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Woodworking Editors, Authors, and Bloggers #2: Eli Cleveland and friends

Eli Cleveland and friends in a Google+ hangout.

I invited Eli Cleveland to a Google+ Hangout on Air, to share with us his journey through woodworking, the North Bennett Street School in Boston, his work with Tommy MacDonald’s shop, and later his involvement in the WGBH show Rough Cut – Woodworking with Tommy MacDonald.

Joining Eli in the hangout were several of his friends: Justin DiPalma, Rick Waters,(Furniture Exhibitors at the WoodExpo), and Scott Oja,  (Woodworking projects at Lumberjocks).

The entire team, including Neil Lamens and Bruce Sommers, who did not appear in the hangout, collaborate on The Furniture Project, Design | Build | Show. The new web site launched only a few days ago – and it includes a Call for Entries for the 2013 show!

Thank you, Eli, and thank you Justin, Rick, and Scott, for joining me as Eli shared his journey with us. What a wonderful friendship and working relationship you have as a group!

 

Audio-only file: Right-click on the this link to download to your smartphone, iPod, etc., to listen on-the-go.

In the video: A shout-out to Neil Lamens, the amazing guy behind Furnitology Productions, at 30:35 minutes.

The following are links of interest. I shared them during the hangout:

— Al Navas

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Bob Lang will teach SketchUp in a Google+ Hangout

BobLangovershoulder-300x258A novel way to learn SketchUp!

Bob Lang, Executive Editor at Popular Woodworking Magazine, will start using Google+ hangouts as the medium to teach his now-classic classes on Woodworkers Guide for SketchUp.

Are you interested?

If you are interested, head on over to his blog, and sign up. He kicks off this initiative on Saturday, June 23, at 12 noon EDT (New York time). As hangouts accept a maximum of ten people, up to nine people can sign up – Bob must also be in the hangout.

KUDOS, Bob, for starting this – I wish you the best of luck using the new technology for distance learning!

 

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Woodworking Editors and Authors in Google+ Hangouts, Episode No. 1

Getting back is hard to do.

This episode aired on Google+ and YouTube on June 14, 2012. I am getting back into woodworking, following a seven-month hiatus. Please read on.

#woodworking #hangoutonair +Fine Woodworking #magazine #Editor #Author #blogger

This is the first episode in a new series in Hangouts on Air. It was important to me, as I start preparing mentally to re-enter the shop after a seven-month absence. And avoiding injury has been on my mind; as a result, this was a perfect opportunity to kick off this series, and to get answers to the source of my anxiety – *safety in the shop.* Many of you know I have been preparing to become a Certified Court Interpreter (English < > Spanish) in Missouri, USA – thus the reason for my absence.

I hope other woodworking magazine Editors, book authors, and woodworking bloggers will accept my invitation for a chat in the near future, to talk shop, tools, safety, process, design, etc.

Today I invited the following woodworking colleagues into a hangout:

+Asa Christiana, Editor of Fine Woodworking magazine,

+Matthew Kenney, Senior Editor, Fine Woodworking magazine, and

+Dyami Plotke, of the +Modern Woodworkers Association

to chat in a Google+ hangout about safety, upcoming events with Fine Woodworking, and hand tools vs. power tools in the shop.

My thanks to all participants. Please stand by as I announce additional woodworking hangouts!

Audio-only file: For portability I have split the audio portion of the video, and uploaded it to the Internet Archive. Download it to your portable device, and enjoy listening to the chat while on the move: Click here.