Harry McCracken

Harry McCracken (born April 2, 1964) is creator of [http://www.technologizer.com/ Technologizer] , a technology-oriented website associated with [http://fmpub.net/ Federated Media] . [Betsy Schiffman, [http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/06/harry-mccracken.html "Harry McCracken joins the Federated Media family"] , from "Wired," 9 June 2008.] Until June 2, 2008, McCracken was the Editor in Chief of "PC World" for four years; he had previously been an associate editor for ten. He was educated in the public schools of Newton, Massachusetts, the Cambridge School of Weston, and Boston University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history. He is the brother of novelist and writer Elizabeth McCracken.

Controversy

On 1 May 2007, McCracken resigned over editorial conflicts with then-CEO Colin Crawford. After Crawford's transfer to another department, McCracken returned to his position as Editor-in-Chief. [Ramon G. McLeod; [http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,131702-page,1/article.html "Editor-in-Chief Harry McCracken Returns to PCW"] from "PC World;" 9 May 2007.]

Other works

In addition to his computer magazine work, McCracken has also been active in animation fandom, as a central mailer for Apatoons, and editor of Animato! magazine. He was also co-moderator of the BIX Animation Forum. He is also the webmaster of the Scrappyland website, devoted to the Charles Mintz cartoon character Scrappy. [Harry McCracken; [http://www.scrappyland.com "Welcome to ScrappyLand! The Scrappy-est Place on Earth"] , from "ScrappyLand.com."] He is also a contributor to Slate. [Harry McCracken; [http://www.slate.com/id/2177073/ "Apple's Microsoft-Devouring Jungle Cat: How Leopard demolishes Vista"] from"Slate;" 31 Oct 2007.]

References

External links

* [http://www.technologizer.com/ Technologizer.com]
* [http://federatedmediapublishing.com/ Federated Media Publishing]