Front Porch Review
A literary magazine for the young at heart and mind

Bill Martin spent his entire career in the computer business, starting with IBM before the dawn of the computer and culminating as a grizzled computer veteran among bright young techies. He directed the launch of a barcode-based software product in the emerging and exciting new- tech world – the inspiration of the Work Ethics piece in this magazine.

For the past twelve years he has volunteered each Wednesday for Habitat for Humanity as a "Habaholic,” one of a group of similarly-driven retirees who sport their own tee-shirts and build houses in Lake County, Illinois. His e-mail address: Bill Martin