Re: [MacRuby-devel] MacRuby Book discount

2011-02-03 Thread Morgan Schweers
Greetings, Side note, in my litany of MacRuby awesomeness, I left out trivially easy Grand Central Dispatch queues to do background downloading of HTML and images! I've sent a bit more details on this to Matt, but I wanted to share a version with the list. On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 5:35 PM, Matt Aim

Re: [MacRuby-devel] MacRuby Book discount

2011-02-03 Thread Matt Aimonetti
if it's specific to my book, please use my personal email but if it's more general and about what kind of MacRuby dic you would love to see, please reply here. - Matt On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Perry E. Metzger wrote: > On Thu, 3 Feb 2011 18:01:44 -0800 Matt Aimonetti > wrote: > > I agree

Re: [MacRuby-devel] MacRuby Book discount

2011-02-03 Thread Perry E. Metzger
On Thu, 3 Feb 2011 18:01:44 -0800 Matt Aimonetti wrote: > I agree Perry, that's why I need your help to balance the required > Cocoa knowledge with the MacRuby content ;) Gotcha. So you want more feedback in other words. I presume this list is not the best place for it -- is there an address you

Re: [MacRuby-devel] MacRuby Book discount

2011-02-03 Thread Matt Aimonetti
I agree Perry, that's why I need your help to balance the required Cocoa knowledge with the MacRuby content ;) - Matt On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Perry E. Metzger wrote: > On Thu, 3 Feb 2011 17:35:08 -0800 Matt Aimonetti > wrote: > > I don't really aim for this book to be a Cocoa book, but

Re: [MacRuby-devel] MacRuby Book discount

2011-02-03 Thread Perry E. Metzger
On Thu, 3 Feb 2011 17:35:08 -0800 Matt Aimonetti wrote: > I don't really aim for this book to be a Cocoa book, but a MacRuby > book which is really hard since it's like writing a book about > Objective-C without covering Cocoa in depth. It does make it a bit harder to use, though, for someone com

Re: [MacRuby-devel] MacRuby Book discount

2011-02-03 Thread Matt Aimonetti
Thanks Morgan for the feedback. I appreciate your feedback on the CoreData chapter and I'm on the fence in regards to what I want to cover. I don't really aim for this book to be a Cocoa book, but a MacRuby book which is really hard since it's like writing a book about Objective-C without covering

Re: [MacRuby-devel] MacRuby Book discount

2011-02-03 Thread Morgan Schweers
Greetings, It's looking very interesting, and I bought it...! I have to admit I'm slightly frustrated by the parts that go deep into the non-MacRuby aspects of Mac OS X development (IB and the entity designer) and then skim over what I feel are important details. The chapter I always come back to

Re: [MacRuby-devel] MacRuby Book discount

2011-02-03 Thread Nick Ludlam
On 3 Feb 2011, at 03:58, Eric Christopherson wrote: > This sale price is still good! I've just bought my copy, too. Keep up the brilliant work, Matt! Between this, and the fact that people are already publishing MacRuby apps to the Mac app store, it seems like this is a really good place to be

Re: [MacRuby-devel] MacRuby Book discount

2011-02-02 Thread Eric Christopherson
This sale price is still good! ___ MacRuby-devel mailing list MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel

Re: [MacRuby-devel] MacRuby Book discount

2011-01-18 Thread Daniel Lopes
I don't like read full books in computer screen but the version for iPad solves this problem :) . I'm in the middle of the book and is really good, worth every cent. On 18/01/2011, at 14:08, Matt Aimonetti wrote: > Thanks a lot, it's been quite challenging to keep up with trunk, to find an > i

Re: [MacRuby-devel] MacRuby Book discount

2011-01-18 Thread Matt Aimonetti
Thanks a lot, it's been quite challenging to keep up with trunk, to find an interesting way to explain MacRuby & Cocoa and to not lose motivation. Thank you guys for the kind words, it means a lot to me. - Matt Sent from my iPhone On Jan 18, 2011, at 3:49, Alistair Holt wrote: > I've happily

Re: [MacRuby-devel] MacRuby Book discount

2011-01-18 Thread Alistair Holt
I've happily purchased a copy, thanks Matt! You've done a great job. I've been reading the online version as you've been writing it and have found it to be a really excellent book. - Alistair Holt On 17 January 2011 18:34, Matt Aimonetti wrote: > O'Reilly is running a special today and my Ma

Re: [MacRuby-devel] MacRuby Book discount

2011-01-17 Thread Travis Kay
Ruby 1.0 is something to celebrate. > > >> >> On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 1:06 PM, denny trebbin wrote: >> Hi, >> >> no you are not the last "offline" reader. i like to get some paper in my >> hands too. and paper is hdd crash aware ;-) >>

Re: [MacRuby-devel] MacRuby Book discount

2011-01-17 Thread Travis Kay
Thanks for posting this, I just picked up a copy. Now lets see who publishes first MacRuby: Definitive Guide or MacRuby in Action ;) -Travis On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Matt Aimonetti wrote: > O'Reilly is running a special today and my MacRuby: Definitive Guide - Early > Release - ebook (P

