John J. Anderson

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John J. Anderson or J.J. Anderson (November 8, 1956 – October 17, 1989) was a writer and editor covering computers and technology. The New Jersey native was Executive Editor of Computer Shopper and Atari Explorer. At the time of his death he was an editor for MacUser magazine in Foster City, California. He was 32, and was survived by a wife, Lauren Hallquist Anderson, and two children.

John began writing the "Apple Cart" column in

Creative Computing magazine in January 1983 after David Lubar left to work for a video game company in California.[1] He followed this with the "Outpost Atari" column in the same magazine.[2]
John would become Creative's Executive Editor, working alongside founding editors David Ahl and Betsy Staples.

Death and legacy

John and fellow MacUser editor

Bill Ziff, President of Ziff, personally contributed $50,000.[citation needed
]

References

  1. ^ "Index of Creative Computing articles by John J. Anderson". www.atarimagazines.com. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  2. ^ Anderson, John J. "Outpost: Atari; Jack Tramiel, a look back, a look ahead, and the Amiga Lorraine revisited". www.atarimagazines.com. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  3. ^ Prodis Sulek, Julia (17 October 2014). "25 years after quake: Tales of love lost, rediscovered". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  4. ^ AP (24 October 1989). "The California Quake; Earthquake Casualties". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  5. ^ "The Day the Earth Shook". Macworld. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
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