On Sunday, 27 December 2015 at 14:44:37 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad
wrote:
I think wannabe game programmers is a sizeable market.
Programmers that dont have the capacity to learn modern C++ and
would pay for a quality tutorial of how to build a commercial
level game using OpenGL, OpenAL and a
On Wednesday, 23 December 2015 at 12:54:39 UTC, Jakob Jenkov
wrote:
I really want to put these paid blogging ideas into use one
day, but maybe D isn't the place to do it.
Or - maybe D is exactly the right use case. D doesn't already
have a ton of available material, but still as a decent size
On Sunday, 27 December 2015 at 14:44:37 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad
wrote:
On Sunday, 27 December 2015 at 08:25:58 UTC, Joakim wrote:
recently). Rather, the goal would be a site for hobbyists to
learn how to use the language to its fullest, without having
to dive into the source and github PRs
On Sunday, 27 December 2015 at 08:25:58 UTC, Joakim wrote:
recently). Rather, the goal would be a site for hobbyists to
learn how to use the language to its fullest, without having to
dive into the source and github PRs to extract all that info
themselves. Obviously, learning D might
On 28/12/15 3:44 AM, Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote:
On Sunday, 27 December 2015 at 08:25:58 UTC, Joakim wrote:
recently). Rather, the goal would be a site for hobbyists to learn
how to use the language to its fullest, without having to dive into
the source and github PRs to extract all that info
On Thursday, 24 December 2015 at 17:19:30 UTC, karabuta wrote:
On Sunday, 20 December 2015 at 21:09:31 UTC, Jakob Jenkov wrote:
Writing a focused book of around 100 pages can be done in 3-6
months. If more people chip in, it might even be faster.
There are these books floating around where
On Sunday, 20 December 2015 at 21:09:31 UTC, Jakob Jenkov wrote:
Writing a focused book of around 100 pages can be done in 3-6
months. If more people chip in, it might even be faster.
There are these books floating around where various programmers
actually come together to write them. Each
On Wednesday, 23 December 2015 at 03:05:46 UTC, Joakim wrote:
I've been thinking about contacting various D devs to see how
much interest there is- I mentioned that I contacted one guy
already- but I wasn't sure if I myself wanted to put time into
this. I really want to put these paid
I really want to put these paid blogging ideas into use one
day, but maybe D isn't the place to do it.
Or - maybe D is exactly the right use case. D doesn't already
have a ton of available material, but still as a decent size
community.
I'd say the hardest part is to get information about
On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 12:55:19 UTC, Jakob Jenkov wrote:
All decent ideas- I've been thinking recently about setting up
a paid blog for articles by D devs- but without someone to
explore and push them, they will go nowhere, ie somebody has
to do the work of wrangling the writers and
Simple, a blog that you pay to read. :) It's amazing to me that
people still continue to pump out books, such an outdated form,
simply because it has an existing payment model in place,
rather than trying new paid models online. Simply churning out
ebooks or the equivalent is all they do,
On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 17:29:56 UTC, Bubbasaur wrote:
On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 17:01:17 UTC, Joakim wrote:
The problem is ads make no money for the vast majority of
writers, so they have to write a book and sell it to make
writing worth their time. This is why you have to pay
On 23/12/15 5:10 AM, Joakim wrote:
On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 15:33:50 UTC, Jakob Jenkov wrote:
Simple, a blog that you pay to read. :) It's amazing to me that
people still continue to pump out books, such an outdated form,
simply because it has an existing payment model in place, rather
On Wednesday, 23 December 2015 at 01:33:22 UTC, Rikki Cattermole
wrote:
On 23/12/15 5:10 AM, Joakim wrote:
On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 15:33:50 UTC, Jakob Jenkov
wrote:
Have you considered using LeanPub for this?
Never heard much about them. Looking at their site now, I
like that
they
On 23/12/15 3:26 PM, Joakim wrote:
On Wednesday, 23 December 2015 at 01:33:22 UTC, Rikki Cattermole wrote:
On 23/12/15 5:10 AM, Joakim wrote:
On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 15:33:50 UTC, Jakob Jenkov wrote:
Have you considered using LeanPub for this?
Never heard much about them. Looking
On Wednesday, 23 December 2015 at 02:36:38 UTC, Rikki Cattermole
wrote:
On 23/12/15 3:26 PM, Joakim wrote:
Are you offering to write for a D blog or to get it set up on
leanpub?
I'd never use an external platform like leanpub where I don't
control
the source, as one of the main points would be
It is all beyond idiotic: it is amazing how long antiquated
ideas stick around, only because people cannot imagine anything
else.
I agree 100%. I published 4 books for Amazon Kindle, then stopped
for exactly this reason. You can do so much more advanced stuff
on the web than in an ebook.
I
All decent ideas- I've been thinking recently about setting up
a paid blog for articles by D devs- but without someone to
explore and push them, they will go nowhere, ie somebody has to
do the work of wrangling the writers and docs.
What do you mean by a "paid blog" ?
On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 15:33:50 UTC, Jakob Jenkov wrote:
Simple, a blog that you pay to read. :) It's amazing to me
that people still continue to pump out books, such an outdated
form, simply because it has an existing payment model in
place, rather than trying new paid models online.
On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 16:10:23 UTC, Joakim wrote:
It is all beyond idiotic: it is amazing how long antiquated
ideas stick around, only because people cannot imagine anything
else.
What you're describing sounds basically like a magazine... paid
freelance authors contributing
On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 16:16:53 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 16:10:23 UTC, Joakim wrote:
It is all beyond idiotic: it is amazing how long antiquated
ideas stick around, only because people cannot imagine
anything else.
What you're describing sounds
On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 15:24:23 UTC, Joakim wrote:
On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 12:55:19 UTC, Jakob Jenkov
wrote:
All decent ideas- I've been thinking recently about setting
up a paid blog for articles by D devs- but without someone to
explore and push them, they will go nowhere,
On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 17:01:17 UTC, Joakim wrote:
The problem is ads make no money for the vast majority of
writers, so they have to write a book and sell it to make
writing worth their time. This is why you have to pay for
almost all the D books, with free online books like Ali's
On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 16:51:38 UTC, Bubbasaur wrote:
On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 15:24:23 UTC, Joakim wrote:
On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 12:55:19 UTC, Jakob Jenkov
wrote:
All decent ideas- I've been thinking recently about setting
up a paid blog for articles by D devs- but
On Sunday, 20 December 2015 at 21:09:31 UTC, Jakob Jenkov wrote:
I was thinking that the D Consortium could function as
publisher of D books too, for the following (obvious) reasons:
[...]
All decent ideas- I've been thinking recently about setting up a
paid blog for articles by D devs- but
I was thinking that the D Consortium could function as publisher
of D books too, for the following (obvious) reasons:
1) To raise money for the D Consortium (from sales)
2) To increase the available documentation about D
3) Increased amount of documentation might lead to increased
adoption.
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