 95 Illustrated Course Technology Inc Cambridge MA 1996 Michael Halvorson Microsoft Visual Basic 4 Step by Step Microsoft Press Redmond WA 1995 Michael Halvorson and David Rygmyr Running MS DOS QBasic Microsoft Press Redmond WA 1991 Michael Halvorson and David Rygmyr Learn BASIC for the Apple Macintosh Now Microsoft Press Redmond WA 1990 Michael Halvorson JoAnne Woodcock and Robert Ackerman Running UNIX Microsoft Press Redmond WA 1990 Michael Halvorson and David Rygmyr Learn BASIC Now Microsoft Press Redmond WA 1989 References edit Halvorson Michael 2020 Code Nation Personal Computing and the Learn to Program Movement in America New York NY San Rafael CA ACM Books Morgan amp Claypool p 17 I was lucky that my university training required a healthy dose of the liberal arts along with my computing classes Both fields of study prepared me to tackle substantial research and writing projects in the years to come and they were valued in the book publishing division Hansen Steve April 3 2011 One on one From Microsoft to Martin Luther and back again Scene Magazine Spring 2011 38 40 Gates Bill Halvorson Michael Rygmyr David 1989 Foreword Learn BASIC Now Redmond WA Microsoft Press ISBN 9781556152405 Shannon L R January 16 1990 Peripherals Basic Beyond Simple The New York Times Retrieved 4 January 2020 Halvorson Michael 1995 Running Microsoft Office for Windows 95 in depth reference and inside tips from the software experts Young Michael J Select ed Redmond Wash Microsoft Press ISBN 1 55615 897 1 OCLC 33079867 Halvorson Michael Young Michael 1999 Running Microsoft Office 2000 Premium Redmond WA Microsoft Press pp xxxix ISBN 978 1572319363 As you learn about the year 2000 problem and prepare for its consequences there are a number of points we d like you to consider First despite dire predictions there is probably no good reason to prepare for the new millennium by holing yourself up in a mine shaft with sizable stocks of water grain barter goods and ammunition The year 2000 will not disable most computer systems and if your personal computer was manufactured after 1996 it s likely that your hardware and systems software will require little updating or customizing Halvorson Michael 2000 Microsoft works 2000 illustrated complete Cambridge MA Course Technology ISBN 0 619 01742 2 OCLC 45791669 Halvorson Michael 2000 Microsoft Office 2000 illustrated brief Professional ed Cambridge Mass Course Technology ISBN 0 7600 6155 6 OCLC 42875125 Halvorson Michael 2013 Microsoft Visual Basic 2013 step by step Sebastopol Calif O Reilly Media ISBN 978 0 7356 6704 4 OCLC 818414972 Halvorson Michael 1998 Microsoft Visual Basic 6 0 Professional step by step Redmond Wash Microsoft Press ISBN 1 57231 809 0 OCLC 38910348 Halvorson Michael 2020 Code Nation Personal Computing and the Learn to Program Movement in America New York NY San Rafael CA ACM Books Morgan amp Claypool p 13 ISBN 978 1450377577 Halvorson Michael 2010 Heinrich Heshusius and confessional polemic in early Lutheran orthodoxy Farnham Surrey England Ashgate ISBN 978 0 7546 6470 3 OCLC 694147960 Accolades Scene Magazine November 17 2010 p 7 Retrieved January 4 2020 Kyle Milward Thomas December 19 2018 PLU adds Innovation Studies minor helps students transition from college to career Resolute Retrieved January 4 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Michael Halvorson amp oldid 1099594948, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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