SmartEducation, a weekly kids study and education column focussing on research techniques and offering handy starting points for solving common homework problems is published in Tech and U (formerly the Computimes), the New Straits Times technology pullout, since January 2006. 

Smart@School, a kids education column, ran once a week in the Computimes, the New Straits Times technology pullout from March 2000 until March 2004.  An international version of Smart@School called Web Chalk was published in the Jakarta Post in Indonesia from May 2002 until January 2005. 

Beginning With Basics, a weekly column focussing on disseminating basic Internet skills as well as introducing complex technical issues in a simple manner, was established in 1998 and ran until December 2005.  Written under the pen name Maria O’Daniel, Basics was published in the Computimes, the New Straits Times technology pullout. 

Beginning With Basics, a weekly column focussing on disseminating basic Internet skills as well as introducing complex technical issues in a simple manner, was established in 1998 and ran until December 2005 in the Computimes, the technology pullout of the New Straits Times, the Malaysian national daily. Written under the pen name Maria O'Daniel, Basics was published in the Computimes, the New Straits Times technology pullout. With the rebirth of the Computimes as Tech & U the column has been renamed and is now focussed on learning online.

Other Columns

I write the quiz each month for Her World under the pen-name "Normanda" (my mum's name) since 2004. Titles include "Are you a doormat?" and "Will Your Relationship Surive The Spring Sales?" Other country rights for these quizzes are often sold by Planet Syndication