Back at Monash University I had a fascinating discussion with a Physics professor. He was very senior and I had a great deal of respect for him. I believe I had just finished my Honours Physics year and was leaving to start work with IBM Australia.
He said I should consider doing creative writing as I had that knack.
I never forgot those words, even though I went into Computers (I.T.) in a big way. In the 21 years since, I've merged the two and now offer this as a service through my business Artwill Services. To get you started, here's some samples:
The Web as it was Meant to Be (The Age, 2004). Web sites were you edit and create. A world-sized user created encylopedia.
Buyers Guide to portable MP3 Players (Herald-Sun 2004).
Golden Wisps of Pale Men - Reflections upon ANZAC Day 2004
In 2000 I found myself just outside of Walhalla on the old railway line. The issues of immigration and refugees were starting to bubble up in the media and just about to used as a political football.
Lake Mungo in a fascinating place. A trip - and further research - turned up the tale of LM3 and Port Phillip non-Bay.
Interested in Egypt? Think King Tut and the Pyramids and Cleopatra were a few years apart? Have I got news for you.
Today you can get from Melbourne to London in a day and a bit. 130 years ago it took five times that to get to from Melbourne to the Victorian goldfields. They were not that far from where Lake Eildon is now located. I retraced the steps from one Captain Blowhard's journal from 1862.
Pearl Harbour was an interesting movie. But I think it can be improved upon...
A 1995 piece on what 'watching' Australian Rules Football will be like in the year 2007
A 1996 piece - published in the Melbourne Age newspaper - on AFL and the Internet.
Another document, from about 1995, that Introduces the Internet; it covers the basics
A page of some movie reviews plus a recent one of Return of the King
I.T. How-To's..
Technical Writing
Artwill Services can assist with
Product Reviews
Reports & Audits
Movie Reviews
Creative Works.