Has it been a year already? I must have a terrible sense of time, or could it be...I've actually been having fun?! Seriously, producing Teletimes this past year has been quite a thrill for me and I can only hope that the readers enjoyed it as much as I did.
From a tiny local newsletter to a professional-looking international magazine, Teletimes has definitely made some progress, and like most successful things, our magazine had the help of many people. I would like to thank first of all, Bob Grahame for introducing me to electronic publishing and providing the enthusiasm for starting up Teletimes. I must thank, of course, Anand Mani, who donated hours of his precious time and fantastic graphic skills and was (and still is) an integral part of the staff. The following contributors have also donated their creativity and played a key role in building Teletimes: Biko Agozino, Prasad and Surekha Akella, Steve Atwal, Kent Barrett, Leanne Chapman, Paul Chapman, Simon Cheung, Garth Chorney, Geoff Coates, Tom Davis, Prasad Dharmasena, Helene Gresso, Paul Gribble, Dirk Grutzmacher, Leif Hearne, David Lewis, Mike Matsunaga, Satya Prabhakar, Motamarri Saradhi, Dr. Michael Schreiber, Andreas Seppelt, Dr. Euan Taylor and Seth Theriault.
I should also thank Dom Giovannangeli, Dann Porter and Murphy Sewall (the editor of the late VaporWare) for their help in getting Teletimes beyond Vancouver and to the rest of the world and Ted Yun at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, who convinced me that Teletimes was in fact being read by the rest of the world. And finally, a big thank you to all of our readers.
With all that out of the way, I hope you enjoy our first anniversary issue and please fill out the reader response card.
We're one year old! And not out of diapers yet! In spite of what that may seem to mean, it is a statement of . I hope that we don't stop growing. This, our anniversary issue, is the latest in a series of statements of a vision. To produce a magazine that attempts to fulfill the promise of computers and digital networks. A magazine that is born of the observations, experiences and opinions of its readership. This magazine would, for the most part, eschew the arcane world of hardware and software and focus on topics that have real human meaning. And, what better topic for this anniversary issue than "A Celebration of Creativity?"
Thank you all for your support and enthusiasm.
