On 17/02/2009, at 9:48 PM, Dan Dascalescu wrote:
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Kieren Diment <[email protected]>
wrote:
So the goal of the book we're writing at the moment isn't a walk-
through
tutorial, but a set of materials designed to get you from raw
beginner
through the entire catalyst learning curve as quickly as possible
- i.e.
minimising the cost of the learning curve.
I bought the first book and I'll buy this one as soon as it becomes
available. But there's an interesting point about writing the book at
http://tinyurl.com/closed-books
eq
http://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/philosophy/closed-books-are-so-19th-century/#admission-of-failuret
Aye, but I wouldn't have time to get things moving without the
resources of a publisher to pay me an advance. Plus there's the other
stuff ... editorial, people beating you to make sure you reach
deadlines etc. Yes publishers are in trouble, espeically in the
software sector, but no, they're not obsolete.
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