nationality birth_date article_title name occupation
british 23 may 1965 rupert goodwins
 rupert goodwins writer , broadcaster and technology journalist
rupert goodwins

rupert goodwins -lrb- born 23 may 1965 -rrb- is a british writer , broadcaster and technology journalist .
he began his career as a programmer for sinclair research in the early 1980s , working on the zx spectrum rom .
he moved to amstrad after it bought the rights to the sinclair name and range of products .
he was the technical editor of `` it week '' magazine and has written for a number of other uk computer publications , including : sinclair user personal computer world macuser uk pc magazine -lrb- uk -rrb- nature the daily telegraph rupert also wrote the 64-page novella accompanying the game weird dreams by rainbird .
he was editor of zdnet uk .
his most notable contribution to the site was rupert 's diary , which preceded the blogging phenomenon by some years .
he occasionally appeared on cnet uk 's technology podcast , crave , and the dialogue box video series .
in addition to journalism , he also writes short stories , often with a technological theme to them .
he is a regular contributor to radio and television news and current affairs programmes on business and technology issues .
rupert is also a keen amateur radio operator with the call sign g6hvy .
