I generally do three to four segments a sitting, so I believe I am representing myself as somewhat slovenly for the months of Oct through December. I just wrapped up four more last week so at least I will be in a nice jacket with a reasonable hair situation four the first third of 2015.
I started doing the segment back when it was called Economic Gardening about five years ago. They changed the name when it became clear that too many people thought it was a gardening segment. I can imagine viewers writing in to complain about the decided lack of plants. At that time it was on a rotating basis with other industry experts. In all I have probably recorded about 35 or more segments to date thanks to producer David Gordon putting up with my winging it half the time.
What is funny is that I never have thought about it much, other than I enjoy doing them, but when I was younger there was nothing more that I wanted than to be a television reporter. My first few years of working were with KIRO television in the news room as a floor director/chyron operator. I then went to the film room (yes, we would run film to be shown on television and I would trim down the movies and shows to fit the time period) and eventually worked for PM Magazine for a while. My first company out of college was a video production company before I changed careers and went into the field of software and application development.
At this point I am simply happy to be able to do what I love. Teaching, connecting people, organizing conferences and entrepreneurial events, raising a family and occasionally showing up on Channel 12 in the South Sound on Business Matters, hosted by Mike Wark.
