I have been a technical writer with a long history of working in computer technical support and I taught video-editing and animation in the early years. I have worked for the BBC and Thames Television. Also, I spent a few years working aboard a Princess Cruises ship, which helped greatly to flesh out my knowledge of the physical globe!
I have at least fifteen years of experience in PC, Mac and UNIX technical support and supported Microsoft Office back when it started out! I have also supported all flavors of Windows since its inception. What's more, I have worked in many cross-platform environments involving Apple Macintosh, UNIX and Linux environments.
I now spend my time writing all kinds of things: plays, in particular a novel which centers around a tale of reincarnation, a full-length rap-musical and a screenplay about a famous composer who lived in 17th Century Venice, reviews and technical guides - listening to all kinds of music. Beach and shoreline activities. Photography, art and literature of all kinds. Creative cookery, when time permits.
I am just starting out publishing work on the web. I have a few articles published on Demand Studios and eHow. I am signed up with several other online publishers. I have already spent two years writing for the IT Toolbox Wiki, trying to ensure that it is full of quality technical articles about current material.
I am a real believer in the fact that Web 2.0 is going to change our world for the better.
I am a great believer in the power of Twitter. I have already got over 3,000 followers there and over 5,250 on a similar social networking site. I don't pretend to be an expert at Twitter, but I do believe in certain tenets of operation, which can make it successful or not. The over-riding principle of Twitter is that people who tweet (Tweeps) need to be consistent in what they tweet and use attraction to gain followers, rather than aggressive selling methods. It can also be used to spread good news, which, in today's economic arena, is like a crack of blue sky in a cloudy overcast financial climate.
I believe in the potency of wikis and their incredible power to attract tacit knowledge and capture it for other people to use/enjoy. I have created a few wikis in the free application, PBWorks. Also, I believe that wikis are an integral part of learning, (in whatever form they take), since even posts to good old Blackboard is a form of wiki in a collaborative learning setting.
I am very much looking forward to developments in the new Semantic Web.
I feel that networks are the key to our learning environments and that places we visit on a daily basis are better off networked than not networked. Much of the useful material we take for granted today, has been achieved through networking.