13 Facts About Phil Farrand

Phil Farrand was born on November 5,1958 and is an American computer programmer and consultant, webmaster and author.

Phil Farrand 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.

Phil Farrand first became interested in the original Star Trek as a child.

Phil Farrand worked as a music editor, but became frustrated with working with music printed on paper, and worked for two years on a notation package for the Apple II, which later became Polywriter.

Later, working with Coda Music Technology, Phil Farrand created an award-winning, high-end desktop publishing software package for music notation called Finale.

Phil Farrand first became a Star Trek nitpicker when watching a scene in the 1990 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode The Offspring.

In 1990, Phil Farrand decided to try writing fiction, but could not find anyone to read his work.

Phil Farrand decided to create an online version of the newsletter called Nitpicker Central, or Nitcentral; this took the form of an HTML feature called "This Week at Nitcentral", and debuted in November 1997.

Phil Farrand was Nitcentral's first and sole moderator at first, with the site covering only four topics, the live action Star Trek television programs that had been produced up to then: Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Voyager.

Phil Farrand eventually stepped down as music minister on September 28,2003.

Phil Farrand wrote the novel in part to explore the question of how one can distinguish between the divine and extraterrestrials, and added a topic to Nitcentral for discussion of the novel.

In 2007, Phil Farrand published Grumpy Old Prophets: A Christmas Fable for Adults.

Phil Farrand began a new Internet provider venture called Zarks, providing high-speed Internet access to the rural areas in and around Greene County, Missouri.