Peter Lewis
 Peter is a successful shareware author. He founded Stairways Software Pty Ltd in 1995 and specialises in Macintosh TCP/IP products but has been known to diversify into other areas. (Peter is also our first Australian here.) |
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| How did you personally get into using the Macintosh family of computers? |
Mostly it was Quinn's fault. And my brother, Stephen's fault too. | |
| Status: | Legend. | |
First Mac:
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Either the Mac Classic my brother bought in 1986, or the 7100 I won from Apple as a Cool Tool award. | |
Current Mac:
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Power Mac G3 | |
| When did you get your first modem? | 1993 I think, although I was on the net at work long before that. | |
| Who did you call first? | iiNet Technologies, they've been my ISP since then. | |
| Present Occupation: | Software Author. CEO. Director. General Dog's Body. | |
| Claim to Fame: | Anarchie Pro, NetPresenz, Internet Config. | |
| Dream Job: | I don't dream of a new Job, I dream of retiring. |
| Not So Random Thoughts... | |||
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| Was there ever a time in your life that you had to "Think Different?" What was the situation and what did you do? | |||
| Nope. Well, maybe I was pretty early thinking that the Mac could be a great internet client back when almost all the internet computers were running unix.... | |||
| How has using the Macintosh computer changed your life? | |||
| I doubt I'd be running my own business if I was not a Mac person - I got a job out of uni[versity] supporting Macs, and since that is such an easy job it left me plenty of time and energy to write programs. If I'd have been a PC support droid, I probably would have been so worn out from all the work that I'd never have started writing software. | |||
| What is the weirdest thing in your office right now? | |||
| A mouse trap. MacHack attendies will understand. | |||
| My Passions are: | |||
| My girlfriend, computers, sci-fi. | |||
| If you could have dinner with one person dead or alive who would that person be and what would you ask them? | |||
| J. Michael Straczynski. "What's next?" | |||
| Do you play a musical instrument and/or are you in a band? | |||
| Only a Keyboard, and very very badly. | |||
| When I grow up I want to be: | |||
| I dont want to grow up. | |||
| The question never asked: | |||
| No Anwer. |
| Just The Facts, Please... | ||||
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| Biographical Tidbits: | Peter wrote Anarchie, NetPresenz, Assimilator, Finger, Talk, Mac TCP Watcher, OTSessionWatcher, and a host of other programs and hacks for the Mac. He also co-wrote Internet Config with Quinn and Marcus. | Education: | BSc (Hons) from the University of Western Australia in 1989. | |
| Location at Birth: | Jamaica - few people expect that answer. | Current Location: | Perth, Western Australia. | |
| Where you've been in between: |
I've lived in California, Nova Scotia and Montreal. I've traveled across North ANmerica, Eeurope, and some of southern Asia. Perth is the best place to live. | Astrological Sign: | Pisces | |
| Available? | Single but not available. | Chat Nick: | Peter, PeterNL or PNL. | |
| Favorite Books: | Books by Orson Scott Card, Stephen Donaldson, or Dan Simmons. | Favorite Music or Band: | Australian music (I always miss it when I go down to the USA). INXS, Midnight Oil. | |
| Favorite Food: | Italian. | Cat or Dog Person: | Cat | |
| Peter's Personal Web Site | ||
| Peter's Professional Web Site | ||
| Favorite Web Site: | AltaVista | |
| "Real Artists Ship" - Steve Jobs | ||
Created November 16, 1998; Edited: 1/29/99