Hello, my name is Mike Gowen.

If you haven’t already heard, Firewheel (under the moniker of Alamofire) has finally released their long-awaited, ultra-top-secret project. Since they first announced the new project under a veil of secrecy, I’ve been chomping at the bit to find out what it is. Well it’s here, and boy is it a doozy!
PackRat is a very simple […]

This Christmas, my girlfriend Heather decided that she wanted to publish her father’s novel as a gift to him. I told her that I knew of a hot new self-publishing service called Lulu, and we decided to give it a shot. I don’t have the patience to provide a full detailed review of the process, […]