Michael James Halvorson is an American historian, technology writer, and professor. He worked at Microsoft Corporation from 1985 to 1993 during the formative years of the personal computer industry and later became known for his work on programming education, the history of computing, innovation studies, Reformation Europe, and oral history. He is the author or coauthor of more than forty books related to computing, software, and technology culture, including Learn BASIC Now (1989), the Visual Basic Step by Step series (1995-2013), and Code Nation: Personal Computing and the Learn To Program Movement in America (2020).
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Michael James Halvorson is an American historian, technology writer, and professor. He worked at Microsoft Corporation from 1985 to 1993 during the formative years of the personal computer industry and later became known for his work on programming education, the history of computing, innovation studies, Reformation Europe, and oral history. He is the author or coauthor of more than forty books related to computing, software, and technology culture, including Learn BASIC Now (1989), the Visual Basic Step by Step series (1995-2013), and Code Nation: Personal Computing and the Learn To Program Movement in America (2020).
