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News Analysis
Rather than explaining what or when, a news analysis explores why and how — the deeper meaning behind events.
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Wireless Sugar Water?" (IBM developerWorks, June 2003)
While covering the 2003 JavaOne developers conference in San Francisco, my reporting revealed that the mobile phone application market seems poised for a massive breakout as important trends converge.
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Interviews
Good interviews move the speaker from everyday thoughts to higher thinking planes — the reader discovers how such thinking relates to the wider world.
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Working Smarter, Not Harder" (IBM developerWorks, June 2003)
IBM developerWorks asked me to find out what software development sage Kent Beck thought about today's software applications, and how developers could improve quality. Beck and I spoke for nearly two hours, producing this engaging interview.
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News
The news story challenge: explain what and when important events unfold — and why you should care.
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Java 2 Source Code Release: More Open, but Not Open Source" (CNN.com, March 1999)
In 1999 Sun Microsystems opened its proprietary Java 2 programming language to outside developers and technology companies — big news in the developer community. CNN.com thought so too.
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Developmental Edit
Like a sculptor with his marble, developmental edits take raw, often unorganized text and reveal the important story within.
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J2EE Project Dangers" by Humphrey Sheil (JavaWorld, March 2001)
Humphrey Sheil's raw text included the seed of a great article but lacked organization and concision. After three edits, his writing transformed into a solid argument for careful software project-management practices and went on to become a JavaWorld classic.
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