Hiawatha Bray is a

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columnist for ''

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'' business section.

Education

Born in

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, Bray received a bachelor's degree in economics from Knox College in

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, in 1976 and a master's degree in communications from Wheaton College in

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, in 1985.

Career

Bray started as a reporter and managing editor for ''Computerpeople Weekly''. He joined the ''Boston Globe'' in 1995. Bray has contributed to a number of newspapers and magazines which include Wired, Fast Company, and

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. In 1998, he predicted that the

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wouldn't be viable and that Apple "will never be the great company it could have been". Bray wrote for a number of weblogs where he supported President Bush and attacked Senator

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. During the 2004 election, he reported on technological aspects of the presidential campaigns. He also reported on political computer games that encouraged support for

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's candidacy and several games featured on the Republican National Committee's website. Bray is the co-author of ''You Are Here : from the Compass to GPS, the History and Future of How We Find Ourselves.'' Bray, Hiawatha, and Trish Wilkinson. ''You Are Here : from the Compass to GPS, the History and Future of How We Find Ourselves.'' New York, New York: Basic Books, 2014.

Awards and honors

He has received the John Hancock Award for Business Journalism and has been honored by the

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. ''Marketing Computers'' magazine named him as one of the 10 most influential

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journalists covering technology. He also received an

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for his work on the internet in

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References

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