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I also have written about web development for New Architect and Business 2.0 magazines and serve as a judge for the annual WebAward Competition.
Magazine Articles
Say
Cheese: Snapfish keeps customers smiling with quick access
to hi-res snapshots
New Architect magazine, December 2002
Channel
Partners: MyReplayTV links consumer devices and the Web
New Architect magazine, September 2002
I have written several other magazine articles, in addition to developing the work of freelance authors while editor of StarDate magazine and Weatherwise magazine. I also have developed some web-specific features for Hoover's Online and guidelines for web writing for Hoover's editorial staff.
The
Next Space Telescope: Designing a Successor to Hubble
StarDate magazine, March/April 1998
(full article PDF
- 2.7 MB pdf)
Transits
Past and Future
StarDate magazine, March/April 1997
(full article PDF
- 186 K pdf)
Filmmaker
to Storm Chasers
Weatherwise magazine, June/July 1996
(full article PDF
- 1.3 MB pdf)
Comfort
Zones: Smart Designs yield homes that work with their climate
Weatherwise magazine, June/July 1994
(full article PDF
- 3.3 MB pdf)
StarDate radio program
• Beta
Pictoris Update (April 8, 1998)
• The
Universe Gets Bigger? (June 2, 1997)
• Northern
Cross (December 25, 1996)
• First
Space Crop (August 7, 1996)
• First
Light for HET (August 5, 1996)
StarDate Online
• From
Wireless To Wired
• Turning
Theories into Bestsellers
Hoover's Online Features
I
often combined my production and editorial skills while a full-time
employee at Hoover's Online
(Aug. 1999-Sept. 2000) to produce web-specific features.
Hoover's Online: Ten Events
That Changed The Way We Do Business
• wrote introduction
• conceived article subjects and made writing assignments
• rewriting and editing as necessary
• designed logo
• produced Javascript rollovers for menus
• produced form for user feedback
Illustrations/Four-Color-Printing
I
commissioned this piece while editor of StarDate magazine
for an article about an attempt to listen for radio signals on
Mars in the 1920s. I acquired historical photos and documents
on which the artist based this montage.
(Illustration by Layne Lundström)
I
acquired the rights to republish this classic piece of Cold War
space art from the estate of the artist.
(© Space Art International)
"A
Storm of Stamps" is a Weatherwise feature I coordinated
with author Randy Schmid to highlight his collection of weather-related
postage stamps from around the world.
Case Studies
Peaking Under the Dome at McDonald
Texas Weekly Subscribes to an Idea