Wordsmith
I’ve spent my whole life working with math, science, and technology – from a physics degree in college. Then a first job in the Nuclear Power industry. Then a two year stint in an old fashioned foundry working in one of the oldest technologies on earth – making stuff by pouring metal in sand molds. Then on to computers. I told one boss I love to write and he assigned me the task of writing a software manual. Writing turned out to be a great way to earn a paycheck, and for the next few decades I was either coding in various languages or writing in English. Finally, when I was around fifty, I noticed something was missing. Somehow, I had completely forgotten about people. Wuh?
After getting a master’s degree in counseling psychology, I combined my love for writing with my newfound love for people and realized that the oldest technology of all is the ability to craft a story. Like computer programmers, storytellers move electricity around in circuits, and if done well, out pops something useful, maybe even valuable.
I’m here helping with Wordcamp because I love the sense of “nerd community” – we are a collection of people who love to use computers to help humans communicate. And I also love WordPress because of all it’s done for me. I have been blogging since 2007 – attempting to make sense of people by reading their memoirs and passing lessons along to readers.
