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ABOUT THE AUTHOR - JIM HOOD
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I am commercial photographer by training and a computer hobbyist
by preference. An odd combination of skills, but technology has
always been a fascination. I live about 3 miles from Seattle,
Washington on Mercer Island, a city of about 24,000 people in
the middle of Lake Washington.
As former coordinator for the Mercer Island Computer Club, I
divide my time between computer related hobby activities and the
operation of Seattle Scientific Photography which produces 35mm
lecture/presentation slides for a variety of commercial clients.
Many authors and vendors wonder how I collect such a large
amount of newsletter and mailing address information. The
Seattle area where I live is home to major software companies
such as Quicksoft (Bob Wallace/PC Write) Buttonware (Jim
Button/PC File), Microsoft, Aldus, Microrim and many others. We
have a large BBS network, rich computer club focus and busy
programming scene. Various lists and leads thus pop into focus
frequently and it makes sense to me as a shareware author to
collect and use this information in mailing my shareware to
various distributors and large computer clubs.
However, the more I thought about how valuable such mailing list
and shareware industry news is, it seems a little selfish not to
distribute this information which, in some ways, is more vital
to your financial success than the source code of your program!
I attended the University of Sophia in Tokyo, Japan and Seattle
University in Seattle. I have taught classes at the University
of Washington Experimental College. My first shareware program,
PC-LEARN absorbed approximately 950 hours of programming,
editing and research time. Your honesty in submitting a
registration fee for using PC-LEARN or THE $HAREWARE MARKETING
$YSTEM is appreciated. To your success!