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Hastings has a unique set of skills and interests. He is passionate about communication — clear, timely, accurate, and engaging communication. He also really cares about the user and their experience with the information, tools, process, and procedures that he provides.... What this translates to is well-thought-out solutions to internal process challenges, designed in a way that achieves the business objective. At the same time, he provides the user with information and tools in a way that is easily accessible, leading to high adoption, which is the ultimate business goal. Hastings has a unique background; a deep blend of publishing, editorial and technology expertise. This combination generated fantastic results on our project. Hastings was able to direct the efforts of multiple content producers, establish a digital publishing workflow and maintain the integrity and tone of voice so crucial to the project. Add to that the fact that Hastings is a great team player and you have a perfect profile. I look forward to working with Hastings again. Hastings is the clearest thinker and most versatile writer I've known. He is fascinated by the intricacies of organizational behavior and throughput, he documents everything, and he creates institutional knowledge. I have hired Hastings as an employee and consultant over the years, and I continue to work with him as of this writing. A+ fellow. Hastings is such a good writer, I should have had him write this endorsement! Hastings provided consistently high-quality writing ranging from persuasive copy to clear process instructions to compelling point-of-view. He helped launch the clearnightsky.com blog in the very early days of blogging. His writing reflected his strength of mind. I wrote for Hastings when he served as a project manager/editor for an outsourcing provider that was contracted to provide content for the California Small Business Association in early 2008. I found Hastings to demonstrate empathy towards writers and have tremendous interpersonal, project management, and editing skills. I also found him to be a person of forthright integrity. I've been working with Hastings for several years now on about 20 book projects for the CMP line of software guides. As a copyeditor Hastings is meticulous, and he always delivers before his deadline. Finally, Hastings knows all about the subject matter and about production and can be counted on to make the production manager's job much easier. |