Writing Samples

Lynn Walford, Automotive, Connected Car, Technology, Wireless & Business

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All Articles written and produced for AUTO Connected Car News.

• Auto Futures from DMA Media – All articles by Lynn Walford. Alexa, What’s the Future? Conversations with Your Car, Taking on Tesla – A Special Report on the EV Market, Why the Future is Electric,Transforming Personal Mobility: InMotion USA’s Rose Song Wang, From Toys to Trendy Technology Transport: The E-Volution of Scooters and more to come.
• TU-Automotive – E-Mobility Challenges of Lithium-ion Batteries and Fuel Cells (PDF).
• Ghost writing for a startup social media celebrity. News releases for tech company (available upon request).
• GET Creative USA Today/Gannett Media – Contracted Automotive Content: How to find the best deals when buying a new car (PDF). Autonomous Cars what does the future look like?(PDF) This Year’s Model or Next? 4 Things to Consider Before You Buy a New Car. (PDF) 3 Important Steps to Winterize Your Car. (PDF), DIY Car Care You Shouldn’t Skip (PDF).
• Connected Car History Timeline for Smart!,  History of Car Hacking 2010-Present.
• Informa KNect365 Connected Cars – Technologies Disrupting (PDF) ADAS and Autonomous Transport.
• Electric Car Insider – Clean Air Cash – Incentives for Electric Cars.
• GearBrain – Employee and Teen Tracking in Cars. Android Auto Review and Crazy Android Auto. CarPlay review. New stressless parking tech.
• Cars.com – Self-Installing Robotic Infant Seat, How to Use a Backup Camera Correctly, Nissan Shutters Leaf App After Remote Hacking, Monitoring Devices Allow Parents to Keep Eye on Teen Driving,
• Yahoo! Autos –  How Can I Play Music from My Phone in the car without Bluetooth or an Input?, Why Does It Seem Like I Can’t Trust Car Dealers?, Can I Drive on Bald Tires?, Which Kid Should I Stick in the Middle Seat? [There were alterations to these articles after the acquisition of Yahoo!, my byline was removed: Invoices and original material availalbe upon request.]
• Connected Cars in the Future May Sense if You Are Hungry, Tired or Aggressive.
• Motor Matters: Tech Out My New Car – Bio Medical Sensors in Cars.
• SAM 2.0 Enables Quadriplegic Race Car Driver Sam Schmidt to Drive.
• Gesture Controls Point to the Future of Automotive Controls.
• All TechHive Car Tech articles by Lynn Walford featuring QNX, Car Tech Gift Ideas, Ignition Interlock Devices, Tire Tech and in-car contextual advertising.
• DSRC Leads the way for Safety and New Stationary or In-Motion Wireless Charging.
• Qualcomm Explains 4GLTE for Cars, Automotive IT News.
• Michelin Premiere A/S Where Technology Meets the Wet/Snowy Road with EverGrip Traction from Automotive IT News.
• Hyundai Sonata Brings the Luxury of Advanced Safety to Family Sedans.
• GM Safety Alert Seat article at Automotive IT News.
• Double Bluetooth Hands-Free Ease from Pioneer for Drivers & Passengers article at Automotive IT News.
• All Articles written for Wireless and Mobile News.
• How I Taught My 96-Year-Old Neighbor to Use Her iPad – I taught senior citizens how to use computers for year, my ultimate challenge Mrs. Jones who at 96, called her iPad, an iPod.
• Touch and Go – mobile phone gesture technology article for Wireless Week.
• Email Must Go Through–Usually – IBD feature about the failure of free e-mail services.
• Online Scams– ways to prevent Internet fraud from Investor’s Business Daily.
• Safely Surfing Cyberspace – early article about how to protect children online.
• Cyber Angels– story I broke in The Los Angeles Times, which later got picked up by all major wire services and prime time TV news shows.
• If You Want DSL Connection, Be Ready to DIY– learn how to install your own DSL.
• Net Revenues – Technology Edge feature, Success Magazine.
• CyberSex at Work– United Press International, feature 1995.
• Why Didn’t I Think of That?– about creativity software for Compute.
• It’s a Virtual Life– humorous essay from The IWOSC Independent.

Guides for Computer Buying, Security and Recycling  for Work.com are no longer available online.
Financial Technology
Contactless Payments– introduces contactless to ISO & Agents.
Online Banking– early story in IBD about the new online banking frontier.
Digital Bill Paying– the signaling of the end of paying bills by mail.
Vein Pattern Recognition Article – new biometric reads palms and veins for security.
Mobile Banking  – breaking mobile banking trends and types of services.
Fixed Wireless– new secure wireless networks for credit card processing.
Interchange Changes – how an antitrust case could change the ATM Marketplace.
Marketing & Creative
Product Sheet for Ground Breaking Lighting Product – return to a time of wonder and bliss.
PDS Travel Team– materials from a corporate press packet for a travel agency with photos.
How to Take It– contracted poem for a greeting card company.
Phast Phat Phrases– some recent taglines and headlines that drew a lot of attention.

Technical and Financial Writing

Lesson One WordPerfect– courseware for an early WordPerfect class.
Cycling device manual for Southern California Edison – energy-saving cycling device.
Customer service guide for energy-efficient product.
Demographic trends for marketing credit unions from annual report.
Security Report for credit unions from annual report.

Computers for People with Disabilities from the L.A. Times.
Investor’s Business Daily – search keyword “Lynn Walford,” select “All Dates” for date of article, click search.

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