Wednesday, October 20, 2004
A Belated 4th Anniversary Retrospective and Contest from Sena Cases
Posted by Jason Dunn in "THOUGHT" @ 05:00 AM
I'm a week late, but I haven't forgotten about my promise to give Pocket PC Thoughts readers something a little special to help celebrate our fourth year of existence. First off, I wanted to give everyone a blast from the past: our original site, launched October 12th 2000, is still in my Blogger account, so I've re-published the entire thing right here! Unfortunately the template isn't the same (I didn't have time to hack it into a workable format with the archives), but all the content is there from October 12th to February 3rd, 2001 (the day we switched to Greymatter). Looking back over the site brings back some nice memories - back then, Pocket PCs were the underdog, a mere speck in the marketshare, and I was extremely passionate about evangelising their use. I still am, but things change - now I have to worry about finding sponsors and paying the bills. Things were so much simpler back then. :wink:
It's interesting to me how little the basic structure and taxonomy (THOUGHT, SOFTWARE, etc.) has changed in four years - and how many other sites thought this was a good enough idea to copy. Hey, I'm flattered! ;-) Looking back at my early posts, I see a certain "fight the power" attitude and some cool ideas that haven't yet been realized. And hey, look who joined the party after all! I also find my writing to be more entertaining and colourful - I'll have to try and re-discover that. I've been trained a little too well into the "professional" mode of writing. :lol:
It's been a wild ride, and I want to extend my deepest thanks to you, our readers. Without you coming back day after day, we wouldn't have the support we need to continue. You give us purpose - thank you! I also want to thank my amazing team of volunteers who have helped out over the years: the contributing editors, moderators, programmers, graphic designers, reviewers, and everyone who has ever helped me out with the site. Lastly, I want to thank our advertising sponsors - their support helps us pay the bills, and without them we wouldn't be here.
And speaking of sponsors, one of our special supporters, Sena Cases, has a very generous birthday celebration offer: Sena Cases is offering up twelve, count 'em TWELVE, cases for some lucky winners. They'll give the winner any Pocket PC case they make, including some of the upcoming cases for products like the Axim X50. How can you win? Simple: post a message in this thread (one message per user) telling me how you first found Pocket PC Thoughts. Google? A referral from a friend? A link from another site? This is something I always wonder about, so let me know how you first came to visit our site (and when you first came as well). That's your entry into the Sena contest! The drawing for the winners will be Friday, 12 noon my local time.
It's interesting to me how little the basic structure and taxonomy (THOUGHT, SOFTWARE, etc.) has changed in four years - and how many other sites thought this was a good enough idea to copy. Hey, I'm flattered! ;-) Looking back at my early posts, I see a certain "fight the power" attitude and some cool ideas that haven't yet been realized. And hey, look who joined the party after all! I also find my writing to be more entertaining and colourful - I'll have to try and re-discover that. I've been trained a little too well into the "professional" mode of writing. :lol:
It's been a wild ride, and I want to extend my deepest thanks to you, our readers. Without you coming back day after day, we wouldn't have the support we need to continue. You give us purpose - thank you! I also want to thank my amazing team of volunteers who have helped out over the years: the contributing editors, moderators, programmers, graphic designers, reviewers, and everyone who has ever helped me out with the site. Lastly, I want to thank our advertising sponsors - their support helps us pay the bills, and without them we wouldn't be here.
And speaking of sponsors, one of our special supporters, Sena Cases, has a very generous birthday celebration offer: Sena Cases is offering up twelve, count 'em TWELVE, cases for some lucky winners. They'll give the winner any Pocket PC case they make, including some of the upcoming cases for products like the Axim X50. How can you win? Simple: post a message in this thread (one message per user) telling me how you first found Pocket PC Thoughts. Google? A referral from a friend? A link from another site? This is something I always wonder about, so let me know how you first came to visit our site (and when you first came as well). That's your entry into the Sena contest! The drawing for the winners will be Friday, 12 noon my local time.
