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Author Archives: Bart Leahy
One Crisis at a Time
This year might feel worse or stranger than others. One crisis after another after another. In my neighborhood, for instance, we’ve got a tropical storm coming just to make the summer a bit more interesting. Yet how much are people … Continue reading
eBook Formatting
I’ve decided to follow my friend Laura‘s path of publishing my e-book (and, hopefully soon) paperback with Amazon. I discovered that it wasn’t as simple as uploading a Microsoft Word document and thinking that it would be good to go. … Continue reading
Sausage Making, Science, and Communicating About COVID-19
A few days ago, the following tweet crossed my Facebook feed, and I felt it worth writing about it in more detail here: Part of the reason the pandemic is so bad in US is because people who are never … Continue reading
What Can Go Wrong? Let Me Count the Ways
Each industry has its own special challenges, from agriculture to zoology. And because human beings remain imperfect, the universe chaotic, and accidents inevitable, engineers have taken do developing plans for how to handle the situation when–not if–things go wrong. Below … Continue reading
The Book–At Last!
Huzzah! On Sunday I pulled the trigger on making the book, Heroic Technical Writing: Making a Difference in the Workplace and Your Life, a Kindle edition…available August 31. I’m hoping to have the paperback edition available by then as well…we’ll see … Continue reading