Re: [MacRuby-devel] MacRuby Book discount

2011-01-17 Thread Laurent Sansonetti
I also only read printed books, as my eye sight is too bad to read books on screens :) I can't wait to buy a copy of Matt's book in the local bookstore, what a milestone it will be! Laurent On Jan 17, 2011, at 1:01 PM, Robert Love wrote: > I'm old fashioned--I've already ordered the paper ver

Re: [MacRuby-devel] MacRuby Book discount

2011-01-17 Thread Matt Aimonetti
e paper in my >> hands too. and paper is hdd crash aware ;-) >> >> --- Robert Love ** schrieb am *Mo, 17.1.2011: >> >> >> Von: Robert Love >> Betreff: Re: [MacRuby-devel] MacRuby Book discount >> An: "MacRuby development discussions." < >&g

Re: [MacRuby-devel] MacRuby Book discount

2011-01-17 Thread Robert Love
i, > > no you are not the last "offline" reader. i like to get some paper in my > hands too. and paper is hdd crash aware ;-) > > --- Robert Love schrieb am Mo, 17.1.2011: > > Von: Robert Love > Betreff: Re: [MacRuby-devel] MacRuby Book discount > An: &q

Re: [MacRuby-devel] MacRuby Book discount

2011-01-17 Thread Matt Aimonetti
tt On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 1:06 PM, denny trebbin wrote: > Hi, > > no you are not the last "offline" reader. i like to get some paper in my > hands too. and paper is hdd crash aware ;-) > > --- Robert Love ** schrieb am *Mo, 17.1.2011: > > > Von: Robert Lo

Re: [MacRuby-devel] MacRuby Book discount

2011-01-17 Thread denny trebbin
Hi, no you are not the last "offline" reader. i like to get some paper in my hands too. and paper is hdd crash aware ;-) --- Robert Love schrieb am Mo, 17.1.2011: Von: Robert Love Betreff: Re: [MacRuby-devel] MacRuby Book discount An: "MacRuby development discussions."

Re: [MacRuby-devel] MacRuby Book discount

2011-01-17 Thread Robert Love
I'm old fashioned--I've already ordered the paper version and am awaiting shipping. Am I the last person who still likes printed books? On Jan 17, 2011, at 12:34 PM, Matt Aimonetti wrote: > O'Reilly is running a special today and my MacRuby: Definitive Guide - Early > Release - ebook (PDF,

Re: [MacRuby-devel] MacRuby Book discount

2011-01-17 Thread Patrick Bennett
Ok, makes sense. I wasn't aware that HotCocoa was basically a 'stale' project. On 1/17/2011 3:16 PM, Matt Aimonetti wrote: Hey Patrick, unless someone picks up the project and actively work on it, I don't think I will cover it. HotCocoa is an interesting proof of concept and Rich Kilmer prove

Re: [MacRuby-devel] MacRuby Book discount

2011-01-17 Thread Matt Aimonetti
Hey Patrick, unless someone picks up the project and actively work on it, I don't think I will cover it. HotCocoa is an interesting proof of concept and Rich Kilmer proved that there is a market for such a tool but unfortunately there is nobody willing to maintain the project and push it a bit f

Re: [MacRuby-devel] MacRuby Book discount

2011-01-17 Thread Buddy Lindsey, Jr.
I bought my copy, and it was my first business expense, of my recently formed company. Now I can read it on my kindle too while I am away from my computer. Thanks. --- Buddy Lindsey http://www.buddylindsey.com http://www.twitter.com/buddylindsey On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Patrick Bennett

Re: [MacRuby-devel] MacRuby Book discount

2011-01-17 Thread Patrick Bennett
Sorry to hijack a bit, but since you're here Matt... :) Are there any plans to cover HotCocoa? Patrick On 1/17/2011 2:54 PM, Matt Aimonetti wrote: Thanks for your support. Let me know if you are stumbling upon things that you would like to see covered but are missing from the TOC. Also, wh

Re: [MacRuby-devel] MacRuby Book discount

2011-01-17 Thread Daniel Lopes
Awesome, I just bought my copy :) On 17/01/2011, at 17:54, Matt Aimonetti wrote: > Thanks for your support. Let me know if you are stumbling upon things that > you would like to see covered but are missing from the TOC. > > Also, what are you building with MacRuby? > > - Matt > > Sent from m

Re: [MacRuby-devel] MacRuby Book discount

2011-01-17 Thread Matt Aimonetti
Thanks for your support. Let me know if you are stumbling upon things that you would like to see covered but are missing from the TOC. Also, what are you building with MacRuby? - Matt Sent from my iPhone On Jan 17, 2011, at 11:14, Joel Reymont wrote: > Bought the book although I barely brows

Re: [MacRuby-devel] MacRuby Book discount

2011-01-17 Thread Joel Reymont
Bought the book although I barely browsed the free HTML version. I figure it's a worthwhile investment, seeing how my livelihood depends on MacRuby now :-). On Jan 17, 2011, at 6:34 PM, Matt Aimonetti wrote: > O'Reilly is running a special today and my MacRuby: Definitive Guide - Early > Rele

[MacRuby-devel] MacRuby Book discount

2011-01-17 Thread Matt Aimonetti
O'Reilly is running a special today and my MacRuby: Definitive Guide - Early Release - ebook (PDF, mobi & ePub) is for sale for only $15.99 with the following code: DDMRD http://oreil.ly/eij2QS The book is also available in HTML format for free. If you've enjoyed the free version, please consi