Chris, you explained, "So, I'm basically a geek who has grown too old to be chic. I read, I do
research, I write programs, I try to help out here and there if I can offer value." And it sounds like a good life to me! Cat Lover Lori----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Hofstader" <cdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 4:20 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: faavorite authors
I never did a dissertation. In 1997, I started graduate school at Harvard University (it was the closest college to my house) in English/Creative Writing. Almost exactly one year later, Ted Henter offered me the jobrunning the JAWS and HJ software team and I jumped from academia to softwareengineering where I had spent most of my career.I didn't think that blind people could work on software projects back then.My vision had just gotten bad enough so I made my own screen reader for Macintosh and followed my way into writing and literature - loves I've always had along with technology.I do love William Faulkner's work but I really love lots of other authors aswell. I try to read one educational and one purely for the love of literature per week. Of course, the range of topics in my "educational"list is really broad and, to an outsider, might even appear somewhat randomwith a bias toward science. So, I'm basically a geek who has grown too old to be chic. I read, I doresearch, I write programs, I try to help out here and there if I can offervalue. cdh Chris Hofstader CUNY, BSO, ATG, Odds and Ends email: cdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Blog: http://www.blindconfidential.blogspot.com Skype: BlindChristian phone: 727-896-6393 -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Grandma Cindy Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 7:00 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] faavorite authors Before responding to Chris's post I thought I'd read further. I was sure you'd mention that you're a big Faulkner fan so I wasn't going to--but you didn't mention that. Did you do your dissertation on him? Cind --- On Tue, 5/27/08, Amy Goldring Tajalli <agoldringtajalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Add Katherine Ann Porter to that list. Amy omsmTo unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list ofavailable commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. __________ NOD32 3137 (20080527) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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