Joseph G. Follansbee

6713 42nd Avenue SW     Seattle, WA 98136

joef@speakeasy.net     (206) 932-7578

 

Recent Publications and Engagements

Websites

§         Maritime Heritage Network

§          Preservation 4Culture (“Projects”)

§          Heritage 4Culture (“Heritage Advisor”)

§          Female Sailor Bold podcast for Pirate Queen book website

Books

§          Get Streaming! Quick Steps to Delivering Audio and Video Online (Focal Press, May, 2004)

§          The Hands-On Guide to Windows Media 9 Series (Focal Press, November, 2005)

§          The Hands-On Guide to Streaming Media (Focal Press, May, 2006)

§          Shipbuilders, Sea Captains, and Fishermen: The Story of the Schooner Wawona (iUniverse, November, 2006)

Public Relations and Marketing Writing Clients

§          Preservation 4Culture (“Projects”)

§         Heritage 4Culture (“Heritage Advisor”)

§          Communiqué PR (News releases for clients)

§          Spectralux Corporation (Website copy)

§          Online Video Service (Website copy)

§          UXM – User Experienced Media (Website copy)

§          UjimaSuites

 Food Service Tracking Application Helps Fight Hunger“ (Ujima Consultants)

§          Eye on Networks” (Fluke Networks, June – August, 2004; September – December, 2006)

§          Providence Health System – We Value Excellence” (Eyeplay)

§          Frequently Asked Questions” (Eyeplay)

§          Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society, Southwest Seattle Historical Society (Maritime heritage commemoration event, November 2006)

Fiction (as Anden Sharp)

§        The Arc of Hronos,” (podcast) Drabblecast, December 29, 2007

§        “A War Beyond War, and I Am the Only Soldier,” Dreams and Visions, 2007

§        The Warden’s Last Day,” (podcast) Drabblecast, October 3, 2007

General Magazine Writing

§        “Meeting Motifs,” Alaska Airlines Magazine, January, 2008

§        “The High Seas,” Washington Law & Politics, Fall, 2007

§        Preservation Story,” Seattle, July, 2007

§        Sobering Impact,” Seattle, July, 2007

§        “The Do-Something Politician,” Washington Law & Politics, Summer, 2007

§        Healing Health Care: Low-Cost Options for Small Business,” Seattle Business Monthly, July, 2007

§        Buyout Bonanza,” Seattle Business Monthly, June, 2007

§        Unearthing the Internet’s Secrets,” Seattle Business Monthly, April, 2007

§        “Lesson Plan,” Seattle, March, 2007

§        “Moving Past,” Seattle, February, 2007

§        “Waves of the Future,” Horizon Air, January, 2007

§        “Collision Course,” Seattle, January, 2007

§        “Turf War,” Seattle Business Monthly, January, 2007

§        “Who Wants to Know?” Washington Law & Politics, Winter 2007

§        “South End Rising,” Seattle, December 2006

§        “The Biotech Gamble,” Seattle Business Monthly, November 2006

§        “Bad Sport,” Seattle, October 2006

§        “Bellevue Blows Up,” Seattle, October 2006

§        “9/11: Five Years After,” Seattle Business Monthly, September 2006

§        “The Greening of Seattle,” Seattle, September 2006

§        “There’s No Place Like Home,” Sea, September 2006

§        “The Disappearing Middle Class,” Seattle, August 2006

§        “Picking Up the Pieces,” Seattle Business Monthly, July 2006

§        “The New (Taller) Downtown,” Seattle, July 2006

§        “25 Extreme Group Adventures,” Northwest Meetings & Events, Summer 2006

§        “High-Tech Wunderkind: Scott Lipsky,” Seattle Business Monthly, June 2006

§        “Drugstore Wars,” Seattle Business Monthly, June 2006

§        “Small Town Adventures: Hoodsport,” Seattle, May 2006

§        “Health Codes,” Seattle, May 2006

§        “How Green Are We? A Guide to Sustainability,” Seattle, April 2006

§        “Sibling Rivalry,” Seattle, March 2006

§        “Checking Out,” Seattle, March 2006

§        “Unlocking Deadlock,” the Update (Washington State Bar Association), Winter/Spring 2006

