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No Ghost Writers here.  I'm never sure who reads these articles.  I know a few people do and I even get some very much appreciated compliments on them.

I know a few people wonder where we get the articles I post on this page.  Well, I write them.  While I'm closely familiar with the technique of "copying and pasting", I don't copy these articles from anyone else.  They're all mine in my own words, although from time to time I may quote someone.

Of course, I don't know this stuff by magic or absorb it through osmosis.  I read.  I read a lot.  I read tons of news reports and tech journals and try to get various "spins" and viewpoints on each subject.  Sometimes I'll read conflicting information or opposing viewpoints.  In that case it helps that I read a number of journals and reports to get every view I can and as many details as possible.  Then I form my own opinion and you're kind of stuck with that.

Some articles don't necessarily lend themselves to opinions.  Some of them are strictly fact based.  Even in those cases, I check and re-check with a number of journals and reports to make sure my statistics, names, and numbers all agree.  When they don't, (and sometimes they don't) the more re-checking I do, the more likely my numbers and statistics will be correct.

Most of the journals and reports I read are dry and boring, with few exceptions.  Some are oddly fascinating and still boringly written.  They can be dry and boring because the techies and journalists who write them know that only people like me will read them.  My articles on the other hand, can't be too dry or boring because I'm hoping you will keep reading them.

As quickly as technology evolves, it's not always easy to think of something to write about, at least not something interesting or that I haven't written about before.  I have a personal terror of becoming repetitive.  Something new always seems to pop up though.  Sometimes, the most difficult part of writing an article here, is finding a relevant picture to go with it.  What kind of picture do you use for an article about not using a ghost writer?  And where do you find it?

I write 52 of these articles a year, which means I've probably written over 500 or so.  They've covered everything from new gadgets, to new technologies, to little hints about how to do things on the computer, governmental and international influences on the internet, and even some oddities like, what are cloud farms and where they really are.

I've sometimes tried to listen to techies explain things and I think they're often just trying to impress you with a lot of superfluous double-talk.  Well, I'm not going to be dazzling anybody with my eloquence or my technical expertise, but I hope I'm sometimes fascinating with occasional flashes of brilliance. John

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