I started this blog back in March to tell stories that I find interesting and that I think you might like too. Now here we are, 50 posts later. Please forgive me while I use that small milestone as an excuse to pause the usual fare and write about the writing itself. And I guess to say hey, look at me, I wrote 50 posts!
First of all, I appreciate that you spend a little of your time and attention here. I love when you read and comment. I get a thrill when old friends and new ones add their thoughts or simply say they like a post. But really, I’m writing these posts for me. I love writing and telling these stories. I love having readers, but I’m not interested in growth hacking to get more. I’m not going to do ONE WEIRD TRICK or use clickbait titles or stuff like that. I’m just having fun, trying to tell stories that are enjoyable to read, and feeling grateful for the readers and feedback I get.
Somewhere over these 50 posts I came up with two rules: every post has to tell a story, and every post must have me in it. That’s why I call it a memoir. I try to keep posts pretty short, because we’re all busy, and I try to include at least one image, because pictures are cool.
I’d like to keep doing this for a while. I have a few more stories I want to tell before I’m done. I hope you’ll stick around!
And just so this post provides some entertainment value, please enjoy this photo of a wonderful relic I was playing with recently, Chris Espinosa’s brilliant Apple II Reference Manual.
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Hi Scott- Thanks for the memories. Seeing the pic of the Reference Manual, I got out my copy, and decided that it should actually have a place in my study, and not under the roof. And I discovered that I still a German copy of the DOS manual, but that I got rid of the Basic manuals that I used to have way back.
I got my introduction to Mac programming with one of your books way back when - I think it was Macintosh Programming Secrets, but it could have been How to Write Macintosh Software. That, and IM 1-3 got me going with Think Pascal and later Think C. So thanks for that book as well!