When Did I Become Such a Tool? | Linux Today

When Did I Become Such a Tool?

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Web Webster
Web Webster
May 1, 2007

“‘When did I stop being creative?’

“The words stumbled out of my mouth leaving behind an aftertaste
of shame and contempt. It wasn’t that long ago that I still wrote
and drew and played music for fun. It wasn’t that long ago that I
always had a pet project going on. Helping on an open source
project or helping a non-profit get setup on repurposed systems.
But sometime in the recent past, and I really couldn’t put my
finger on when, that stopped…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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