Commentary about my redesign of Minard's classic graphic of Napoleon's March
"The Heart Facts," Stanford Magazine (primer on cholesterol)
"Amazon: The River and the Rainforest," Stanford Magazine, (based on a trip there)
"On Call with Life Flight," Stanford Magazine (day in the life of Stanford Hospital's emergency helicopter service)
"Monterey Bay Aquarium," Stanford Magazine (how it was designed, built; includes rare interview with industrialist David Packard)
"Buying a Computer for the Real World," Stanford Magazine (what's important, what's not, setting priorities, criteria) -- reprinted in Journal of Property Management
"Surgery Without Scalpel--or Cure," Science 83 (story of a magician and physician who expose the fraud of psychic surgery)
"Enclave of the Castaways," Stanford Magazine (went to the Galapagos Islands off South America to write about their extraordinary animals)
"Liquid Life: The Water Beneath Us," Stanford Magazine, (the geology, economics, management, politics, and pollution of groundwater)
"Going for the Gaps," Stanford Magazine (interview with Nobel Prize-winning physicist Arthur Schawlow, co-inventor of the laser)
Communications Media in the Information Society, by Joseph Straubhaar & Robert LaRose, Wadsworth Publishing
Public Speaking: A Cultural Perspective, by Clella Jaffe, Wadsworth Publishing
Introduction to Psychology, Third Ed., by James Kalat, Brooks/Cole Publishing
Child Development: Risk and Opportunity, by Murray Krantz, Wadsworth Publishing
America! A Concise History, by W.J. Rorabaugh and Donald Critchlow, Wadsworth Publishing
Criminal Justice, by Geranno Vito and Ronald Holmes, Wadsworth Publishing
The Musical Experience, by Leonard Ratner, The Portable Stanford (was also production manager and recording producer)
[All published by Krames. All have been translated into Spanish.]
“ Understanding Heart Valve Surgery”
“Managing Heart Disease and Preventing Stroke”
“Elbow Owners Manual: Treating and Preventing Common Elbow Problems”
“Treatment Options for Damaged and Missing Teeth”
“Treating Erectile Dysfunction: Help for a Common Problem”
“Depression”
“Your Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy Journey” [for 4-year-olds]
“Stroke Recovery: A Caregiver’s Guide”
“Snoring and Sleep Apnea”
“Quit Smoking: This Time for Sure”
“What You Need to Know about Tuberculosis”
“What You Need to Know about Chlamydia”
“What You Need to Know about HIV/AIDS”
“Get Walking! For Better Health at Any Age”
"The Editor as Photographer," Folio (three-part series on photo equipment, film and light, and taking the picture)
"Building 'em Like They Used To," Stanford Magazine (how craftsmen hand-built and tuned Stanford's Renaissance organ)
"Without a Word," San Francisco Focus (review of performance by mime Marcel Marceau)
"Marcel Marceau Speaks," Dramatics Magazine (freewheeling conversation with the mime)
"Welcome Aboard the Sea Cloud," San Jose Mercury News (history and spirit of a remarkable tall ship)
"International Eisteddfod: The Welsh Song of Peace," World's Fair (first-person account of singing in this Welsh music festival)
"Be, Maybe Not Be, Which Decision Better?" Dramatics Magazine (profile of a man who signs theater--onstage, among the actors--for the deaf)
"Gorbachev: The Visit" Stanford Magazine (a skeptical account of Mikhail Gorbachev's photo op visit to Stanford)
"Abortion: Which Life? Whose Choice?" Stanford Magazine (a presentation of each side's case, with point-by-point replies from the other side)
"The Great Budget Balancing Act," Stanford Magazine (with Michael Boskin, chairman of President Bush's Council of Economic Advisers)
"Making Sense of South Africa," Stanford Magazine (origins and evolution of apartheid) -- reprinted in Writing Through the Humanities, a college anthology of writing models, published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
"Still Changing After All These Years," Stanford Magazine (U.S. Constitution, the unwritten constitution, comparisons with other constitutions, the notion of rights, judicial activism)
"Communism: Seeing Red," Stanford Magazine (what is really the enemy--an idea called communism or a nation called the Soviet Union?)
"With a Small Stick, Loudly," Stanford Magazine (Do economic sanctions work? If not, why are they our preferred weapon of foreign policy?)
"Making Sense of the Middle East," Stanford Magazine (ghostwritten, based on interviews. Part One on who the players are, Part Two on Arab-Israeli conflict) -- used by Knight-Ridder News Service to educate their reporters
"Why Do We Have a President?" Stanford Magazine (comparing the parliamentary and presidential systems of government)
"Philip Habib: Whatever it Takes," Stanford Magazine (rare on-record, substantive interview with the diplomat) -- reprinted in the New York Tribune
"A Ride to Remember," The Stanford Magazine (profile of astronaut Sally Ride, based on exclusive interview)
"Creative Wars," Women's Sports (story of Dana Kramer-Rolls, one of the first female fighters in the Society for Creative Anachronism, which stages battles using medieval weapons and armor)
"Be, Maybe Not Be, Which Decision Better?" Dramatics (profile of a man who signs theater--onstage, among the actors--for the deaf)
My background is in publishing: writing and editing. So I approach the Web not in terms of its technical potential but its potential as a medium of communication. My publishing background comes into play in understanding how to make Web sites communicate most effectively and in producing clear documentation to communicate my recommendations and designs.
I have been the editor for way too many magazine articles to list. But here are lists of my publications and links to some writing samples.
User experience design deliverables (wireframes/schematics)
Web site accessibility for visually impaired users--PDF of white paper
Sample chapter from "Cursed Is the Peacemaker: The American Diplomat Versus the Israeli General, Beirut 1982" (my second book) More about book
Radio commentary (NPR's "All Things Considered")
“Understanding Heart Valve Surgery”
“Your Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy Journey” [health comic book for parents to read to a child around age 4 who needs tonsils and/or adenoids removed]
“Quit Smoking: This Time for Sure” [health booklet for smokers age 50+ who have recently had a heart attack or other health crisis]
