This Week in Tech · Monday, July 27, 2026
Co-host Larry Magid shared details about his early career, including secretly writing the IBM PC Easy Writer manual in 1981. He also noted that he wrote one of the first popular internet safety guides in 1994. Magid is also the president and CEO of Connect Safely, a non-profit organization.
“Larry, secretly, secretly wrote the IBM PC Easy Writer manual in 1981. Yeah. Is that right? It was secret at the time. Yes, it's known. Not no longer 1981. Yeah, I got it right. I got it in my shell. So he knew the PC existed before almost anyone, it says.”
“20 years at CBS News, LA Times columnist. wrote the first popular internet safety guide in 1994. Right.”
“You're president and CEO at Connect Safely. And by the way, congratulations. You're now doing radio hits all over the New York, on the big cities.”