COMPLETED PROJECTS
Not Unmindful
This suite of experiences represents a comprehensive content and experience strategy that uses all the tools that I bring to bear from both a user-facing experience, as well as back-end considerations. It was created as a pro-bono project for a group of like-minded alumni from my alma mater.
Given what has happened in our country, our focus has now grown beyond the confines of the university, but that remains at the hear of our mission for the same reasons we fight for equity and education throughout society.
We now look to uphold those values that just a few years ago were unimpeachable: freedom of higher education, telling the truth about our history, and supporting a larger L Liberal Democracy (neither left or right kids, just one person one vote) where everyone has the freedoms guaranteed to them by the constitution and everyone is equal under the eyes of the law.
Given what has happened in our country, our focus has now grown beyond the confines of the university, but that remains at the hear of our mission for the same reasons we fight for equity and education throughout society.
We now look to uphold those values that just a few years ago were unimpeachable: freedom of higher education, telling the truth about our history, and supporting a larger L Liberal Democracy (neither left or right kids, just one person one vote) where everyone has the freedoms guaranteed to them by the constitution and everyone is equal under the eyes of the law.
A Lifetime in Songs:
These Songs Could Be My Life
50-ish Years. 50-ish Songs: A Playlist
The rules are simple. One song per year for each year of my life.
These are the songs from the year of my birth, 1969, that have special meaning to me. Of course, some will be tied to the actual year when they came out.
The earlier recordings, however, don’t work well with this, but there was some great music that come out before I was aware of such things that made an impact on me.
So, there will be a mix of in the moment and me just catching up with things.
The rules are simple. One song per year for each year of my life.
These are the songs from the year of my birth, 1969, that have special meaning to me. Of course, some will be tied to the actual year when they came out.
The earlier recordings, however, don’t work well with this, but there was some great music that come out before I was aware of such things that made an impact on me.
So, there will be a mix of in the moment and me just catching up with things.
CURRENT AND ONGOING PROJECTS
A Song for St. Mary’s
A Poetic Map
I am a child of the valley and mountains, eastern variety.
I grew up facing the mouth of the St. Mary’s River gorge in Virginia. Every day for the first 18 odd years of my life, it was there every time I stepped into the yard from the sheltered confines of our house in the Shenandoah Valley. It was right in front of me all the time—even before I even knew it existed.
Even know it is right in front of me, though I live approximately 500 miles south-southwest from it. I have well used topographic map issued by the U.S. Forest Service tacked to my wall right above my head.
This is a celebration.
For more information, contact me.
I am a child of the valley and mountains, eastern variety.
I grew up facing the mouth of the St. Mary’s River gorge in Virginia. Every day for the first 18 odd years of my life, it was there every time I stepped into the yard from the sheltered confines of our house in the Shenandoah Valley. It was right in front of me all the time—even before I even knew it existed.
Even know it is right in front of me, though I live approximately 500 miles south-southwest from it. I have well used topographic map issued by the U.S. Forest Service tacked to my wall right above my head.
This is a celebration.
For more information, contact me.
Interstate: A Cycle
A series of poems
For me, the interstate highway, with all of the contradictions that are inherent in such travel, offers a fine subject and metaphor for poetry. What more basic contradictions can one imagine than the difference between movement and stasis, between kinetic and potential energy? I think that a poem should leap into the world, not fully formed, but in a process of genesis, a genesis that is not complete until the poem is, if ever. Fill the poem with kinetic energy and you will fill it with interest and power.
For more information, contact me.
For me, the interstate highway, with all of the contradictions that are inherent in such travel, offers a fine subject and metaphor for poetry. What more basic contradictions can one imagine than the difference between movement and stasis, between kinetic and potential energy? I think that a poem should leap into the world, not fully formed, but in a process of genesis, a genesis that is not complete until the poem is, if ever. Fill the poem with kinetic energy and you will fill it with interest and power.
For more information, contact me.
The Content Strategy Alliance
The Content Strategy Alliance (CSA) is an international association for content strategists, UX writers, content designers and other content professionals. We work with like-minded professionals to establish content strategy as a recognized, understood and respected discipline.
Over the past year, I’ve been working with the CSA to aid in its efforts to advance the field of content strategy.
In this capacity and given my 20+ years experience, I’ve helped define standardized processes, templates, and example deliverables to help budding content strategists and generally advance the quality of their work across the board.
Over the past year, I’ve been working with the CSA to aid in its efforts to advance the field of content strategy.
In this capacity and given my 20+ years experience, I’ve helped define standardized processes, templates, and example deliverables to help budding content strategists and generally advance the quality of their work across the board.
Global Football Culture
I’ve acted as a contributor and overall consultation to Global Football Culture.
Why? We believe in the power of quality education and sport to help drive positive change in our communities and around the world. From Division 1 college soccer, to the MLS website (lol), to its work with the Monrovia Football Academy, this game has transcended the barriers of race, religion, age, and gender. Now we want to lead the charge and help inspire the next generation of soccer fans in America, in our communities, and around the world.
The Global FC was started with two goals in mind:
Why? We believe in the power of quality education and sport to help drive positive change in our communities and around the world. From Division 1 college soccer, to the MLS website (lol), to its work with the Monrovia Football Academy, this game has transcended the barriers of race, religion, age, and gender. Now we want to lead the charge and help inspire the next generation of soccer fans in America, in our communities, and around the world.
The Global FC was started with two goals in mind:
- To bridge the gap between the niche footballer and the new.
- To inspire the next generation of football fans in America and around the world.
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