It's easy to be a critic. You just need to have an opinion and a soapbox to spout it from. But when I listen to or read someone's opinions I want to know what combination of knowledge and experience allows them to hold forth on a given topic. Since in the above essay I've ventured into such diverse industries as retailing, publishing and manufacturing I figure that you deserve to knew a bit about who I am and what experience I bring to the table in each of these areas. Therefore, a brief summary of the past 30+ years of my professional career.
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— Professional photographer since 1965; widely published |
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— Publisher and primary author of The Luminous Landscape web site, the world's largest independent photography site |
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— Publisher of The Video Journal, the world's only "magazine" about photography; published quarterly on DVD video. |
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— Contributing Editor to Photo Techniques magazine |
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— Author of several hundred articles on photography, telecoms and consumer electronics over a 30 year period |
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— Photographic educator; teaches several field workshops each year at locations around the world |
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— A frequent speaker at international conferences on the subjects of video, software development, telecoms and photography |
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— Commercial software author and publisher over a 20 year period |
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— Inventor, and holder of 9 granted U.S. and international patents in the fields of computers and telecommunications |
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— Co-founder of a publicly listed telecommunications company |
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— Previously President and CEO of 2 public companies in the software publishing industry |
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— Previously National Sales Manager for the professional products division of a major Japanese electronics company |
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— Previously Manager of a major professional products photographic retailer |