That was the output of my first computer program when I (and millions others) was a kid and seems a fitting title to this post. Why? Let me explain.
I started writing for the web in February 1995, having self-taught myself HTML and working in Notepad. As my familiarity with the medium grew, so did the content I contributed. I launched my college's student newspaper online in March 1996 and was hired to begin developing a web presence for the university's athletic programs (which was later outsourced). Studying abroad in the UK, I created a site covering the euro common currency, which featured dynamic headlines provided by Moreover and grew to become a leading resource in the year leading up to the currency's launch. When I went to graduate school, my focus shifted to architecting an alumni networking service and I started dabbling with blogs. That was fall 2000. By 2001, I was posting several times a day and falling in love with blogging. That summer, I authored some of my best travel writing online as I toured Europe. Two years ago, I switched from Manila to Typepad and started a new chapter. Unfortunately, the combination of privacy concerns, an increase in the number of employers who have fired bloggers, and an incresaingly lack of time to spend either writing or reading on the web have conspired to make this blog far less than it once was, in my opinion. The most obvious result of this has been the near-complete lack of fresh content of late. For that I apologize.
The simple truth, however, is that I would still like to blog again. And so I am. These first steps will be baby steps and there may be a step back for every two steps forward, but as I've said privately from time to time, "Bryce is Back."