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Michael Wayne Morrison (born August 24, 1970) is an American author, software developer, and toy inventor. He is best known for his books on topics including Internet design and development, mobile device usage, and game programming.
Morrison's writing career began in the early 1990s and coincided with the release of the Java programming language. He embraced the Java technology and wrote and contributed to numerous Java books, as well as developing several online Java courses. His first book was actually Windows 95 Game Developer's Guide Using the Game SDK, which was the first book to explore and demystify Microsoft's new (at the time) DirectX game development technology. He co-authored his first book with his close friend and former college roommate, the late Randy Weems, who Morrison credits with a great deal of his technical knowledge. Morrison quickly followed up this book by serving as lead author of Java Unleashed, which quickly became a best-seller. He went on to write books on numerous Web-related technologies such as HTML, XML, CSS, and JavaScript, and also ventured into end-user writing by authoring books on Pocket PC, BlackBerry, and Treo handheld devices.
Morrison was born in Nashville, Tennessee. He has a B.A. from Tennessee Technological University in Electrical Engineering, although he credits the school with little beyond serving as the place where he met his wife and a handful of close friends.
Bibliography
Windows 95 Game Developer's Guide
Java Unleashed
Teach Yourself Internet Game Programming with Java in 21 Days
Tricks of the Java Programming Gurus
Presenting ActiveX
Java Developer's Reference
Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days Professional Reference Edition
VBScript Web Page Interactivity
Late Night Visual J++
Presenting JavaBeans
How to Program JavaBeans
Java 1.1 Unleashed, 3rd Edition
Microsoft Visual InterDev Unleashed
Teach Yourself More Java in 21 Days
Professional Edition Using HTML 4, XML, and Java 1.2
Java 1.2 Class Libraries Unleashed
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Java 2
Teach Yourself MFC in 24 Hours
MFC Programming with Visual C++ 6 Unleashed
Teach Yourself DirectX 7 in 24 Hours
Teach Yourself Windows Script Host in 21 Days
XML Unleashed
IE 5 Web Programming Unleashed
Unauthorized Guide to Pocket PC
Java 2 in Plain English
Teach Yourself Wireless Java with J2ME in 21 Days
HTML and XML for Beginners
Teach Yourself XML in 24 Hours, 2nd Edition
Special Edition Using Pocket PC 2002
Teach Yourself SVG in 24 Hours
Teach Yourself Game Programming in 24 Hours
Faster Smarter HTML and XML
Teach Yourself HTML and XHTML in 24 Hours, 6th Edition
JavaScript Bible, 5th Edition
Beginning Game Programming
Beginning Mobile Phone Game Programming
BlackBerry In a Snap
Treo Essentials
Teach Yourself XML in 24 Hours, 3rd Edition
Teach Yourself HTML & CSS in 24 Hours
Head First JavaScript