Mr. Phil Farrand

An American computer programmer and consultant, webmaster and author. He is known for his Nitpicker's Guides, in which he nitpicks plot holes and continuity errors in the various Star Trek television programs and movies, and for the creation of Nitcentral, a website devoted to the same activity. Subsequent to his Nitpicker's Guides, he has ventured into fiction as a novelist, writing, ?The Son, the Wind and the Reign? and ?Grumpy Old Prophets: A Christmas Fable for Adults?. He earned bachelor's degrees in piano performance and in composing music. He worked as a music editor, and then worked for two years on a notation package for the Apple II series of computers, which later became Polywriter. Later, working with Coda Music Technology, Farrand created an award-winning, high-end desktop publishing music notation software package for music notation called Finale. Now owned by MakeMusic, Finale was the industry standard for many years and is still one of the leading music notation software packages today.