Two months ago I took the first steps towards a new qualification by starting an online course. This was 'Concepts and Practice of Technical Communication', an 8 week long paper in the Simon Fraser University Technical Communication Certificate programme...

(this article was first posted at eSocSci.org.nz) On 31 October 2014, the world’s first commercial passenger space ship crashed, killing the co-pilot and seriously injuring the pilot. SpaceShipTwo (also known as ‘VSS Enterprise’) was undergoing tests after being reconfigured into what was intended to be the final state to take on passengers for suborbital joyrides to the edge of space...

This is my story of how I learned to be Dad to my kids, one of whom has a severe brain injury.