The WorldClock Story

Hi, I'm Leighton Paul (yes, Paul is my last name). I'm  the author of WorldClock.

I have a day job as a high-school vice principal, formerly a teacher of chemistry, 
physics, computer science, and mathematics.  I fool with my computer in the evenings
and on weekends.

WorldClock was born in 1987 as a simple DA that gave sunrise and sunset times for
the user's location.  It was distributed to a few people for comments, and the "could
you add this" and "could you add that" process started.  The program grew quite a bit
as a result of such comments. 

Some of the people I have shown WorldClock to offered some more excellent comments.
"How about some clocks to show the time in other cities?"  "It would be great if you
added color!"   "What would really make it stand out is information about the moon."

In time, these features were added, one by one, while continuing to send it out for 
comments.  WorldClock was started on a Macintosh 512, and then work has been 
continued on a Macintosh Plus, a Macintosh SE HD20, then a Macintosh II, SE/30,  
a IIci, a Macintosh Portable, a Quadra 950, and recently on a Powerbook Duo 280c.  
As the speeds of successive generations of Macintoshes have increased, it has become
possible to add features that were dismissed as impractical back when the development
process started.

I've generally taken WorldClock with me on vacation.  WorldClock has been worked 
on and tested for accuracy in Outback Australia, England, Alaska, Hawaii, and of
course, extensively tested in beautiful Tehachapi, California.  The moon routines were 
added in 1993 on a vacation drive from Perth, Australia, to Melbourne.  The coastline 
along the Great Australian Bight is incredible! 

My goal in writing WorldClock is to present complex information in a pleasing, under-
standable, graphic sort of way - to provide information needed quickly at a glance, and 
to allow for experimentation when the interest arises.  The program provides hard data
along with the easy-to-visualize graphics.  Look at whichever you wish, or both!  Play
with the experimental features built in to WorldClock!

I hope you enjoy WorldClock Lite and get good use from it..  If you do, please register 
your copy.  If you prefer the full version of WorldClock, please let me know.

Thanks,