An Eclectic Mind

In addition to writing traditionally published, printed books, I’ve produced a number of how-to guides in digital media formats, including training videos and ebooks.

Training Videos

In 2006, I began creating full-length training videos available on DVD or for download. Here’s a reverse chronological list of titles that are completed, currently in the works, or in the planning stages:

• Twitter Essential Training, Lynda.com, May 2010. Tells you everything you need to know to get up and running with Twitter, for personal or business use. Revised version of original course.
• Office 2008 for Mac: Small Business Projects, Lynda.com, November 2009. Shows how anyone can build a small business with the tools provided in Microsoft Office 2008.
• Twitter Essential Training, Lynda.com, April 2009. Tells you everything you need to know to get up and running with Twitter, for personal or business use.
• Self-Hosting a WordPress Site, Lynda.com, January 2009. Covers the additional things a user needs to know to self-host a WordPress 2.7 blog. The WordPress.com 2.7 Essential Training course (see below) or knowledge of WordPress is prerequisite.
• WordPress.com 2.7 Essential Training, Lynda.com, January 2009. Covers WordPress.com as of December 11, 2008.
• WordPress.com 2.5 Essential Training, Lynda.com, June 2008. Covers WordPress.com as of June 2008 for Mac OS and Windows.
• Word 101: Mastering Microsoft Word, macProVideo, August 2006. Covers Word 2004 for Mac; also applies to Word 2003 for Windows.

eBooks for Major Publishers

In 2008, I produced my first full-length eBook for a major publisher.

• QuickBooks Accounting 2010 for Mac: The Official eBook, Intuit Press, October 2009. (Limited distribution eBook offered as a free download for all QuickBooks 2010 for Mac owners.)
• QuickBooks Accounting 2009 for Mac: The Official Guide, Intuit Press, September 2008. (Limited distribution eBook offered as a free download for all QuickBooks 2009 for Mac owners.)