I’ve been teasing for weeks now that I have a big announcement coming… Well, today is the day folks! Beginning February 6th, I will be officially joining the Lynda.com team as a Staff Author. If you’ve followed me for any length of time, you know that I’ve been doing this training thing for quite some time. I’ve taken a few jobs and even tried to strike out on my own once or twice, but in the end I always felt as if something was missing. Now, with this new job at Lynda, I’m able to fulfill my dream of doing what I love for a company I love and respect. The best part is that I only have to focus on one thing… Creating content! After all, that’s what I do best.
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My First Series for Lynda.com
Well, the day has finally come when I can announce my first series with Lynda.com! Yep, that’s right as of this morning my first series entitled “Creating and Managing a Blog Network with WordPress” is now LIVE in the Lynda.com Online Training Library. Whew, does it feel good to finally say that out loud!
This course is 3+ hours of instruction on how to create, install, and manage a WordPress Multisite installation, so if you’ve ever been curious about Multisite or if you’re just looking to brush up on your skills, feel free to check it out! I’m very proud of this class and hope that you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed developing and recording it. As I said, this is my first course with Lynda.com, but hopefully not my last.
New Photography Site Launched
As I continue to fall deeper down the rabbit hole that is digital photography, I thought it best to separate out my photos into their own site. Having already purchased the domain shutterclik.com a few years back and never doing anything with it, I figured that’d be the best place to do it! The site isn’t fancy or anything, but it serves the purpose of giving me a nice place to showcase my work as I continue to learn and grow as a photographer. If you have a chance, I’d love for you to check it out. Let me know in the comments what you think… or not, that’s cool too!
My CreativeLIVE Experience
This week I’ve been in Seattle teaching a couple of workshops for CreativeLIVE.com. If you’ve never seen a CreativeLIVE class before, you should really check it out! Basically they produce live online classes on a variety of different subjects (photography, design, development, etc.) and they broadcast it via Ustream around the world.
I was somewhat nervous on the first day, simply because I have taught classes both online and in person, but I’ve never really done them simultaneously. Oddly enough, I loved it! The combination of interaction between a live in-studio audience and a worldwide online classroom is exactly what this instructor needed. Doing a class live like this keeps you honest and really allows the audience to drive the tone and conversation of the course. There’s also an element of realism that you get as instructor in a live environment versus a recording booth. I’m never happier than when I’m in the booth, don’t get me wrong… But (and my wife will tell you this) when I’m in the booth I put on my “instructor voice” and seem to lean more towards a polished and/or professional approach. During this live workshop however, many people (wife included) said that it was like I was being human again. I guess the interaction from the audience and seeing an actual face in front of me instead of a microphone really has a profound effect on a guy… Who knew?!?
