RE: [CFCDev] Free vs. Paid Training for CF frameworks WAS State of Coldfusion UI Development

[John Farrar]

I will say this on Hal’s defense. The value of the material in this information era is tainted in our perception. If you look at the total value of a car, tires are cheap.  (I would illustrate with another part of the car... but truth is most techs wouldn’t know what I was talking about.) Look at a tire and there is nothing cool about it. In fact we have to put fancy hubs on tires to make them cool. (Oh… you could paint a white line around it.) In fact for years people were willing to pay a clearly higher price just for a white wall tire!   So, what’s the point. Hal should determine the value of his offering, and the viability of the market. I didn’t pay that much for the book… but never joined the badgering of the book. As far as I will go is the standing reality that if the book was PDF then the production costs would be lower. (And people who knock Hal for the cost of this book need to look at the popular CD/DVD training courses on the market. They don’t contain any more information and are clearly higher in price!)   John Farrar   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hal Helms Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 3:16 AM To: CFCDev@cfczone.org Subject: RE: [CFCDev] Free vs. Paid Training for CF frameworks WAS State of Coldfusion UI Development   Yes, it could be that we were trying to scam people--or it could be that you saw our inexperience showing. The "giant font" was all of 12 points. We thought having more white space would make the book easier to read. But when faced with two alternatives, I know I always try to pick the one with the more sinister implications. I'm glad I'm not alone. Send me an email ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and I'll make sure you get your money back for the CFCs book.   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of M@ Bourke Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 9:12 PM To: CFCDev@cfczone.org Subject: Re: [CFCDev] Free vs. Paid Training for CF frameworks WAS State of Coldfusion UI Development Problem with Techspedition is there was to much wastage of space. trying to make books look bigger then they are, on my desk I have about 15 books here at work and all have the same font except for Techspedition which has giant font and 2 inch empty footers and headers on every page and over done it code samples. I have the cfc book of which I looked at once then pushed to the back and if it had normal size font and no code samples it would be roughly 12 pages the whole book. if Techspedition brings out more books I won't be buying them unless they get a bit more realistic, people are smart enough to buy a 100 page book over a 500 page book if they hear the 100 page book has great content. On 1/16/06, John Farrar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So... what is the fixed cost of the PDF version? Seems like that could be a good solution! Now we can even do some wild things with video editing packages... so maybe we will see a revival of Techspedition? John Farrar ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to cfcdev@cfczone.org with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' as the subject of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by CFXHosting (www.cfxhosting.com). An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/cfcdev@cfczone.org ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to cfcdev@cfczone.org with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' as the subject of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by CFXHosting (www.cfxhosting.com). An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/cfcdev@cfczone.org ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to cfcdev@cfczone.org with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' as the subject of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by CFXHosting (www.cfxhosting.com). An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/cfcdev@cfczone.org