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James Bond: The History of the Illustrated 007 (Podcast with Alan Porter)
May 11th, 2009 | Posted in Podcasts 3 Comments »
James Bond: The History of the Illustrated 007
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Length: 7 min.
James Bond: The History of the Illustrated 007 is Alan Porter’s latest book. Alan Porter is vice president of Operations at Webworks, and I’ve interviewed him before about their extensive use of wikis. Obviously James Bond isn’t a person that comes to mind when we think of technical communicators, but Alan explains the appeal of the Bond character from a technical writer’s perspective.
I had the chance to flip through the James Bond book at the STC Summit bookstore, and I was impressed by the quality. Full color pages, large format, insightful commentary on each page. This book would make an interesting read, especially given the longstanding appeal of Bond in comics, novels, and movies.
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Tags: 007, Alan Porter, comic books, comics, james bond, WebWorks
Thank you. I appreciate the info, as always. Podcasts from your site are among the VERY few I bother with these days. Too busy.
Craig, if you have an MP3 player, such as an iPod, listening to podcasts is a lot easier. This podcast is short, though, and I published it because of your comment on my post yesterday. The book is not really about tech comm at all — I just wanted to try to relate it in some way since I was at the Summit. In short, I think Bond is a vicarious escape from the mostly sedentary and sometimes boring office lives we lead.
Quite true. My wife is better at social media and iPods and things. She helped me set up my FaceBook page! Now I actually have one.