§        “Are We Ready? (Disaster Preparedness),” Seattle, February 2006

§        “Citizen Lawmakers,” Seattle Business Monthly, February 2006

§        “Glaser’s Global Reach,” Seattle Business Monthly, January 2006

§        “Uprooted (Failures of Seattle Grass Roots Politics),” Seattle, January 2006

§        Flexcar’s Transit Revolution,” Seattle Business Monthly, November 2005

§        “Good News and Bad News on Hiring,” Seattle Business Monthly, November 2005

§        Allied Force,” Evergreen Monthly, November 2005

§        “Free-way Access (WiFi in Seattle),” Seattle, November 2005

§        “Chance of Gloom,” Seattle Business Monthly, October 2005 (Premier Issue)

§        Kidless in Seattle” Seattle, September 2005

§        “Fevered History: An Expanded Museum Re-opens” Seattle, September 2005

§        Left on Your Dial: Can Liberal Talk Radio Save the Democrats?Evergreen Monthly, June 2005

§        Webcasting for Beginners,” Northwest Meetings & Events, Spring 2005

§        “South Park: A Hidden Jewel Rediscovered,” Seattle, February 2005

§        Natural High (Alternative Treatments for Depression),” Evergreen Monthly, January 2005

§        “What’s Going on at KING-FM?” Seattle, December, 2004

§        “As the Page Turns,” Seattle, September, 2004

§        “Luna Rising,” Seattle, September, 2004

§   Unemployment School,” NW Drizzle, August 1, 2004

§          Taking Charge of HIV/AIDS with Complementary Medicine,” Evergreen Monthly, July, 2004

§          “State of the Art Events: Picture Perfect Museums to Meet In,” Northwest Meetings and Events, Summer, 2004

§          “New Life for a Last Stop,” Seattle, July/August, 2004

§          “Connecting the Dots,” Seattle, June, 2004

§          Ballard to Brazil and Back,” Pacific Northwest Magazine, May 2, 2004

§          Getting Off the Tiger,” NW Drizzle, May 1, 2004

§          Cautiously Optimistic,” Northwest Meetings and Events, Spring, 2004

§          “Top Ten Criteria for Picking a Video Production Company,” Marketing, March, 2004 (ghosted)

§          “24p Puts a New Spin on an Old Cliché,” HighDef, January, 2004 (ghosted)

§          “From Brochure to Pickaxe: How to Turn Your Web Site Into a Prospecting Tool,” Home Business Journal, December, 2003

§          A Cut Above: Practicing the Butcher’s Craft in the Old-Fashioned, Neighborly Way,” Pacific Northwest Magazine, October, 2003

§          “Religion and Politics: A Cautionary Tale of a Volunteer and a Technology Upgrade,” The Journal of Volunteer Administration, Fall, 2003

§          “Recycling the Phantasmagoria,” Washington Free Press, Summer 2003

§          “A ‘Hood of My Own,” Seattle, July 2003

Maritime History and Industry Articles

§        “The innovative and flexible river patrol boat was the backbone of the Brown Water Navy,” Vietnam, April, 2007

§        “Lotus,” Maritime Life & Traditions, Winter 2006

§        “Replica Shipyard Helps Pirates Again,” Maritime Life & Traditions, Summer 2006

§        “Seattle’s Preservation Effort,” Maritime Life & Traditions, Summer 2006

§        “Celebrity Sea Captain: Pursing the Real ‘Matt’ Peasley,” Columbia, Summer 2006

§        “Ocean Odyssey: Four Seattle Rowers Attempt the Journey of a Lifetime,” Sea, June 2006

§        “Brigantine Irving Johnson on the Mend,” Maritime Life & Traditions, Spring 2006

§        “Restored Tug Sand Man,” Maritime Life & Traditions, Spring 2006

§        “The Fisherman Who Nearly Started a War with Japan,” Mariner’s Mirror, February 2006

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