Happy New Year! Sunday, December 31, 2006
It’s hard to believe another year’s gone by, but dates rarely lie, and there it is - the 31st, soon to flip.
Rather than turn inward and reflect on events here, I’d like to turn outward and thank each and every reader; all those who took the time to send me mail - those who needed support, needed to vent, to compliment or complain; the kind people who provided comfort as we lost our dog Ketzl and who cheered the arrival of Taiko; the editors at Macworld who honored us again; the users who honor us every time they use or recommend a Shirt Pocket product; all friends, old and new.
To all of you: thank you, and a very Happy New Year to you and yours.
An Embarrassment of Eddys Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Wow.
It looks like SuperDuper! 2.1 has won another Macworld Eddy! Back-to-back awards for SuperDuper! in 2005 and 2006, and one for netTunes in 2004—w00t!
Thanks, Macworld—and thanks to all the users, too!
The software business is a strange one, because the products you make eventually just… vanish. The OS goes away, or the market moves on, and soon there’s nothing left to show when someone asks what you do, or what you did.
Getting these three Eddy awards—one for netTunes and two for SuperDuper!—has been really gratifying, both because it’s an acknowledgment of good work, and because it’s more of a permanent thing—a physical record of what I was doing for all those years.
Plus, the trophy doubles as a weapon in an emergency. Man, these things are heavy!
