Greetings from R. Wood in Virginia

RWood · 11-24-2006, 03:35 PM

I’m a little late in saying, “Hello.” Trust me, that’s nothing new for me. (Insert joke here about being late for own funeral.)

Over the years I have done many things from radio and television to programming and systems development. I spent a number of years running major projects for Government consulting firms. I have run my own company for the last few years and am currently involved in a high tech start-up.

I started in eBooks as we know them now back in the early 1990s with Adobe Acrobat Version 1. Initially it started with publishing a lot of Government reports and User Manuals and progressed as time went on.

A few years back I started reading stuff on my Palm equipped cell phone and developed a rather extensive library of material. Many PDBs were self created. (Would you believe an ISO-9000 manual on your phone?) When I first heard of e-ink and later the Sony Reader I knew that the days of the small coarse dot matrix screen were doomed.

Picked up a Reader about a week ago and joined here shortly thereafter.

tcv · 11-24-2006, 05:40 PM

Welcome!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RWood · 11-24-2006, 09:09 PM

Thank you, thank you very much.

Alexander Turcic · 11-24-2006, 09:22 PM

Yes, welcome on board

raevyn1 · 11-25-2006, 05:22 AM

Welcome, fellow Virginian! Greetings from the coastal plain of SE Virginia. Hope you enjoy this wonderful forum.

RWood · 11-25-2006, 03:21 PM

I'm having a lot of fum here (but more with the reader itself.) I am up in the Piedmont of Northern Virginia and remember fondly my time in the Tidewater area. In a long term test I wonder how well the Reader will survive in the near salt water environment. Will the chrome pieces become pitted? Time will tell.

vivaldirules · 09-06-2009, 04:55 PM

Welcome to MobileRead, Good Master RWood!

(Now this is necroposting.)

zelda_pinwheel · 09-06-2009, 05:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

(Now this is necroposting.)

yes. yes it is.

(welcome wood !

)

Bilbo1967 · 09-06-2009, 05:10 PM

Well, I'm not going to formally welcome this RWood fellow until I'm sure he's not just some 'fly-by-night', 'here today, gone tomorrow' type.

Give it another 5 years, say.

zelda_pinwheel · 09-06-2009, 05:11 PM

ah, ever the prudent one, i see, bilbo. can't be too careful.

Bilbo1967 · 09-06-2009, 05:12 PM

It never pays to be too precipitous!

zelda_pinwheel · 09-06-2009, 05:13 PM

true, true ! we could all take a lesson from you. then again, you've only been here a few months yourself, i suppose i should really reserve my judgement on you for a while yet.

Bilbo1967 · 09-06-2009, 05:24 PM

Fair enough. I guess by 2014 I'll have earned some trust!

zelda_pinwheel · 09-06-2009, 05:27 PM

2014 ?? let's not get ahead of ourselves, shall we ?

montsnmags · 09-07-2009, 12:53 AM

Nah, this one looks a bit shifty to me. Sure, he looks all professor-y, but until I see a working prototype of a coconut-shortwave-radio, I'm reserving judgement.

Cheers,
Marc

11-24-2006, 03:35 PM	#1
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	Greetings from R. Wood in Virginia I’m a little late in saying, “Hello.” Trust me, that’s nothing new for me. (Insert joke here about being late for own funeral.) Over the years I have done many things from radio and television to programming and systems development. I spent a number of years running major projects for Government consulting firms. I have run my own company for the last few years and am currently involved in a high tech start-up. I started in eBooks as we know them now back in the early 1990s with Adobe Acrobat Version 1. Initially it started with publishing a lot of Government reports and User Manuals and progressed as time went on. A few years back I started reading stuff on my Palm equipped cell phone and developed a rather extensive library of material. Many PDBs were self created. (Would you believe an ISO-9000 manual on your phone?) When I first heard of e-ink and later the Sony Reader I knew that the days of the small coarse dot matrix screen were doomed. Picked up a Reader about a week ago and joined here shortly thereafter.

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RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	I'm having a lot of fum here (but more with the reader itself.) I am up in the Piedmont of Northern Virginia and remember fondly my time in the Tidewater area. In a long term test I wonder how well the Reader will survive in the near salt water environment. Will the chrome pieces become pitted? Time will tell.

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Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	Well, I'm not going to formally welcome this RWood fellow until I'm sure he's not just some 'fly-by-night', 'here today, gone tomorrow' type. Give it another 5 years, say.

09-06-2009, 05:11 PM	#10
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	ah, ever the prudent one, i see, bilbo. can't be too careful.

09-06-2009, 05:12 PM	#11
Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	It never pays to be too precipitous!

09-06-2009, 05:13 PM	#12
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	true, true ! we could all take a lesson from you. then again, you've only been here a few months yourself, i suppose i should really reserve my judgement on you for a while yet.

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09-06-2009, 05:24 PM	#13
Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	Fair enough. I guess by 2014 I'll have earned some trust!

09-06-2009, 05:27 PM	#14
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	2014 ?? let's not get ahead of ourselves, shall we ?

09-07-2009, 12:53 AM	#15
montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	Nah, this one looks a bit shifty to me. Sure, he looks all professor-y, but until I see a working prototype of a coconut-shortwave-radio, I'm reserving judgement. Cheers, Marc