Today, the 3rd of January, marks a big anniversary for me – 10 years ago, on this day, my first ever article appeared in the January 1993 issue of PCQuest, marking the beginning of my column COMversations.

For the next four years, until December 1996, I attempted to tell people about the wonderful world of communication, the internet, and more, using my own style of writing.

This may sound cliched, but it seems like yesterday that I attended this party in late 1992, at the poolside of the Westend hotel in Bangalore, wondering what I was doing there, when this guy comes up to me, taps me on the shoulder, and said “Hi, I am Prasanto Roy. I have read your sample articles, and I want you write more, so that I can publish them in this magazine that I have just become the editor of, called PCQuest”.

That was the beginning of the ride, and what a wonderful ride it was. Through the years, it gave me the opportunity to “talk” to tens of thousands of people on technical topics dear to me, and it gave me a chance to start (and sustain) projects such as the PCQuest Linux Initiative.

I don’t write as much today as I did in years gone by (I really don’t have so much time), but everytime I sit down to do an article or just a diary entry, I feel the same thrill again – that I am about to put down words that will be read by someone who may find them useful or entertaining in some way.

Ten years ago, I hoped to make a difference with my writings.

Ten years later, I hope I did.