Jack Schofield, the Guardian’s former computer editor and author of its technology advice column, Ask Jack, for almost 20 years, has died aged 72. The Guardian’s editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner, said: “Jack Schofield was one of the first true technology and computing experts in British journalism. His Ask Jack column was an essential and expert guide for generations of Guardian readers. In 1985, Schofield joined the Guardian as a staff member to launch Computer Guardian, a fully fledged supplement that would continue in various forms until 2009. In the inaugural column, which he described as “an experiment that may not last a week”, Schofield said technology advice was a tricky business.

Source: The Guardian April 01, 2020 11:48 UTC