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FROM AV IN NYC TO MACS
IN LA
By Deborah Shadovitz
Once upon a time I was a young professional doing video/audio-visual production
and photography in NYC. (I was, and always will be, into making the world a better
place so I last worked at the United Jewish Appeal/Fed of Jewish Philanthropies.)
At 26 I hit the road, backpacking around the world for a few years. (I did a bit
of freelance writing but pretty much just lived and experienced.) Upon my return
I didn't want to go backwards so I came to San Diego... but landed in LA. Letting
the then-man-in-my-life influence me, I got into selling computers. That led to my
discovery of two things: (1) with a Mac I could do video production and special effects
(it was 1989 and the Mac was an SE) and (2) I hated sales. I dropped sales in favor
of freelance word processing and training. And joined the board of directors of the
Los Angeles Mac Group. That was in 1993.
Soon I was back to writing: this time about the Mac. Offers came in to write for
MacHome Journal. Then a book for the ill-fated Claris Press. Then Net Professional
Magazine. Today I have my words in 6 books currently in stores. I also write Mac
Efficiency 101, a weekly column, at MacCentral.com - and do the occasional story
as well. I have also been writing a Mac column for Computer User for the past couple
of years. I do professional seminars for businesses, at MacFair LA, at Macworld Expo,
and by invitation. I also appear on stage at Macworld Live on the Expo show floor
for all attendees to "Ask the Experts." And I've also done a few radio
shows on the Mac and am booking up to do some more. (There's more but this is enough
to list...)
So that's me - professionally. Personally, I am a single Jewish woman, 5'8"
tall. I rent a beautiful 2 bedroom condo that overlooks a pool I never have enough
time to swim in. The 2nd room is... you guessed it... my office. Some day I shall
meet a tall, Jewish man who has also traveled and also loves sharing other people's
cultures... who can backpack as easily as staying at the Orient hotel in Bangkok
and isn't impressed by the Taj Mahal because he's bothered to visit the villagers
who live behind it and isn't impressed that some fool let people starve to immortalize
himself (but loves the small towns, hills, painted elephants and festivals of India).
And he'll be single and not manic/depressive or schizophrenic; I've already been
through cheats and such illnesses. Then we'll hit the road together - us, possibly
kids, my cameras, and my trusty PowerBook-to-be. Humm... if you know this guy, feel
free to introduce us.
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