User:Gary D Robson

I am a writer with a fairly wide range of interests, so my Wikipedia edits cover quite a few different areas. In addition to what's shown below, I've worked in computer science and microelectronic engineering, spent 16 years managing a bookstore, published a newspaper, and my wife and I own a tea shop in Red Lodge, Montana. My Wikipedia page is Gary D. Robson.

Wildlife and Conservation

I was the Executive Director of Yellowstone Wildlife Sanctuary. I worked there full-time from 2018 to 2022, served on the board of directors twice, and volunteered in various capacities for many years.

Closed Captioning and Court Reporting

My primary area of technical expertise is in closed captioning (I wrote the "World Book Encyclopedia" article defining closed captioning). My wife and I used to own a court reporting software company, and I was co-inventor of an ergonomic stenotype machine. I've written four books about captioning and reporting, and gave a [talk] about captioning. I also hold two U.S. patents (#7,360,234 and #8,245,252) relating to closed captioning.

Where I Live

I live in Carbon County, Montana. Slowly but surely I've been adding information about the small towns in our area. I co-wrote a booklet about the Smith Mine disaster of 1943 for the Carbon County Historical Society.

My Who Pooped in the Park? Children's Books

I am the author of a series of children's guides to scats and tracks, each set in a different National Park or ecosystem. There are 20 books in the series.

Licensing

I agree to multi-license all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, any and all talk pages, and any and all project pages, as described below:

Multi-licensed into the public domain

I agree to multi-license my eligible text contributions, unless otherwise stated, under Wikipedia's copyright terms and into the public domain. Please be aware that other contributors might not do the same, so if you want to use my contributions in the public domain, please check the multi-licensing guide.

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Who am I?

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sco-2This user is an intermediate speaker of Scottish English.

This user loathes, but is forced to observe, daylight saving time.

This user is of Scottish descent.

This user is of German descent.

On Wikipedia

This user has been on Wikipedia for 19 years and 5 days.

This user is a participant in
WikiProject Montana.

This user proudly participates in WikiProject Lists.

This user participates in
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Children's literature.

This user respects copyright and other intellectual property rights.

Content contributed by this user is released into the public domain.

Real-Life Interests

This user has published 29 books.

This user's books have sold over 500,000 copies.

This user managed a wildlife sanctuary.

This user never wants to see the image on the left again.

This user is a former computer science teacher.

This user drinks tea.

This user is a Board Game Geek.

This user lives in the U.S. State of Montana.