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September 8th, 2014
Fusing the Medium and the Message
Welcome to the writing of Drew Turney, showcasing recent work I've done for publications and institutions throughout Australia and the world. Select a link from the random sample below that interests you or suits your publication, or use the menu to browse by category or sub-category. If the short excerpt sounds good, click the title to read on.How can this site help you? By showing you my abilities in researching and writing stories that are engaging and easy to understand, skills over a dozen publications call on regularly.
My parallel career in design and computers is the basis for my technology writing. I'm putting my love of movies and books to practical use in film and book reviews and am talking to the personalities in publishing and filmmaking as well as reporting on the art and business of both crafts. I'm also writing general features on everything from celebrities and business to ideas and culture.
I've written over 15 novels,
dozens of short stories, poetry, a journal now in its 22nd year and countless
other pieces of random creative thought. If you're curious about any of my
imaginative, creative or fiction writing, contact me.
Toast Titanium 8
November 26th, 2007
November 26th, 2007
Together with a host of add-ons from CD cataloguing software to a label designer, Toast has moved forward when basic OS capability threatened to render it obsolete. It’s still a snap to use and great value for money.
A Perfect Storm
May 1st, 2007
May 1st, 2007
There’s no limit to the lengths storm chasers will go to for a great photo. Some seem to attack the task like an episode of MTV stunt show Jackass, but the wider storm-chasing community mostly dismisses them.
Spy Game
February 1st, 2003
February 1st, 2003
Popcorn action director Tony Scott brings us a mature, intelligent and intriguing look inside the minds and institutions of true-to-life secret agents during spying’s Cold War golden era, with none of the James Bond gloss we’ve come to expect from the world ‘secret agent’.
Cyburbia
December 1st, 2009
December 1st, 2009
Harkin believes the ‘drive to respond’ (our simple desire to answer messages) is behind the whole Internet architecture. He also makes incorrect generalisations about the models behind popular file sharing application like Bittorrent and Kazaa. With an interesting background, it’s nevertheless a cryptic story told with an enigmatic voice that we’ve heard most of before.
Windows 7
September 1st, 2009
September 1st, 2009
Even more important however was reinstalling the software that had been on the system before. Most installed using Vista drivers with no trouble. A few niggles and trip-ups were solved in the Device Manager by updating or reinstalling drivers from the .inf files on install CDs. So far, we haven’t come across a single program, driver or update we’ve been unable to install.
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
January 25th, 2007
January 25th, 2007
Pepper calls it a ‘mentor’ story — a subtext that was buried deeply within a seemingly simple story, often clouded by subplots that don’t seem important involving Mike’s disaffected wife (January Jones) and the emasculated sheriff on Pete’s tail (Dwight Yoakam).
More samples…
8 Totally Amazing Brain Foods
There is plenty of health-related folk wisdom passed down to us through ...
How Hollywood Murdered the Blockbuster
Steven Spielberg invented the blockbuster, but what kind of terror hath he ...
November 20th, 2015
Paranormality
In case you wondered which side of the debate Richard Wiseman comes ...
October 16th, 2011
Horseplay
A lot of Australian filmmakers seem fixated on anchoring their stories to ...
May 16th, 2003