As I've mentioned before, I wrote StoryGrinder for my own purposes rather than as a commercial exercise. I've actually been using it for over a year now, refining and tweaking some of the functionality until I was personally happy with it. This is probably the most enjoyable kind of software to write, because you end up being your own best customer. And hey, I'm pretty easy to work with.

I'm a great believer in writing. It focuses ones thoughts like nothing else. I'm also a great believer in the whole blogging scene; it may sound corny, but the opportunity for folks to express themselves is A Good Thing. I enjoy reading well-crafted, thoughtful articles (John Gruber at Daring Fireball springs immediately to mind as the first example).

So again, I have to preface my next remark as "corny as it may sound". StoryGrinder is my contribution to those people who are writing the things that I'm enjoying reading. Keep up the good work, and I hope some of you find the program useful.

For the first time in 25 years (how the heck did that sneak up on me), I'm no longer gainfully employed. Not that I'm complaining too much, since the reasonable severance package will allow me to pursue my dreams of having my own real consulting and contracting company. Fingers crossed, anyways. Corporate mergers and takeovers aren't all bad, it seems.

What I'd like to do is some Mac work, but frankly I'm not sure how much of that there is out there. I expect I'll spend some time working on our (Burr Oak's) Windows Mobile apps, as well as the two Macintosh apps we have coming up, and at the same time start hunting for contracts.

I'm more excited than I sound. This kind of opportunity presents itself very very rarely.