Also-Ran Change
CAREER AND LIFE DIDs, ALMOSTs, AND COULDA DONE MORE OFs: I retired (2020s) following COVID in 2021. Before that, I worked 4 decades (initial boot up circa 1980s) with nonprofit agencies or on projects advocating for change. What’s important is that I wasn’t working to be the head showpony. I consider myself an ALSO-RAN change maker. I have been a worker bee, teaming with others to cause change to be real.
This site has three main sections. The first is dedicated to work products I contributed to and that came into existence. The second representing projects I participated in that didn’t come to full fruition. And the final part is more about dreams and potentials. A curse of my life is having more ideas than I could possibly work on. BUT THIS DOESN’T MEAN THE IDEAS WERE BAD.The move from techNO frustrations of systems that didn’t work well to the current techYEAH sense of optimism, more project potential exist. I hope to highlight some of what could still be.
TEAM WORKS …
WHAT I/WE DID
PART ONE: This section will list actual work projects that I helped accomplish. Sometimes I worked as a freelance project consultant, other times I served as an agency administrator. Always I worked as part of a team. I believe, however, that I was instrumental in making these efforts work. And each helped generate an idea of better options and possibilities. My desire is to document what we did, the project’s impact, and whether or not HIStory or HERstory remembers.
Ideas
ALMOSTs
Close But Not So Much Change
PART TWO emphasizes projects I either worked on, proposed, or undertook via non-work public good activities or projects I worked with at certain agencies to push new concepts. This is where I came to the realization that not everything one does ends up generating lasting impacts. Still, I learned, I contributed, and I likely had fun trying. Like with the American Idol TV show, a lot of talented people try but only a few get noticed. As an ALSO RAN, I tried to draw attention to opportunities to try. I include small “d” Democrat work, public service, and other interesting initiatives.
FACT OR FICTION
COULD HAPPENs
PART THREE is less straightforward. In essence, however, this third part lumps together what I’m trying to do now and a few writing and creative endeavors I envisioned across the years. I consider these the COULDA or MIGHT STILL BE contributions I’ll like to claim a connection to. Because the projects are more nebulous, I’m spitballing what goes here and how to present them.
One difference with this section is I have access to digital discussion forums that weren’t there for me earlier in life. I write and post videos on sites like TikTok, Threads, BlueSky, Facebook, YouTube. I want to put some of this in order and try to add draft writings or materials I put together that aren’t getting traction.
OnePage Solutions
Fiction Tales
Fact-ventures
LIFE PART CHRONOLOGIES — I am trying to list as many activities as I can in chronological order. I have to post them in sections because WordPress templates can be tricky. This causes a large number of jump-to pages … but that’s life, or my ALSO RAN existence, anyway.
Almost Change 