Author: Tim Green

Tim Green is an eclectic engineer, editor and storyteller who lives in Whitehorse and explores old copper mines. He’s also a shared recipient of the 1988 Nobel Prize for Peace. You can contact him through https://timmit.ca.
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AI as a Tool in Engineering Editing

July 18, 2024 by Tim Green | 1 Comment on AI as a Tool in Engineering Editing

I am an editor and professional engineer. I teach other engineers how to write good engineering reports. In every session, students ask about the role of AI, if any, in the writing/editing process.  So what does that mean for an editor editing engineering documents? Why people use AI AI is a tool. Why would an […]

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Podcasting for Fun and Fortune: Part 2 of 2

April 27, 2021 by Tim Green | Leave a Comment

In part 1, I covered the first three of six steps in podcasting: content development recording editing and production Here are the final three steps. Step 4: Saving and tagging. Saving (exporting) an edited file as .mp3 from the editing software is not a big deal after setting a few technical options. Go with “joint […]

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Podcasting for Fun and Fortune: Part 1 of 2

April 20, 2021 by Tim Green | Leave a Comment

Okay, full disclosure up front: I haven’t exactly figured out the “fortune” part. But making podcasts can be a lot of fun! And being able to make a podcast adds an extra dimension to your editorial skills. As a budding writer with a sheaf of completed short stories in hand, I wondered about the next […]

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Sun Tzu and the Art of Words

November 12, 2019 by Tim Green | 4 Comments on Sun Tzu and the Art of Words

As editors and writers, we are all conscious of the need to consider our target audience. See Understanding My Reading Communities as an example. This requires self-awareness to avoid inflicting our own biases on our readers. If Sun Tzu had been an editor, he might have said, “Know your audience, know yourself. A hundred editing […]

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