I, as well, would love to read a book by Joe (and a few others in here). I believe there was an older thread discussing that same issue, and Joe indicated he'd love to at least write a couple of chapters.
I think Joe's love for cars could actually be a big bonus. From my understanding, a lot of those high-end machines are very functional, and yet, are also very elegant. I think that those of us in software development could probably use some of the same lessons that the car designers have learned from over time. --Ryan On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Robert Casto <[email protected]>wrote: > Actually, it could make for much more interesting reading than from someone > who does coding and nothing else. Perhaps start with some shorts and put > them on Amazon. If those do well, then you know a book should do well. > > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Alexey Zinger <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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 >> >> >> > > > -- > Robert Casto > www.robertcasto.com > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
