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I first encountered the Web in 1993 while working as a media officer
at Greenpeace Canada. Two years later I got online at home with a non–profit
ISP called Web Networks and spent many evenings exploring the brand new
information highway. Since then, I’ve started a webzine, worked for
a major Canadian Internet portal and continue to contribute to online
publications.
Edible Planet
I began my professional relationship with the Internet in 1996 by launching
a travel ezine with my husband called Edible Planet. It was a marriage
of our twin loves: travel and food. Unfortunately back then it was so
early in the Internet game that advertisers we approached didn’t
even know what a banner ad was! Or what was to become of the Worldwide
Web. But Edible Planet got rave reviews in the press and from our peers
notwithstanding its rather short Web life.
www.edibleplanet.com
Excite Canada
In 1997 I started working for Rogers Communications on a fledgling high–speed
Internet service called the @Home Canada Network. It became Excite Canada
and flourished for a couple of years until its demise in 2001, a victim
of the Internet bubble. While at Excite@Home I edited and produced several
channels, including News, Finance, and Lifestyle. One highlight was a
project I did for Excite Canada and adidas, which chronicled the adventures
of a group of young Canadian athletes at Sydney’s Olympic Games in
2000.
Roger’s Hi–Speed Internet
Currently I write three articles each week on Health, Recipes and Parenting
for the Rogers portal. In an earlier incarnation of the site I wrote a
weekly column called Netparent, sharing tips on how to use the Internet
to make parenting easier and more fun. Recent examples follow.
Letting
kids be kids
Helping kids
with assessment tests
Getting into
the Zone
Living longer
Keeping
Johnny cavity free
Home ice
advantage
Irish cuisine
Aromatherapy:
uncommon scents
Family
hikes for little tykes
Chef’s school
Perfect pitchers
Noodling around
Harvesting
herbs
Microsoft Home Magazine
I contribute to this Microsoft Canada Web magazine, devoted to making
technology more female-friendly. I’ve written on topics from organizing
your desk to using your computer to make flashy gift wrapping.
Booking
a babysitter for the holidays
Visit your
local library from home
Eliminate paper:
Pay your bills online
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