Bill Weinman

Bill Weinman is a programmer, author, musician, and technologist, in no particular order. He is the author of several computer books, founder of the Web Music Database, co-founder of WebMonster^® Networks and inventor of the Polymorphic Database (U.S. Patent 7,003,524) and the Authenticated Mail Transfer Protocol.

Web Sites, Video Production, Contract Programming

After more than 30 years of working on long-term projects Bill has shifted his focus to smaller jobs to better support his writing and open-source projects.

As he works to build a new creative portfolio, Bill is offering very competitive rates on small web sites, hosting, producing short videos, and short-term programming contracts.

Act fast: With over 30 years experience in the online computing world, these rates won't last long.

Please feel free to contact Bill with your small project needs.

lynda.com Courses

Bill is currently writing and delivering courses for lynda.com, the premier source for online training. Some of his courses include:

• SQL Essential Training NEW! April 2009
• MySQL Essential Training SOON! July 2009
• HTML/XHTML Essential Training SOON! July 2009
• CSS Positioning SOON! July 2009
• CSS Essential Training Sept/Oct 2009
• CGI Essential Training Sept/Oct 2009)
• Dynamic Menus with CSS/Javascript Sept/Oct 2009
• Managing Spam Essential Training (2008)
• Using Perl/CGI Scripts (2005)

A number of new courses are planned for 2009. Check back frequently for an updated listing.

BW Whois

BW Whois is Bill's open-source whois client. Originally released in December 1999, and still in active development, BW Whois has evolved into a full-featured command-line/web client with rich security features, caching and database support.

Books and Writings

Mr. Weinman has written five books, including The CGI Book and, with his sister Lynda, Creative HTML Design. He has contributed to other books on programming and web design and has written articles for various computer-related periodicals. Recently his writing has been focused on developing courseware for lynda.com.

AMTP

AMTP (Authenticated Mail Transfer Protocol) is Bill's solution to the SPAM problem. See the AMTP web site for more information.

Bill's Music

Bill is an extremely talented guitarist and composer. While he has been focused on non-music pursuits of late, you can always hear and download his music here.

BearHeart

BearHeart is Bill's alter-ego. He is studying native american shamanic medicine and has aspirations of becoming a teacher in the Sweet Medicine Sundance path.

Blog

Bill occasionally scribbles in his blog, but not very often.

NOTE: Because of Bill's bw-whois program, some people seem to think that he has some control over the registration of domains. Unless you are a client or a personal friend, Bill does not have anything to do with your domain so please do not write to him about it (and please do not call him at home about it!) He cannot help you, and due to the surprisingly large volume of requests, he probably will not answer your message.