February 10, 2010
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Since I don’t have time to write books at the moment, I’m forwarding this to world. Packt Publishing, are expanding their portfolio and looking for books on Visual Studio Integration, Administration and Reporting. Packt Publishing today announced their plan to … Continue reading
November 20, 2007
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The old paper v. e-book debate has started again, with the release of several new e-book readers. The publishing industry has been playing with this for years, but it’s only now that the technology is making it viable. I don’t … Continue reading
June 12, 2006
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At long last, the lasted Al and Dave book is out (my copies have just arrived). ASP.NET 2.0 Illustrated isn’t just an update from the old beta books, but is around 80-90% rewrite. It does reuse some code and text … Continue reading
August 2, 2004
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Two books worth mentioning. A First Look at SQL Server 2005 for Developers is damn fine. A ton of excellent material on the new version of SQL Server (codename “Yukon”). I saw this in early draft and found it invaluable … Continue reading
June 18, 2004
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Marcie is talking about multi-author books, with a particularly extreme case. I was never really a fan of large multi-author books, even though I’ve participated in a few. 4 to 6 authors is manageable if you can work well together. … Continue reading
June 16, 2004
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Wrox are holding an author event at Foyles in London on Tuesday 22nd, from 6pm so come along and say hello. There will be a bunch of Wrox authors hanging around and Foyles are, I believe, having reductions this month … Continue reading
March 30, 2004
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There are a couple of Amazon reviews of Beginning ASP.NET 1.1 querying the use of Web Matrix as the tool in the book. I thought I’d use that as an excuse to explain some of the choices we have to … Continue reading
February 27, 2004
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Oh, and while I’m on the subject of books, why is it that publishers insist on rebranding a book series when it’s not finished. There is one series of books I’ve been buying for years and now they’ve reprinted them … Continue reading
February 11, 2004
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I’m doing some English cleanup on a book written by someone whose first langauge isn’t English. It’s an interesting experience. Being completely lame at languages I’m automatically impressed by people who speak more than one, and writing a book in a … Continue reading