On about five hours of sleep, John and I headed up the coast to Titusville last night to watch the STS-123 night launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavor. We stayed overnight in Sebastian, an hour away, and so we drove up to and arrived on the shoreline about forty minutes before launch. We found parking […]
Good News! I’m unemployed!
For the self-employed, one is never technically “unemployed,” one just has varying degrees of availability. As of this Friday, my availability goes way up. Last week, my largest client informed me that they don’t have enough work to keep me on for the time being. Therefore, I am looking for another writing contract. If you […]
Attention all Stalkers! Come learn about video in online help tonight!
I’m doing a presentation this evening at the STC Silicon Valley monthly meeting on embedding videos into your online help systems. Details are here. The meeting starts at 6:00 PM, and is preceded by our volunteer appreciation ceremony and swearing-in of the new council. It’s also a great place to network! If you’re in the […]
Great things in Videoblogging this week
One of my favorite videoblogs, It’s Jerry Time!, won the Outstanding Broadcast Emmy! (via Steve Garfield). Jerry’s show is hosted on my friend Sean’s service, Vlogcentral. (Shameless plug.) Jailed (now released) videoblogger Josh Wolf held his own as a guest on The Colbert Report. And another of my favorite videobloggers, from Michigan, Josh Leo, entered […]
Good things happen when I leave my house, too.
I was in this week’s Podcast from Tech Writer Voices, recorded at the STC conference last week.