I have a Bachelor of Arts, with majors in English Literature and History, from Sydney's Macquarie
University.
I
am the author of the Book of Days,
an online educational compendium of more than 3.9 million words covering 366
days of the year in folklore, history and more. I believe it is the largest
'On This Day' website in the world. The Book of Days is broadcast
daily on WNMC-FM, Traverse
City, Michigan, USA and 2BBB-FM,
Australia. I have been awarded membership
of the prestigious Phenomenal Men Of The Web for my work.
I
am trained to work in both Apple and PC with a variety of computer software, including Flash MX,
Word, Front Page, Photoshop CS, PaintShop Pro, Animation Shop, etc (scroll
down for animations). My skills
with html are quite good, and with CSS and javascript "cut and paste
only".
In each of the three years of my editorship, the colour magazine Simply Living (circulation 35,000) was awarded the
United Nations Association of Australia Media Peace Award.
Petra Kelly,
co-founder of Germany's Die Grunen (Greens Party), member of
parliament and winner of the
Right Livelihood Award (also known as the Alternative Nobel Prize), wrote that Simply Living was her favourite alternative magazine in the world and added: "Simply smashing!".
Eric Utne, owner and founder of the prestigious
Utne Reader (America's and the
world's 'alternative Reader's Digest'), called Simply Living
under my editorship "The best alternative magazine in the world".
Wilson's Almanac
is the home of my daily illustrated ezine, which I founded with one subscriber on January 1, 2001. Now, there are more than
3,350 members worldwide,
and with more than 4,000 web pages online. At time of writing, the ezine
is Yahoo! Groups' largest email list in the
Mythology and Folklore category, out of 1,485 listings
worldwide. See readers'
opinions of the ezine.
More than 450
websites have chosen to recommend the Almanac to their readers. I
have compiled a database of more than 7 million words and several thousand
images on subjects covered in Wilson's Almanac, such as folklore,
mythology, social justice and history.
Since January 1, 2001,
I have published more than 200 original feature articles on the
Almanac site.
My career has included positions in refugee aid NGOs (Information
Officer/PR Manager for Austcare), hospitals
(including managing public relations for Sydney Children's Hospital for three
years), the Internet, research, journalism and publishing. I have provided
content and consulting editing for Reader's Digest Books, Telecom, and many other
businesses, publishers and web developers. References
available on request.
I have worked as a
sub-editor on more than 15 Australian magazines, including Handy Fishing
Guide; 4WD Off-Road Australia; Gold, Gem and Treasure; ProPrint; Modern Boating; Australian
Golf Digest; Hot 4s; Street Commodores; Australian
Country Craft & Decorating; Volkswagen Australia and Camping
Life and Leisure.
I have had my stories
published in Bulletin with Newsweek, and two cover stories in
Good
Weekend.
I have worked as a
freelance researcher for the advertising industry. Two colleagues and I
consulted under the name 'Walking Encyclopaedia' and developed a strong client base.
My writing has been
published in a school textbook by the eminent Longman's publishing house,
Canada. Likewise, some has been
translated into Portuguese on the WWW.
Photos of mine
have been selected for inclusion in
Schmap Australia.
I
also co-founded and I co-publish Almost
Prophetic Quotes, a daily ezine with 1,500+ members. I founded and
moderated an email discussion group (eight topics of discussion) with more
than 170 members, for more than two years.
On
June 2, 2003, I was awarded Geek of the
Week on the Internet. My blog was awarded Blog
of the Day.
Omniparticle is an example of a website
I built from scratch for a client and I am happy to build more. My client in
Washington writes "I would like to introduce my webdesigner, Pip Wilson, to you. I am extremely happy with his magic. His service, his price and his mind
are one of the finest on planet earth at this time."
I wrote
The FeelGood Manual to show simple ways that people can feel better and happier
in a short time (see unsolicited
testimonials). This book will be published in Australia and Asia in June,
2008 by Inkstone Press.
I also have a background in youth work, having been a CYSS (Community
Youth Support Scheme) officer in NSW, and manager of an inner-city street kids youth centre
in Perth.
I do all the writing, design and promotion of the Wilson's Almanac daily
e-zine. (Unsolicited opinions of subscribers may be read at this
page.) I also designed the website you are now visiting.
ABC Radio, Australia's national State-run broadcaster (2BL, Sydney), for a long time featured me regularly in popular
Wilson's Almanac segments, presented by Lisa Forrest and others. A
similar program is currently
broadcast daily on 2BBB-FM, and I appeared each week on
ABC Mid North Coast Radio in a program called 'Blogging
Around', for seven months in 2005.
In 1978 I was a foundation member of Sydney Permaculture, probably the
first Permaculture
association in the world.
I initiated, in the foremost library of Australiana (Sydney's Mitchell Library, part of the State Library of New South Wales), the Rainbow Archives, now the biggest collection of alternative Australiana in
the world. I have been Honorary Field Librarian since 1986, and have references from the Mitchell Head Librarian and Manuscripts Librarian.
My professional references are numerous and include Australian Member of
Parliament Senator Dr Bob Brown, former science educator the late
Prof. Julius Sumner
Miller, prominent academic, writer and broadcaster, Dr
Keith Suter,
and author, journalist and broadcaster, Richard
Neville.
Mr H Besodi, President of the Australian-Afghan Association, has
kindly written a reference for my 12 years
of voluntary work as the Honorary Director of Refugee Resettlement for
that association. Over that time, my position involved the resettlement of
several hundred women and children at risk. For some months I worked voluntarily for Meals on Wheels in my local neighbourhood
(Woolgoolga, NSW) until I moved from the area.
I
was a foundation committee member of the Australian National
Refugee Week Committee and managed PR for its first public awareness campaigns.
I was a foundation committee member of
The Bellingen Institute.
Recent projects include founding the Blogmanac (400 readers
daily), Sandy Beach Almanac and Yellow
Pages. Among
other online communities, I also founded
Aha! :: Synchronicity
Central :: (approx. 480 members). In October, 2003,
I founded Tell
J-9 You've Read It!, an online information program about IBC (Inflammatory
Breast Cancer). Founder of CounterCulture
Wikia and co-founder, co-designer of Free Speech Australia
website.
I have recently written
Faces in the Street, an historical novel about Henry and Louisa Lawson and their political and artistic associates, and published the 100,000-word
Louisa Lawson and Henry Lawson Chronology (free online).
I am available for
consultation on worthwhile projects. All good wishes,
PO Box 1246,
Coffs Harbour, NSW, 2450
Australia
Editor 
