Writing
Technical/Educational
I produce software manuals and support materials for my own
products, see below. I also write them for various publishers, examples include
Navigator - silver Educational Software Award 1994 - Number Tiles,
Talking Rhymes, Clicker PC, Directions, Talking Clocks, Pages etc. I
have worked for the National Council for Educational Technology
producing guides to multi-media and produced material for ACTIS . I am
currently producing teacher support materials for many of the Ten Out Of
Ten range of educational software. I have also written a huge documentation
project for Logotron (SuperLogo) which include the editing and
construction of large Windows Help Files.
Magazines
I have written reviews and general editorial material for
Micro User, Acorn Computing, Educational Computing and Technology,
BEEBUG, Acorn User, Let's Compute, Private Education, Key Ideas,
Education Today, InteracTive, PC Kids, Arch World, Parents and Computers, Acorn
Publisher, Risc User, Internet Business Magazine and so on.
Editing
I was sub-editor/editorial assistant on BEEBUG magazine
from Sept. '91 until April 1994. By the end of my time with them I was
responsible for more than half of the magazine. Have had a commissioning editor
role for InteracTive subject supplements. I edited the UK Software
Developers Newsletter for Becta 2002/3.
Odds & Sods
I have written and edited catalogues, copy for packaging and
regularly produce press releases. Have scripted and recorded the narration of
two sales videos for Applied Cytometry Systems. I am writing four
children’s books. These are currently titled; The Computer Joke Book,
The Computer Puzzle Book, How to Keep Really Dangerous Pets and The Big
Book of Lies.
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