Star Stuff Writer

TreePad (www.treepad.com) is the most powerful and flexible solution I’ve found for keeping text notes on my computer, and I’ve been doing this for twenty some years now – since my TRS-80 Mod 3 in the early ’80s. (See my earlier post: TreePad – for every kind of note.)

I’d like to explain that my way of using TreePad is quite simple. I’m trying to distinguish my simple, structured use of TreePad’s capabilities from the full range of TreePad’s presentation capabilities. (more…)

In the movie Groundhog Day, when Phil Connors (played by Bill Murray) and Rita (played by Andie MacDowell) are spinning cards into an upturned hat, Phil urges Rita to “Be the hat!”

I want to “Be the writer.” (more…)