Blog Postings
New NASA Stories
12/23/2009Happy Holidays!
It has been a busy fall and early winter. I've been wrapping up some great projects (more to come soon) as well as writing lots of stories for the NASA Glenn website.
Here are a few of them:
Astronauts Test Glenn Exercise Harnesses
Metallic Foam Reduces Airplane Noise
Thanks for reading, see you in 2010!
Rocket Writer
10/14/2009I'm back on the blog!
I apologize for the radio silence for the past few weeks, but I have been busy acclimatizing to my new position.
I am happy to announce that I am now working as a Web Content Creator for S.G.T. Inc, at NASA Glenn Research Center! I work on the web team creating all manner of copy for NASA Glenn. It's an exciting place to work, and an...
Content that Counts
08/26/2009Say you pick up a book at your local bookstore. There are some pretty pictures, and the font choice is pleasing and the layout is logical and engaging. But if the story is terrible—boring plot, poorly written, non-engaging language—would you continue reading it? Would you buy that book?
Of course not. And no one would blame you. It’s not a cracking of the chestnut of judging a book by its cover—rather, it’s...
Click Here
08/19/2009So you’re building a new website. You have lots of considerations—you want it to look awesome and you want people to actually read and interact with your content. You want people to have an easy time finding your website, and you want them to stick around for awhile once they do find it.
All of these facets of website design and development are interrelated, and each of them interacts and influences content decisions.
How Fresh is your Content?
08/12/2009Sure, you know that your website needs to be updated frequently. New blog entries, new pressroom posts, new product descriptions, new client listings and new work samples are all important additions to the content of your website. But how often do you update, tweak and refresh your existing content?
This great blog entry on Ektron’s website brought the topic to my mind. Matthew Sullivan blogs, “It's not just upcoming events,...
Check Out Cool Cleveland
08/05/2009In this week's issue of Cool Cleveland, "Stars," I contributed to the listings section. It was a blast to write these--I am constantly amazed and pleased (and oftentimes amused) at the wide variety, and over-whelming quantity, of awesome things there are to do in Cleveland. You have to love a town that offers the Redneck Games and Opera in the Park on the same weekend. And you have to love a weekly publication...