About Black Dog Media

From its humble beginnings in 2004, the BDM brand has quickly grown from a single publication produced by a team of just two to one of the biggest names in global tech publishing, for one simple reason. Our passion and commitment to deliver the very best product to the marketplace.

While the company has grown with a portfolio of over 500 publications crafted by our international staff of respected industry veterans, the foundation that it has been built upon remains the same: The desire to create the best quality, fully independent, user friendly and, most essentially, 100% up-to-date content possible.

Delivering not only market leading publications but also piece of mind to our readers, so that they have the very best foundation to build their knowledge, confidence and understanding of their new software and hardware. Our regular readers trust BDM, as should you.

Meet the Team

David Hayward - Coding & Programming Editor

David has spent most of his life tinkering with tech, from the ZX Spectrum, getting his hands on a Fujitsu VPP5000/100 super-computer, and coding on an Raspberry Pi. He’s written for the likes of Micro Mart, Den of Geek, and countless retro sites and publications, covering reviews, creating code and bench testing the latest tech. He also has a huge collection of cables.

Ian Osborne - Apple Tech Editor

Ian has worked on computer and video games magazines since the legendary Crash and Zzap! 64 in the early 90’s, so he has seen many changes over the years (including an expanding waistline/receding hairline). A lifelong Mac user, he bought his first Mac in the year 2000. It’s a testament to the resilience of the Mac that his mother is still using that computer today.

Mark Frost - Photography & Photoshop Editor

Mark started work as a commercial artist during the good old days of Letraset, spray mount and having to process your photos at a local chemist. Having discovered his passion for photography, Photoshop and the wonders of digital image manipulation, he has not looked back. He is well on his way to owning more cameras than he’s had hot dinners.

Russ Ware - Website, Windows 10 & Android Editor

Russ has been testing, reviewing and writing guides for tech since the heady days of Windows 95 and the Sega Saturn. Working for international publications in both print and online, if it has LED’s, a screen, beeps or has source code, Russ will want to master it (and very likely take it apart to see how it works…)