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Wednesday, July 31, 2002

We Interrupt your Regularly Scheduled Programming…

Before I start giving this site a taste of my sarcastic and cynical look at the world of writing, ebooks, and mobile technology, I think an introduction is in order: I'm Sam Kleinman, and a chunk of you have probably seen my name around. I've written a fair number of articles for Palm Power Magazine, I used to be on the Pocket PC Thoughts team, and anyone who's been on the WOYP Yahoo Group list-thingy for any length of time has probably witnessed at least one (friendly) argument between me and Jeff. I'm also involved in Free-ePress and half a dozen other projects.

My PDA history isn't as long as it might be, but there is an interesting tale about it that I might tell some day about it, but for now you'll have to make do with the short version. I currently use an HP Jornada 565 for an assorted array of tasks, and in the past I've used a Compaq iPaq H3630 and a 2 meg Handspring Visor. I have a tendency to be fairly particular and demanding of whatever device I'm use, due at least partly to the fact that I tend to focus on faults and short comings. Sometimes this has helped me in becoming more productive, and at other times it has really gotten in my way.

Like Jeff, I'm a writer. Based upon past and in-progress work, Jeff tends to be a little more epic than me, but other than that we tend towards the same areas. In recent months I've been concentrating on fiction (specifically a novel project I'm calling Circle Games), but I've ventured out of my fantasy land from time to time to share thoughts on mobile technology and writing.

I hope you all enjoy my take on things, and I hope you aren't too terribly offended or confused by them either. If you have any questions, comments, corrections, or pointers to things that you think I might enjoy ranting or raving about you can contact me by e-mail at sam@collectivearts.net. Stay Tuned for your regularly scheduled programming.