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In most healthcare organizations, the data center is in crisis. Utility costs are increasing, squeezing out other elements of the IT budget, and as hospitals require more applications, resources and storage, data center space is increasingly limited. The global recession has put a crimp in many ambitious plans for green…

“How do you edit?” he asked. Lately, prospective clients have been asking some interesting questions, often questions that I’ve never really thought of answers for. This was one I had to ponder. Aside from my eye catching the usual typos and punctuation errors, there’s something strange that happens when I…

I have, so far, been fortunate to have work in 2009. True, it hasn’t been in the form of the large, multi-month projects that I had in 2008, but it’s still been plentiful. I have to admit that this has caught me by surprise, and I am eternally grateful to…

At a recent lunch, a client asked me what, aside from my talent for writing, was my most important skill. I answered without hesitation: listening. I’m a freelance writer. The best part about it is that I know something about almost everything. The worst part about it is that I’m…

In a recent conversation with a friend, I realized that there’s a name for the way I work: agile writing. Quite unintentionally, I’ve developed a writing style that mirrors agile software development: create a preliminary draft and get feedback early and often for quick delivery of a quality product that meets…

There’s a terrible thing happening around me. That thing is being known as The Economic Crisis. Friends are descending into downward spirals of clinical depression. One is in foreclosure proceedings for a modest house that they’ve owned for nearly a decade. Others are losing their jobs and understandably terrified about…

The recent turmoil in financial markets has left everyone panicked. It’s hard not to look at your IRA statement, or your child’s dwindling 529 account, without freaking out just a bit. Jobs are less secure and freelance work will likely be harder to come by as we head into 2009.…