Thanks. Having found your column relatively recently, I had not seen the original Mac column and enjoyed it. (I am also a recent convert to Apple; I bought a Mac Pro a few months ago after years of "threatening" Microsoft.)
I find your style of essay very entertaining. I think part of it is the fact that as a baby boomer getting a little long in the tooth, I like to reminisce over the brands and ads and other memorabilia of my youth. I also enjoy the biographical details you include (such as Super Bowl Sunday at the Carmel restaurant in 1984). Biographies and the "forks in the road" of a life have fascinated me since I started reading material more serious than
comic books. Consider what your biography would mean to those in the graphic design community. Your career spans a revolution in graphic arts, and from the snippets I have seen in previous columns, your personal story has been eventful enough to interest a wide readership. This is not to mention your considerable writing skills. Anyway, just a thought and keep 'em coming.
Bernard Carlisle
Lee County, AL
P. S.:
If you ever decide to do a full-blown memoir, maybe I could get a brief acknowledgment.
Submitted by BCarli1395 on Fri, 01/09/2009 - 08:56.
I missed the first posting of this story as well, thanks for rerunning it, CP. Another great yarn (with pictures, of course) I can forward here and yon.
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Thanks. Having found your column relatively recently, I had not seen the original Mac column and enjoyed it. (I am also a recent convert to Apple; I bought a Mac Pro a few months ago after years of "threatening" Microsoft.)
I find your style of essay very entertaining. I think part of it is the fact that as a baby boomer getting a little long in the tooth, I like to reminisce over the brands and ads and other memorabilia of my youth. I also enjoy the biographical details you include (such as Super Bowl Sunday at the Carmel restaurant in 1984). Biographies and the "forks in the road" of a life have fascinated me since I started reading material more serious than
comic books. Consider what your biography would mean to those in the graphic design community. Your career spans a revolution in graphic arts, and from the snippets I have seen in previous columns, your personal story has been eventful enough to interest a wide readership. This is not to mention your considerable writing skills. Anyway, just a thought and keep 'em coming.
Bernard Carlisle
Lee County, AL
P. S.:
If you ever decide to do a full-blown memoir, maybe I could get a brief acknowledgment.
Bravo!
I missed the first posting of this story as well, thanks for rerunning it, CP. Another great yarn (with pictures, of course) I can forward here and yon.
very interesting article
very interesting article