Laurie Ulrich Fuller. Drawing and writing since she could
pick up a crayon, and telling people what to do (and how to do it)
since she was able to speak, Laurie Ulrich Fuller is a graphic
artist, computer trainer, and the author and co-author of more than
25 books on computers, software, and the Web. Laurie has written
hundreds of training manuals for universities and corporate
training centers, and in the past 16 years, she's personally
trained thousands of people to make more creative and effective use
of their computers. Her classroom has expanded in recent years to
include total strangers around the world -- through CD-based
training products and online courses.
In the early 1990s, after spending way too many years working for
other people, Laurie started her own firm, Limehat & Company.
This venture allowed her to put her experience, ideas, and contacts
to good use, providing consulting, training, Web development, and
Web hosting services with a focus on the special needs of growing
companies and non-profit organizations. If you're wondering
where the name "Limehat" came from, it's a long
story, but suffice to say it goes back to a childhood taunt,
regarding a plaid hat she involuntarily wore to school. She still
gets flashbacks.
When not writing about or teaching people to use computers, Laurie
can be found working for a variety of animal and environmental
advocacy groups, including the League of Humane Voters
(www.lohvpa.org). You can find out more about Laurie's work,
experiences, and both personal and professional interests at
www.planetlaurie.com. You can find out more about Photoshop and the
Photoshop Bibles and check out online Photoshop tutorials, tips,
tricks, and expert advice at www.photoshopbible.com. Laurie
welcomes reader mail at authors@photoshopbible.com. She can't
promise an immediate response, but all mail will be answered.
Robert C. Fuller. Another year, another Photoshop update.
True to form, Mr. Fuller still shuns the daylight, but just like
the last time around, it took only a shiny new iMac to bring him up
from the basement. While the rejuvenating effects of last
year's run-in with the eMac did not have longstanding
positive effects on his mental health, at least this year
he's been speaking in complete sentences. "I really
like this iMac" is all we've heard out of him, but at
least he's smiling and the faceless apparitions don't
seem to plague him as much.
Robert is the author of the Dreamweaver 4 and HTML
Virtual Classroom books (McGraw-Hill/Osborne), as well as
HTML in 10 Steps or Less (Wiley Publishing, Inc.). He has
contributed to The Photoshop 7 Complete Reference
(McGraw-Hill/Osborne), The Photoshop 2 Elements Bible, and
Restoration and Retouching with Photoshop Elements 2 (both
Wiley Publishing, Inc.), as well as last year's Photoshop
CS2 Bible Professional Edition. Robert also teaches computer
topics at colleges and through online courses. You can write to him
at authors@photoshopbible.com.
