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[HulkSmashForever]

Good-bye, Steve. I'll miss your fine work with PC World Magazine. Take care and all the best to you!

[DGittins]

Good luck, Steve, you will be missed.

You're the best columnist at PC World, and certainly my favorite on the Web. I’ve always enjoyed reading your columns, and have learned many terrific tricks that have helped me in my day to day dealings with these frightfully complex systems.

I have to say, though, that I was not happy when PC World changed your newsletter so that I no longer received the whole newsletter in my inbox, and only instead received a teaser with a link. Don’t know why they did that, but I sure didn’t like it. I can only guess that the decision was made by bean counters who wanted to drag your loyal readers over the coals of PC World's ads and popups by forcing them to visit the site. I, for one, do not like being manipulated like this.

Best of luck in the new venture!


Darryl Gittins

[JcHc3in1]

Steve, I also believe you were the best columnist at PCWorld. Most of the apps on my computers came directly from your articles. No way would I have found these great programs on my own.
You will surely be missed and you can be sure that I'll be checking your website frequently.

[pwcmec4]

Steve,
You are one of the last of the great columnists of the historic PC World. You will be missed as your columns usually had good quality advice that I would use to help my computer experience. Your columns read well and easily understood (no Geek Speak). Good luck.
Pete Comerford

[JGalt]

This will be a sad day for PC World. I also agree with other comments here especially Darryl Gittins

"I have to say, though, that I was not happy when PC World changed your newsletter so that I no longer received the whole newsletter in my inbox, and only instead received a teaser with a link. Don’t know why they did that, but I sure didn’t like it. I can only guess that the decision was made by bean counters who wanted to drag your loyal readers over the coals of PC World's ads and popups by forcing them to visit the site. I, for one, do not like being manipulated like this."

I've now unsubscribed from PC World, and will be looking forward to you new TechBite newsletter, which I've already forwarded the link to to the several hundred of my email friends.

So in the words of an old character from Trek."Live long and prosper!"

[BSwift]

Steve,

I echo the comments of the rest...in my opinion, you're the best writer/columnist at PCWorld...hate to see you go, but I'm glad for you in your new endeavor. I've written you several times over the years, not necessarily expecting a personal response...I'm sure you get a tremendous amount of email. But you responded personally each time, and I think that's part of what makes you so good at your job - the personal touch.
Thanks for all the columns and help over the years. I'll definitely be watching Techbite.

Bart Swift

[marya]

Steve,
For many years I read PCWorld because of your column. I wish you all the best, and have already signed up for the new newsletter. Thanks you much, you have taught me alot!
Mary Andrews

[MeeMee]

Steve , we'll miss you alot ..

For years now, I got used to reading you column, you are the best writer at PC World, I mainly joined the newsletter for you .. Wish you all the best and Good Luck :)

[kengray]

"moving on"?

uhmmmm....yeah, right PCW! you're a real class act PCW! moving on?...you mean 'fired cuz we can't manage our owner!'

lame PCW....lame.

[AuroraDizon]

You were (are) truly exceptional Steve.

[mkuziak]

Sorry to see you go from PCWorld. I looked forward to both your mag. column and your email column, despite the changes made to the latter by the mag. I echo the sentiments and accolades already made in this comment following your farewell message. I presume you are phasing into retirement mode. Having done that nearly 12 years ago, I recommend it.

[Rkenndy3]

PC World is a fine magazine but Steve Bass made it really interesting to me. Thats what attracted me to it in the first place...now I guess I'll have to move on too.

[stevebass]

>>I presume you are phasing into retirement mode.

LOL -- nope, not at all. You can find me at www.techbite.com and sign up for my free, new newsletter.

--Steve

[stevebass]

Thanks, [~155696], I'll miss it to. More important, I'll miss all the e-mail friends I've made after 20 years with PC World., But you can follow me to www.techbite.com and sign up for my free newsletter.

[stevebass]

Kind words, Darryl, and very much appreciated. (And listen, not everything's lost: Stu's Bugs and Fixes, Lincoln's AnswerLine, and Scott Dunn's columns are all still around.)

--Steve

>>You're the best columnist at PC World, and certainly my favorite on the Web. I've always enjoyed reading your columns, and have learned many terrific tricks that have helped me in my day to day dealings with these frightfully complex systems.

[stevebass]

[~34435],

I loved writing columns loaded with freebie tools, the neat ones that end up as keepers (though I've also written about some awful klunkers, too). If you want more of that kind of stuff, stop by www.techbite.com.

--Steve

>>Most of the apps on my computers came directly from your articles. No way would I have found these great programs on my own.

[stevebass]

Kind words, pcwmec4, except for the "usually"...(kidding and ducking)

Seriously, thanks for the support. --Steve


> > You will be missed as your columns usually had good quality advice that I would use to help my computer experience. Your columns read well and easily understood (no Geek Speak). Good luck.

[stevebass]

Thanks, JJgalt, and I promise you'll get everything you used to get in my www.techbite.com/ column. Except maybe ads.

>>I've now unsubscribed from PC World, and will be looking forward to you new TechBite newsletter, which I've already forwarded the link to to the several hundred of my email friends.

[stevebass]

Bart,

That's only because you referred to me as sharp and witty...

No, really, I felt like we were in this thing together and I honestly took pleasure in responding to reader e-mails whenever I could -- and still do.

--Steve

>>But you responded personally each time, and I think that's part of what makes you so good at your job - the personal touch.