writing samples popular press - homes, jobs, hobbies,
passions and occasionally the impact of technlogy on society |
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| "The Irish Music Scene" | Many Irish music makers have grown fond of our bit of New England.
Here's why. The Laker Newspaper |
| "Fitting In" | A couple & their architect work hard to make sure the house suits its setting. Scouting, article & sidebar for Yankee Magazine. |
| "Chip Quality" | A new technology with huge potential for an ancient business. Pulp & Paper Magazine |
| "A Yankee's Ingenuity" | Turn-of-the-Century New Hampshire Home with Creativity You Can Use! Yankee Magazine |
| "Masters of Furniture" | Master craftsmen (& one woman) with a common goal. Yankee Magazine |
| "Blue Willow" | America's most popular china. Where did it come from and why
is it so popular? Better Homes & Gardens |
| "The End of
Knight: The Battle of Crecy" |
On a small hill in Northern France, a group of English yeomen put an
end to six hundred years of proud history of the mounted knight. Renaissance Magazine - Vol 9, Issue #37 |
| "To Make a New Dog" | Implications and ethics of new bio-science on our historical
relationship with dogs. Strange Horizons - Science Fact & Fiction Magazine |
| "The One Percent Solution" | Getting around the BCP "list all possible disasters"
syndrome. Continuity Planning & Management magazine, now a section in BCP "handbook". |
| "The Stirrup" | A look at competitive advantage in history and the role of a
high impact product. This article was published in Strange Horizons - Science Fact & Fiction Magazine |
| "Black Bear Coffee" | How a couple founded and are surviving the micro-roastery coffee
business. The Laker Newspaper series |
"TimePiece" |
A story of discovery and restoration for a magnificent antique
wooden boat. The Laker Newspaper series |
| "The Tuftonboro Store" | When traditional country stores are closing like dot.coms all over
New England, why is one store flourishing? The Laker Newspaper series and at The Heart of New England Magazine (online) |
"No Kill" |
How privately funded shelter survives without euthanasia.
Re-written and expanded for holiday issue as "Humane Holidays" The Laker Newspaper series |
| "High Impact Innovations" | A review of the year 2000's fad for everyone's favorite
"history's greatest inventions and innovations". Shortened version
published in The Hilltop Observer |
| "Love
affair with a Fantail Launch" |
An eight year old love affair gets consummated in front of wife and
friends. The story of Jim Hulm's stunning home built fantail launch.
(Photos re-published in Wooden Boat Magazine) The Laker Newspaper series |
| "MP3" | A response to Stereophile's MP3 concerns and impact. Stereophile Magazine |
| "On Selling Business Continuity Planning." | A series written for corporate planners. Disaster Recovery Journal |
| "Competitive Intelligence" | Essay on use of big company tools in small company via a Web Site
review Internet Business Forum, Inc. , iBiz Tips Column |
| "Why doesn't anybody plan for business continuity?" | Emergencies take down businesses regularly. Methods abound to
prepare for such crisis yet no one seems to get off the dime. ContinunityPlanner.com's "EZINE" - 2001 |
| "A Lesson From Bill Hewlett" | Once in the early 1970s, Bill Hewlett taught us all a lesson in
timing and intimate customer knowledge. Leadership Development eZine |
Various |
"Professional
Hacking" - Essay on what's new and nefarious. "R&D Methods" - Observations from the seventies on the difference between the HP & Xerox approach to R&D. "Fear Sells" - Americans are more afraid for their health than ever before. "Learning Integration" - When is it good for a school to be like a manufacturing facility? "Finding Time to Write" - OK, this isn't really an article...it's just an email I sent to the "WriterL" a writer's group run by Lynne & Jon Franklin (winner of 2 Pulitzers) |
| d a n d e r b y ~ capturing stories in words & pictures | |