Big thanks go out to one of my favorite writers on all things Mac-related and inventor of the term “The Life”, John Gruber. He put me on Daring Fireball’s Linked List, resulting in a big avalanche of folks coming to see this blog and WebnoteHappy Lite. If you’re one of those folks, thanks for coming and hopefully you checked out WebnoteHappy Lite. I’ve got the full version of WebnoteHappy in the works and I’m furiously working on it to finish it up.

It’s people like John who make you glad you were savvy enough to be a Mac user – Daring Fireball is sleek, Mac-focused, elegant yet packed with useful info. Plus its obvious that he’s passionate about Macs and is a master of prose. The Macworld 2006 Review is one of my favorites.

What’s more, John is trying to live The Life in his own way, as a blog writer. Interestingly, he’s not doing it via the traditional putting up the stack of Google Adsense ads, but instead via a membership model. Jason Kottke proved that that “micropatrons” model is indeed possible.

I’ll be buying a membership after I figure out if I want to start lifting weights again and get a medium t-shirt or just get the large. It’s good to support aspiring Mac Indies, whether they’re writing software or intensely engaging blogs with in-depth reviews, news and interviews.