: About Me

Buffy Cranford has over 20 years of experience in writing and publishing. Her writing background includes newspaper journalism, and reviewing and researching computer software and hardware for Smart Computing and PC Today magazines. She has worked with established companies such as Dell, IBM, and Acer.

Buffy also has an extensive technical writing background focusing on software for the banking and state and county government industry.

With a B.A. in English from the University of Nebraska and completed graduate work in Business Management from Doane College, she has positioned herself in the corporate world as a multi-talented employee.

During the last eight years she has performed the duties of technical writing, editing, and served as a corporate manager overseeing the client relations, human resources, billing and contracts and documentation and training departments.

My passion is ...

learning and researching

I know too much about ...

government

My parents always told me ...

treat others as you would like to be treated

My childhood ambition ...

move to NYC and write for the Times

My favorite memory ...

holidays with the entire family

Why I write ...

the words flow

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

The Historian (again)/Pink's Funhouse

My first job ...

writing for a small town newspaper covering sports

My best moment ...

becoming a mother

My inspiration ...

my mother. A true saint, and she had no idea how many lives she changed.

Computers & Technology > Computers & Technology (Other) How Apple and the iPod have changed the music industry

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If the music video killed the radio star, the iPod has demolished the CD industry. With a record-breaking fourth quarter, and top rewards from CNET and Time Magazine for the innovative iPod Touch, Apple continued its rule as the king of digital music distribution in 2009. However, researchers and executives in the music industry have wondered if the Apple and the iPod have changed the music industry for better or for worse.   Although Apple and its iPod were scrutinized initially, digital downloads were available years before the iPod. Downloadable music gurus experienced a few blissf...

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