I am an American Sign Language interpreter / “Interpreter for the Deaf” who is also a trained singer, actor (stage, camera, and voiceover), and dancer. I have been singing since 1970 and signing since 1989. I am also a writer. I’ve been writing since 1983, when I wrote for the school newspaper. I am also a web publisher. I’ve had a web site since 1996; in fact, I published one of the very first pages on the Web to use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
In addition to knowing the web markup languages HTML, XHTML, and CSS, I have studied French, Spanish, Latin, Italian, Portuguese, and Hebrew. I can still read and converse in French and Spanish pretty well, even though I studied them in junior high and high school. I can read Hebrew and cantillation marks to sing haftarah; in fact, I have read the Yom Kippur morning haftarah in synagogue the last few years.
My hobbies include movies at home and in the theatres, working out at the gym (though that’s more health maintenance than hobby), going out to restaurants, cooking at home and entertaining guests, traveling, digital photography and videography, video editing, web surfing, and being an “early adopter” of new technologies and gadgets. I prefer to use Apple Macs, but I know my way around Windows PCs, too. I love to talk with people, and I have often been told that, in addition to being able to articulate my thoughts and feelings well, I am a good listener.
I was turned on to the concept of Web 2.0 in 2006. Since then, I’ve published my videos on YouTube and my photos on Flickr. In 2006, I also decided to transform my 10-year-old website (operating since 1998 in the domain name danielgreene.com) into a blog. In this blog, I will post mostly about American Sign Language (ASL) interpreting, performing arts, and technology. But don’t limit me! I’m eclectic.
