: About Me

Barb Purvis is a performance poet and freelance writer.

She is a former military Journalist and has worked for the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) and the Air Force Service Information and News Center (AFSINC) as a Field Reporter, Writer and Producer.

My passion is ...

Finding the words to describe a story as it lives in my mind.

I know too much about ...

Boundaries and not enough about letting go.

My parents always told me ...

Not to tell anyone I wanted to be a writer.

My childhood ambition ...

To make work more like play.

My favorite memory ...

The sensory pleasure of standing barefoot in the rain.

Why I write ...

The rhythm of words speak to my soul.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Other writers in my chosen genre, commercials that make me laugh, and great jazz.

My first job ...

Babysitting six-month old twins Corey and Craig

My best moment ...

Just before I fall asleep when the best ideas are born.

My inspiration ...

Life. Love. Laughter.

Computers & Technology > Internet Issues Is online video/Internet TV here to stay?

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When Jack Kroll and Tessa Namuth wrote, "It's doubtful if the human race will ever be as astounded by a new form of entertainment as it was by the advent of the movies," for the Winter 1997-98 Special Issue of Newsweek magazine, terms like Internet Video, uTube and Podcasting were yet to be invented. With each advance in communications technology supporters and critic alike have hail each new medium as visionary and made grim predictions for older technology that was suddenly deemed "outdated." In every instance, old and new have found a way to co-exist. Just as hand written documents were...

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