As founder and principal of Howard Digital Media, a Massachusetts-based creative media development company, I work in the fields of film and video production, DVD authoring, website development, music composition and recording, and professional media-creation-software training on the Macintosh. I am also a tech/music/film/mac blogger on the group blog Zoom In Online - daily coverage of entertainment, culture and technology. I went to Boston in September 2007 to cover the Flashforward 2007 Conference and Film Festival for the Zoom In blog, and had the opportunity to conduct several podcast interviews with innovative leaders from the Flash developer community.

With website development projects, I help my clients achieve a web presence that is custom tailored to their specific business goals. I work with my clients in a fashion that encourages asking the tough questions and finding real solutions that fit. Most recently, I completed the design and build of a new website for Isabella's Restaurant, located in North Adams, MA - a project for which I did all of the photography as well. Just before the Isabella's project launched, I launched a site that I built from a design by Jen Rork Design for Excelsior Printing. 2007 also saw the launch of the new Pacific Comedy site, which I designed and built, with Eric Tully once again handling the database side.

In Spring 2007, I launched a complete re-design and re-build of the website for MASS MoCA, The Massachusetts Museum or Contemporary Art in North Adams. MASS MoCA is one of the largest centers for contemporary arts in the United States. I am extremely excited about this project, and had the opportunity to work once again with my good friend and ace PHP/MYSQL programmer Eric Tully who handled the MySQL and PHP backend. I worked directly with MoCA staff designer Dan McKinley to achieve an updated, stlylized look for the site, and a seemless integration with a new back end to manage and maintain all of the various types of events and installations at the museum. This project was very well received by the client and the community at large.

I do a lot of work with Megan Cunningham and Magnet Media - NYC-based creators of the award-winning Digital Media Training Series (DMTS). I am currently working on a training project with Adobe and Magnet which should be released in September 2007. I am the instructor on Magnet's DMTS "Inside Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger" training DVD, released in May 2005 and winner of a 2006 Videographer "Award of Distinction". I also created "Inside Apple's iLife '06" for Magnet, which hit shelves in August of 2006. My newest Magnet title is Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 Jumpstart, and is available as an eLearning download as well as a DVD title. All of these training titles are available on Magnet's site. Magnet owns Zoom In Online, where I am a daily tech/music/film/mac blogger, and following a very succesful showing at Mac World 2007 covering the announcements of the new iPhone and Apple TV, I was invited to go to Las Vegas in April 2007 with the Zoom In team to cover NAB - the largest annual conference event for video, TV, broadcast and production professionals. I produced and hosted many of the official NAB podcasts, where Megan and I caught up with with senior product managers from Apple, Adobe, Sonic, Microsoft and many other thought-leaders and top-of-field hardware and software vendors. Check out Zoom In for our exclusive content! I'll be covering Lynda.com's FlashFoward Conference in Boston in September, and look forward to returing to Macworld Expo in 2008.

I work with clients on video and DVD projects with an approach that cultivates creativity, flow, design and good story-telling. I directed and edited a series of television spots for The REACH Community Health Foundation in North Adams, MA, for their "Get Fit" campaign which have been particularly effective at connecting people in the community with REACH and its vast health resources. I also worked with industry leader Hendrikus Schraven and The Hendrikus Group in Issaquah, WA, to create a beautiful promotional DVD for thier incredible work in the pacific northwest. I will have clips from that DVD up here on the site very soon.

I spent 2001 and 2002 leading Apple Computer workshops and corporate training courses in Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro while based in Seattle, WA. I am the published author of "Who's Afraid of HTML?", a comprehensive beginner's guide to HTML and website design.