This is Pete Ashdown's Typepad Profile.
Join Typepad and start following Pete Ashdown's activity
Pete Ashdown
Recent Activity
I feel fortunate to have cut my teeth on an Apple ][ then an Amiga in the late 70's and 80's. I remember hanging around the local Apple dealer and being the only customer (and one without any money) in the store. Going to the Apple store these days is still a bit surreal because of my childhood experiences.
I often wonder where all the digital hoodlums who I hung around with in the 80's ended up. Aside from a few locals, I have no idea where all the other aliases went except for Cyborg and I'm glad for that.
I Was a Teenage Hacker
Twenty-four years ago today, I had a very bad day. On August 8, 1988, I was a senior in high school. I was working my after school and weekend job at Safeway as a cashier, when the store manager suddenly walked over and said I better stop ringing up customers and talk to my mother on the stor...
Congratulations on a job well done old friend. Doing what you love does not have to be exclusive of loving the people you love. I found that I work better during the day if I go home at night, and the memories of being with my kids are better than any professional accomplishment. There is nothing better than being there when your kids want to know how something works, or which way to go.
I look forward to seeing what you come up with next.
Farewell Stack Exchange
I am no longer a part of Stack Exchange. I still have much literal and figurative stock in the success of Stack Exchange, of course, but as of March 1st I will no longer be part of the day to day operations of the company, or the Stack Exchange sites, in any way. It's been almost exactly 4 ...
Pete Ashdown is now following The Typepad Team
Feb 6, 2012
Subscribe to Pete Ashdown’s Recent Activity