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It’s been 9 years of weblogging for the early “Edit This Page” group. As Garrett points out:

dangerousmeta!:What am I, nuts? I’m still doing this?! I neglected to notice that the 22nd was my ‘weblog anniversary.’ December 22, 1999 was when I began writing this weblog (called ‘array.editthispage.com’ back then) on the Edit This Page servers, via Userland Manila weblog software. Never saw any others in NM until 2000, and even then they were few and far between.

I remember that those early days were linked to the dawning of the 21st Century as we waited to see whether we would face complete technological failure due to the Y2K bug. We’ve survived and many of that group still have a strong online presence. The novelty has worn off and I’m mainly focused on posting images and writing about photography now. Some of the best writing I ever did was for the original On Deciding . . . Better. I have much of the text archived but never found an easy way to get it back on the web. On Deciding . . . Better 2.0 is still up and running on my home G4Cube, but I think it’s days are numbered as this site collects more current and useful information.

Author: James Vornov

I'm an MD, PhD Neurologist who left a successful academic career on the Faculty of The Johns Hopkins Medical School to develop new treatments in Biotech and Pharma. I became fascinated with how people actually make decisions based on the science of decision theory and emerging understanding of how the brain works to make decisions. My passion now is this deep explanation of what has been the realm of philosophy, psychology and self help but is now understood as brain function. By understanding our brains, I believe we can become happier, more successful people. View all posts by James Vornov