Résumé : Bill Powell

Bill Powell is Wineskin Media.

You know what you want to say. Let's say it. I will write, edit, proofread, lay out, typeset, illustrate, design a web site—whatever it takes.

• Layout and Assistant Editor for the new Catholic kids' magazine, St. Mary's Messenger. Sample pages (21MB).
• Proofread, typeset, and/or produced book cover for the following journal and books:
  • Faith & Reason, academic journal of Christendom College. Ongoing.
  • Broadway to Bowery, Chris Shannon (University of Scranton Press, 2010)
  • Jobs of Our Own, American ed., Race Mathews (Distributist Review Press, 2009)
  • Sanctifying the World, Brad Birzer (Christendom Press, 2007)
  • This Is My Body, 2nd ed., Mark Shea, (Christendom Press, 2006)
  • The Founding of Christendom, reprint, Dr. Warren Carroll. (Christendom Press, 2006)
• Designed promotional materials for The Priest Game by CatholicKidsGames.com.
• Wrote content for, edited, designed, typeset, and drew illustrations for educational workbooks by Seton Press.
• Advised revisions for The Tarrant Chronicles, Dr. Warren Carroll. (Tarrant Books, 2002)

• Migration of over 700 pages and a large mailing list to a new platform at pop.org.
• Ongoing administration and customization of software for:
  • content management (Joomla!)
  • mailing list (DadaMail)
  • shopping cart (ZenCart)
  • online petitions

• St. Mary's Messenger (Joomla!, DadaMail).
• Mirandum Pictures (Joomla!, DadaMail).
• CA Media Pro (WordPress).

• Wineskin Media, (DokuWiki).
• Keep What You Learn, memory techniques (pyblosxom, python, org-mode).
• The Fabricated Press, news satire (PHP).
• Bill Powell Is Alive, personal (pyblosxom, python).

I bring you solutions from the world of free software. Why pay thousands each year in licensing fees? The free software community provides tools that are just as professional, and more customizable to your needs. I offer up to several years experience with:

• Web development: HTML, PHP, MySQL, Javascript
• Shopping cart: ZenCart, osCommerce
• Content management: Joomla!, DokuWiki, WordPress
• Mailing lists: DadaMail, GNU Mailman
• Scripting: Perl, Python, Bash
• Typesetting: LaTeX typesetting language, Scribus DTP
• Graphic design: Gimp, Inkscape
• Editing, Office Suite: Vim, Emacs, Openoffice.org, Firefox, Thunderbird

I can interface these free tools with almost any proprietary program you may already use (e.g., Microsoft Word). And if you don't see what you need on this list, I can probably find a free program that will do what you need, and make it work with your other tools.

• Written for Gilbert!, Bibliophilos, St. Mary's Messenger, Listen, the Arlington Catholic Herald, and educational books by Seton Press.
• Written for insidecatholic.com, abcteach.com, speroforum.com, and the online Distributist Review.
• Social Justice Calendar, forthcoming from the Distributist Review Press.
• Co-writer, The Living Daylights (Mirandum Pictures, 2008).
• One-act comedy Can Someone Who Knows He Exists Go Call the Police? (produced April 2003)

• Developed new combinations and modifications of existing memory methods, to enable permanent memorization of large amounts of material. For example:
• Memorized entire Gospel of Mark (678 verses, nearly 15,000 words).
• Memorized 253 patterns from A Pattern Language, Christopher Alexander et al.
• Memorizing The Glugs of Gosh, a classic Australian satirical poem by C. J. Dennis. Currently memorized about 8,300 of 14,500 words.
• Developing specific memory methods for different kinds of information.

• Graduated summa cum laude from the Franciscan University of Steubenville, OH, May 2001.
• B.A. in Philosophy, B.A. in Communication Arts (Radio/TV Concentration)
• Member, Honors Program at Franciscan University of Steubenville
• SAT score: 1560
• National Merit Scholarship Finalist
• Member, Alpha Chi

• Memory class, Keep What You Learn, at Christendom College, Fall 2009.
• Memory class, Aquinas Academic Center, Spring 2010.
• Taught Chesterton class to an independent home-school class, 2003.
• Taught 6th grade CCD at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Front Royal, Va., 2002–03.
• Tutored at Randolph-Macon Academy, Front Royal, Va., 2001–2002
• Taught summer classes at Seton High School, Manassas, Va. 1998.

• Completed Catholic Homesteading Week, Norwich, NY (May 2005).
• Attended Natural Building Fundamentals at the Ecovillage Training Center, TN (March 2005).
• Organic farm internship, 2004: horse care, seeding, weeding, harvesting, CSA, farmer’s market.

• Crew, Cube Root, Mirandum Pictures, 2009.
• Assistant director, Can Someone Who Knows He Exists Go Call the Police? (April 2003).
• Tevye, Fiddler on the Roof (Fall 2002)
• Finalist, Fourteenth Annual Christopher Video Contest for College Students. Submisson: One Foot Can Make A Difference.
• Production Intern at EWTN Studios, Birmingham, Ala., Fall 2000.
• Scripted, directed, edited, and produced several half-hour television shows for the Steubenville Austrian Program.
• Crew member for EWTN television series, “Franciscan University Presents.”
• Scripted, performed, and produced several radio comedies for WFRS 88.3 FM.
• DJ for WFRS 88.3 FM, three semesters.

• Married to amazingly beautiful woman and currently father of three.
• Co-founder and Coordinator for “The Apprentices of St. Joseph,” at Steubenville.
• Completed (and directed faux movie preview in free time during) Leadership Project Weekend.

Last updated: 2009 Nov 23