With over ten years experience in the Internet and wireless technology fields a good portion of my career has been spent composing and editing technical documentation. Between product manuals, white papers and technical magazine submissions I was called upon to create a heap of documentation at several companies. In addition to my authoring of technical works I've more recently served in the role of editor of product documentation, allowing me to approach the creation of content from a new an interesting perspective.
Inspired by the likes of Rad Bradburry, Aurthur C. Clarke and other visionary Science and Science fiction writers I've composed and published several short stories and novels in the sci-fi genre. Most recently I've been called upon to develop stories for science fiction based Role Playing Games, the mechanics of which are developed based on the storylines I create.
I serve my passion for history and current events with an unending appetite for books, articles and other media. Seldom am I found without some book on Medieval history, the Knights templar or military history in my hands. I've published several articles on the subject myself to much fanfare and hope to continue this tradition on Helium's channels.
A married father of two, I am always eager to share my experience and advice on the subjects of family and parenting. I troll the Helium channels constantly looking for new perspectives on the issues that affect me on a daily basis and I'm happy and proud to list myself among such a great collection of writers.
Currently I am also the Editor in Chief of the popular OpEd web site Opinions are like (BLEEP) at http://www.opinionsarelikebleep.com.
My passion is ...
My family
I know too much about ...
Star Wars
My parents always told me ...
I would be successful
My childhood ambition ...
Was to become a writer
My favorite memory ...
Being published the first time when I was in grade school
Why I write ...
As an outlet for my thoughts, feelings and imagination
What I am reading/watching/listening to ...
The Eagles with a family photo slide show
My first job ...
Newspaper delivery boy
My best moment ...
The birth of my children
My inspiration ...
My wife
"Nobody is useless; they can always serve as a bad example." When he uttered these words of wisdom my father never had himself in mind as being that bad example. However as fate would have it my father served as many bad examples during my life. While I loved him dearly my father was not one to coddle his children or over indulge them with sentimental non-sense. In fact my father was more often than not quite distant and cold. Regardless of his reasons for distancing himself from my siblings and me it provided an opportunity to observe the man at a distance. It was strange how he was jovia...
More..Joseph Whalen
Deptford, New Jersey US
Member since: January 2008
Articles Written: 258
Writers Invited: 2