LawAdv.com website

After 4 months of intense work (due to the multiple-language features of this site), LawAdv.com was launched today! My role in this project has been design, coding of the site (ASP, HTML, CSS and Graphics), English copy editing and management of foreign language sub-contractors for Tzvi Szajnbrum, Attorney at Law.

Stay tuned for additional content and site improvements coming throughout the year.

LawAdv.com
LawAdv.com

QSB Systems User Manual & Website

In December 2009, I wrote a technical end-user manual for Live QS Broadcaster 2.0 software application for Deco Media, Helsinki, Finland. The following month, I was asked to create the their website.

QSBSystems.com was launched today. My role involved HTML/CSS coding of site, copy editing and marketing writing for their web-based video and webcast software system.

QSB Systems Site
QSB Systems Site

Client recommendation:

Thank you for completing our user manual. I have looked it over, and I am very pleased. I appreciate your keen eye and your skill in regard to:

– Improving the manual’s ease-of-use, including the adding of unique devices that help the user easily understand points all along the way.

– Conceptualizing the underlying goals from the standpoint of the end-user.

– Raising the language accuracy and style significantly, including.

– Converting translated material that was sub-native to a ”top-native” level.

– Completing the project fast.

We will not hesitate to turn to you again for future technical writing and editing projects.

Howard Lear, Ph.D.
Director of International Marketing
Deco Media Ltd.
Helsinki, Finland

Transportation: A Guide to Traveling Throughout Israel

The following article was originally written by Tzvi Szajnbrum, Attorney at Law whose non-profit organization Voleh assists olim not only with legal matters but also with advice regarding assimilation. I recently edited and added to this document for him and hope that it will make traveling around Israel easier for you.

Transportation: A Guide to Traveling Throughout Israel

As we know, Israel is a very small country1 and therefore distances are not very great when one needs to get from one place to another. By following the general advice listed here, we hope to help you and spare you any uncomfortable situations that a new immigrant or even a tourist might face due to lack of knowledge.

Remember! The following rules and advice are not in place of any law. One must always follow the local laws and rules. If you are not sure about a law, approach any policeman and ask. They will be glad to assist you. Continue reading “Transportation: A Guide to Traveling Throughout Israel”

Process Improvement – Our Expertise

People often ask Michael and I what type of work we do – or enjoy doing – and then seem sorry they asked. How does that saying go? "Ask an engineer what time it is and he’ll tell you how to build a watch."

The truth is that we are troubleshooters sharing an area of expertise known today as Process Improvement. In the old days we were called "Efficiency Experts", "Total Quality Improvement Consultants", "Change Managers", and various derogatory terms by incompetent or lazy people who lost their jobs as a result of our research and recommendations.

Comparable to mercenaries or hired gun fighters, we are engaged to execute the difficult missions. The underlying nature of the Process Improvement Specialist is objective analysis.  We’re there to propose, and sometimes are even allowed to implement, the solutions.

Continue reading “Process Improvement – Our Expertise”