"Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it." - The Buddha

Mine is to help you.

However, here on Focus readers may be more interested in how I make money:

I have committed journalism since 1988. My major felonies include

- The books "Modems Made Easy" and "Hot Links: The Guide To Networking Computers"; both perpetrated in 1993 and still available, though only the Bangladeshi translations are useful to anyone now.

- Writing, editing, and selling ads in Boardwatch Magazine, which was not about lumber but dial-up bulletin board systems at first. I helped BBS operators make their dreams self-funding, and to make the transition to Internet Services Providers. "Small business advice", in other words. I helped Boardwatch grow from 8 pages printed on a dot-matrix Epson to a $36 million buyout.

- Writing and editing case studies for Smart Partner magazine, whose readers were small businesses of the systems integrator, ISP, Value-Added Reseller, and IT consulting varieties. I was very fond of writing about the very small ones.

My journalistic misdemeanors are innumerable, including but not limited to IT management; human resources issues; "green" living and livelihoods; financial management; gemology; billiards; career management; and how to end life's suffering.

"Profitable Prose Delivered Early"