Career
He regularly writes articles on the websites Everything-Microsoft.com and Ghacks about current and forthcoming Microsoft products including Microsoft Windows, Windows Phone and Microsoft Office. He has also worked as a web designer and a club singer. His resultant love for computers also included the Apple II, early International Business Machines Corporation Personal Computers and Sinclair QL. He later moved to Psion"s handheld devices such as the Organiser II, Series 3 and Series 5 before finally coming to the modern Personal Computer revolution in 1999.
Before working in Information Technology he has had a variety of occupations including working as a deck hand on Brighton Pier, a job he said he loved, and a short period working as an architectural and portrait photographer during which time he had two small photographic exhibitions in Brighton, United Kingdom. Mike spent three years in his mid-20s touring the United Kingdom as a club singer and then worked in website and print design when he lived in Brighton.
Throughout these early years Mike also provided Information Technology support services to small businesses and individuals in their homes. Eventually the call to a full-time job in Information and communications technology beckoned and Mike moved to a position with Siemens providing second and third-line technical support to blue-chip clients and major multinationals.
In addition to his work as an author for Microsoft Press and a technology blogger, Mike now also works as a teacher of English and Maths adult basic-skills. In January 2011 Mike was awarded a Microsoft Most Valuable Player (Most Valuable Professional) title in the Windows Expert (Consumer) category.
