Nick Peers, Writer

Computeractive

2010-03-09T12:25:00.001Z

I’ve been commissioned for two workshops. One is on mastering jump lists in Windows 7, the other is on extending AutoText to any part of your PC using a free program called Phrase Express. Deadlines end of this month and beginning of April, respectively.

PC Answers, 209

2010-03-02T08:00:00.001Z

The latest issue of PC Answers is now on-sale, and features three items from yours truly. The first is a massive 16-page Explained! guide on eBooks and eBooks readers. Then there’s a three-page guide to running Windows XP in a virtual window in Windows Vista or 7, plus my usual Helpdesk column. For more details, click here.

PC Answers, 209

2010-03-02T08:00:00.000Z

PC Answers, 212

2010-02-26T08:00:00.000Z

I will be contributing a four-page project on removing malware infections from your PC. Deadline end of March.

Active Magazine

2010-02-25T16:14:00.001Z

I’ve been commissioned to write a feature on the sterling work played by National Trust volunteers after the devastating floods in Cockermouth. This piece is due to be published in April. Deadline next Wednesday.

Tech Radar

2010-02-24T12:00:00.000Z

I’ve been commissioned for four tips pieces for Tech Radar, deadlines throughout March. Details of each tips piece will appear when it’s published.

Microsoft Windows, 43

2010-02-23T10:00:00.000Z

I shall be contributing two projects to issue 43 of Microsoft’s official Windows magazine: a guide to creating a DVD photo slideshow in Windows Live Movie Maker (due Thursday), and a guide to setting up and recording TV in Windows 7 (due next Monday). My regular Support Squad column is due in tomorrow.

BBC Countryfile Magazine

2010-02-23T08:00:00.000Z

February marked the end of my original year-long commission for “Five Days to the Weekend”, a weekly guide to towns and villages worth visiting in the UK.

1/2: Hambleton, Rutland (click here)
8/2: Brampton, Cumbria (click here)
15/2: Pangbourne, Berkshire (click here)
22/2: Tintern, Monmouthshire (click here)

PC Answers 211

2010-02-22T16:09:00.000Z

I’ve been commissioned to write the lead feature for issue 211 of PC Answers, a guide to averting disaster. This is due in Mid-March, and accompanies a three-page project on recording your family tree online (due next Monday) and my regular Helpdesk pages (due the following Friday).

Tech Radar/PC Plus

2010-02-22T10:09:00.001Z

My recent project on encrypting your hard drive for data security in PC Plus has now been put online at Tech Radar. Click here to view it.

Your Family Tree, 87

2010-02-02T16:38:00.000Z

I’m prominently featured in the free Computing for Family Historians supplement that’s given away with the latest issue of Future’s genealogical magazine. I wrote the lead feature, Windows 7: Explained, specifically for this issue, while other articles from previous issues as well as a collection of questions from old PC Answers Helpdesk columns have also made an appearance in the supplement. The whole package costs £4.99 and is on-sale today. Click here for more information.

BBC Countryfile Magazine

2010-01-29T16:20:00.001Z

My latest contributions to “Five Days to the Weekend” are online at the following links:

11/1: Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire (click here)
18/1: Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway (click here)
25/1: Coggeshall, Essex (click here)

PC Answers, 207

2010-01-27T12:38:00.000Z

The latest issue of PC Answers is on-sale now, and features my usual Helpdesk contribution, plus a guide to troubleshooting network printer problems. Click here for more information.

PC Plus, 291

2010-01-12T08:00:00.000Z

My project on encrypting your hard drive for greater security using either BitLocker or TrueCrypt, appears in the current issue, on-sale from today. Click here to visit the magazine’s web site.

BBC Countryfile Magazine

2010-01-11T13:13:00.001Z

I continue to provide weekly “Five Days to the Weekend” columns for the BBC Countryfile Magazine web site. At present, this is due to continue to the end of February. Here is a list of columns published since the end of November:

30/11: Freshwater, Isle of Wight – click here

7/12: Hawes, North Yorkshire – click here
14/12: Petworth, West Sussex - click here
21/12: Cookstown, County Antrim - click here
28/12: Broadway, Worcestershire – click here

4/1: Looe, Cornwall – click here

MSN Tech & Gadgets UK

2009-12-15T09:25:00.001Z

My feature on the year 2000’s gadget failures has been submitted, and is already published online: click here to view it.

PC Answers

2009-12-07T16:58:00.001Z

I’ve been commissioned for two pieces of work for issue 209: a 16-page Explained! guide to ebooks, and a three-page project explaining how to access Windows XP in Windows 7 for older incompatible programs and hardware devices. Deadlines are early January and mid-December respectively.

Your Family Tree, 85

2009-12-07T16:56:00.001Z

This month’s Your Family Tree features “Pass down your family’s story” as its main feature. I wrote the sections on creating a chart, broadcasting audio and video, and designing your own family history web site. Click here for more information.

Microsoft Windows XP, issue 105

2009-11-28T11:24:00.001Z

My guide to getting the very best features in Windows 7 for free in XP is in the latest issue, out now. Also featured are an old Windows secrets tutorial, and repurposed Q&As from old issues.

Who Do You Think You Are?, issue 29

2009-11-27T19:37:00.001Z

The latest issue of the BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are? is now on the shelves, and features two of my articles: a step-by-step guide to publishing your own family history book using the MyCanvas web site, plus a page review of Family Tree Maker 2010. Click here for more details.

Windows Magazine

2009-11-23T10:44:00.001Z

My “Perfect Windows 7 install” feature from issue 36 has now been placed online at the magazine’s web site. Click here to view it.

BBC Countryfile

2009-11-23T10:42:00.001Z

Two new Five Days to the Weekend features are online: Coniston in Cumbria featured last week (click here) and today it’s the turn of Horncastle in Lincolnshire (click here).

Tech Radar

2009-11-10T14:56:00.001Z

My feature, “12 essential Google Chrome browser add-ons” feature is now published and online. Please click here to view it.

BBC Countryfile

2009-11-10T14:53:00.001Z

A rather personal “Five Days to the Weekend” piece this week as I feature Builth Wells in the middle of Wales, near to where I grew up. Click here to join my trip down memory lane.

Vodafone iPhone

2009-11-10T14:51:00.001Z

The first fruits of my work on producing an online guide and blog on the iPhone for Vodafone users is now online – click here.