{"id":2,"date":"2010-01-25T23:07:49","date_gmt":"2010-01-26T04:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hifi-writer.com\/wpblog\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2012-04-13T23:04:03","modified_gmt":"2012-04-13T13:04:03","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hifi-writer.com\/wpblog\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am one of Australia&#8217;s leading freelance writers on home entertainment equipment: high fidelity, home theatre, the equipment required, and the software that it uses.<\/p>\n<p>\nBased in Canberra, Australia, I have had over three thousand articles published in both local and national publications, mostly reviews of equipment. I have also reviewed computer software, mobile phones, notebook computers, computer sound cards and speakers, DVDs, digital cameras and a range of other gadgets, plus I have written analysis pieces on technology and a range of &#8216;how to&#8217; pieces.<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd have had op-ed pieces on political matters published in <em>The Canberra Times<\/em> and the ABC Online site &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/unleashed\/stephen-dawson-55670.html\" title=\"My articles on The Drum\">The Drum<\/a>&#8216;. For close to ten years I wrote a regular column for <em><a href=\"http:\/\/ipa.org.au\/\">The Institute of Public Affairs Review<\/a><\/em> on libertarian and free enterprise Web sites.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe publications in which my work has appeared are: <em>24 Hours<\/em>, <em>The Adelaide Advertiser<\/em>, <em>The Age<\/em>, <em>Appliance Retailer<\/em>, <em>Atomic<\/em>, <em>The Australian<\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.avhub.com.au\/index.php\/Magazine\/Hi-Fi\/\">Australian HI-FI<\/a><\/em>, <em>Australian Home Entertainment Buyers Guide<\/em>, <em>Australian InCar Entertainment<\/em>, <em>Australian Mobiles<\/em>, <em>Australian PC Review<\/em>, <em>Australian PC User<\/em>, <em>Australian PC World<\/em>, <em>Australian Personal Computer<\/em>, <em>Australian Smart Home Ideas<\/em>, <em>Best Buys<\/em>, <em>The Bulletin<\/em>, <em>The Canberra Times<\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnet.com.au\/\">cnet.com.au<\/a><\/em>, <em>Connected Home Solutions<\/em>, <em>The Courier Mail<\/em>, <em>The Daily Telegraph<\/em>, <em>DVD Now<\/em>, <em>DVD+<\/em>, <em>Geare<\/em>, <em>The Herald Sun<\/em>, <em>Home Cinema &#038; Hi-Fi Living Yearbook<\/em>, <em>The Institute of Public Affairs Review<\/em>, <em>Luxury Home Design<\/em>, <em>MP3 Plus<\/em>, <em>Next Music<\/em>, <em>Next Power Guide to Digital Cameras<\/em>, <em>PC Authority<\/em>, <em>PC PowerPlay<\/em>, <em>Popular Science<\/em>, <em>Quadrant<\/em>, <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.avhub.com.au\/index.php\/Magazine\/Sound+Image\/\">Sound and Image<\/a><\/em>, <em>The Sunday Times (WA)<\/em>, <em>the (sydney) magazine<\/em>, <em>The Sydney Morning Herald<\/em>, <em>Ugnayan<\/em> and <em>Your Computer<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\nSee my <a href=\"http:\/\/hifi-writer.com\/wpblog\/?page_id=3550\">educational<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/hifi-writer.com\/wpblog\/?page_id=3567\">work<\/a> histories.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Last updated 13 April 2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am one of Australia&#8217;s leading freelance writers on home entertainment equipment: high fidelity, home theatre, the equipment required, and the software that it uses. Based in Canberra, Australia, I have had over three thousand articles published in both local &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hifi-writer.com\/wpblog\/?page_id=2\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hifi-writer.com\/wpblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hifi-writer.com\/wpblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hifi-writer.com\/wpblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hifi-writer.com\/wpblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hifi-writer.com\/wpblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/hifi-writer.com\/wpblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3,"href":"https:\/\/hifi-writer.com\/wpblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/3"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hifi-writer.com\/wpblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}