Bill, Glad you enjoyed the Mitch Waite interview. I didn't see it, I downloaded the audio, so you got a bit more of it than I did. Mitch pioneered the idea of software with books (e.g. Fractint) but the internet obsoleted that business model. Tim On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 2:22 PM, Bill Jemison <bill.jemison@gmail.com> wrote:
Tim - thanks so much for posting that link. I thoroughly enjoyed the whole interview. It brought back many memories of the early computer days and I remember my father with piles of old IBM Selectric typewriters to be used as keyboards for the computers he was building in the garage. I had no idea that Mr. Waite was involved in any of the ventures other than Fractal Creations. What an interesting person - he had me from the beginning when he mentioned biofeedback, which I got into in the early/mid 1970's. I loved seeing many of the books he wrote...the covers looked so cool...very nerdy and techy...not to mention that one that I looked up on Amazon, "Projects in Sight, Sound and Sensation", originally sold for $ 4.95. Now a new copy of the book will set you back over $60 for the paperback. It was fun to see him mention Fractal Creations and the 3D glasses. I was a bit disappointed that he didn't pull out the poster! I even enjoyed his bird watching section. And appreciated the way to get the free copy of the ibird app.
Twit.tv seems to be a really interesting place.
Thanks again!
Bill Jemison audio fractals <https://sites.google.com/site/audiofractals/home>
On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 9:31 AM, Timothy Wegner <tim@tswegner.net> wrote:
I just had a fun experience. I enjoy downloading tech podcasts from twit.tv. Among other things Leo Laporte interviews tech luminaries on a show called Triangulation. The most recent interview was with Mitchell Waite, who published our Fractal Creations book. I had wondered what Mitch was up to since he sold his business to SAMS.
As I listened to Mitch recounting his history, I wondered if he would mention Fractal Creations. Sure enough he did, a little past halfway through. Just a short couple of sentences, but I certainly appreciated it.
Not sure if it would be worth folks here listening to the whole interview if you weren't otherwise interested just for the brief Fractal Creations mention, but I thought I would let you know. This brought back memories of Mitch. I had many phone conversations relating to Fractal Creations, and met him once in the Bay area.
Mitch is now involved with a birding application.
Tim
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