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Newsletter Mania?

How I ended up publishing four(+) different newsletters every week

Side view with a slight perspective effect of the Hoe double-cylinder press as marketed in 1881. It came in lengths ranging from 16 ft. (4.9 m) to 19 ft. 10 in. (6.04 m) and weighted between 8 and 12 tons; its price ranged from $5,500 to $7,500. The catalog further describes it as follows:This press is exceedingly strong, and the number seven size is capable of a speed of three thousand per hour; the smaller sizes, of course, running faster in proportion than the larger. As will be seen by the cut, it has been entirely remodeled, and the height reduced, so that its solidity, durability, and general efficiency are greatly increased...
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I mentioned to someone recently that I publish four separate newsletters. Two publish weekly, one twice a week, and one daily. They asked how I did that.

Well. It’s not something I set out to do. It’s more of a journey.

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Back. Up.

The moderator of one of the groups of which I’m a member posed the following (paraphrased) question:

“If you had a chance to send a message to 20,000 people in 100 words or less, what would you say?”

Took me about a second to come up with a two word response:

Back. Up.

There. 98 words to spare. (99 if I’d chosen “backup” instead. 🙂 )

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On Becoming a Programmer

I got this question the other day. I tried to respond to the sender but as you’ll see below I was unable to. I elected not to post this on Ask Leo!, for reasons I’ll explain below.

First, the question:

Im a 16 Year old, and I need information about how to become a computer programmer. I want to learn how to make games, then move on to actually programming the computer’s windows and stuff like that. the main stuff I need is what classes I should take and what I should learn to become a good programmer.

The answer that I sent back:

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