I don't think it's such a problem. Seems, for a lot of people, the problem is a lack of meaningful things to write about. Look at Yukio Mishima, he was a writer, producer, model, traveler, paramilitary and more. And at the deliberate end of his life he wrote that he felt like he had done nothing. Don't be afraid to wander off in different directions, in writing, same as you do in life. At the end, it's your method to the madness that will make it a worth while read. And there most definitely are parallels between all the things you've mentioned, so if you do it right, it doesn't have to be an amalgamation of unrelated ideas.
Alexey 2001 Honda CBR600F4i (CCS) 1992 Kawasaki EX500 http://azinger.blogspot.com http://bsheet.sourceforge.net http://wcollage.sourceforge.net ________________________________ From: Joe Nuxoll (Java Posse) <[email protected]> To: The Java Posse <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 7:28:06 PM Subject: [The Java Posse] Re: Joe, you should write a book.... Well thank you Thomas for the vote of confidence... :-) I have toyed with the idea of writing a book, but the main problem for me is simply that I'd undoubtedly wander off into the topics that I am truly deeply interested in - like racing, photography, religion, science, art, comedy, nature, music, and yes of course design. I'd actually like to write about 6 books. From what I hear, it is an incredibly long and arduous process that breaks people. I might be able to start recording my thoughts in audio - then try to get a good voice interpreter to transcribe so I have a base to work with. Again, thanks for the encouragement. Its something I will hopefully start doing someday. - Joe On Jun 11, 12:28 pm, TBT <[email protected]> wrote: > the title would be something along the lines of: > > Practical Website and GUI Design Techniques for Developers > > Think of Dick Wall and his admitted lack of front end design skills. > I think he is typical for most of us. Target the developer crowd. > > Then, spell out the basic design principles that you were able to > apply that made good UI and Web design. Also the common pitfalls we > developer always do that get us into trouble. Screen shots of > JFlubber. > > We have heard you say your main tool is Photoshop now. You can go > into all of the tricks that you use. Go into all of the gory details > of how you take a picture of something, of a texture or pattern for > instance, and make it a background of a website, etc. HTML, CSS, > image manipulation in Photoshop. How a developer can manipulate > layers of photoshop files with code? Screen shots and code snippets > will fill 3/4 of the book. > > We all know how to develop the back end stuff, so you dont have to > cover that part. Speak to the developer about what the user sees and > how to improve. > > With your experience from Apple Store, Borland and Navagenics you > could come up with things that work > > I would buy it. > > -Thomas --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
