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The Average Programming Book
One weird aspect of being a published writer is that you get very little information about sales. You see your own numbers (several months after the fact), but there’s no larger context, and no sense of what a reasonable expectation of sales might be.
iPhone SDK
I’m trying to figure out exactly why I’m so psyched by the Apple iPhone SDK announcement. The basic announcement wasn’t a surprise, and I don’t even own an iPhone. I did, however, dig out my Cocoa programming book and start studying.
Cuts Like A Knife
(Continuing the enlargement of things I write about on this site, and I think this will be the last post containing a disclaimer about topics…)
Buy My Book! (Please?)
This week, my book Professional Ruby on Rails will be officially released. You can see sample chapters here, and you can buy the book at Amazon (affiliate link).
10 Print Favorite Books, 2007
For my first real non-techy post on this site (I’m a little nervous about that….), here’s one of my favorite things to write about – a list of favorite books that I read in 2007.
Shipping!?
Amazon is now saying that Professional Ruby On Rails is in stock! I haven’t seen my copies yet, and I suspect Amazon purchases will actually go out next week, but it’s a real page and everything.
Lesser Known Test Processes
New post on the Pathfinder site. I had fun writing this one. It’s on some lesser known variants of test-driven development.
State of the Blog
This is for any intrepid readers out there who have been following this blog for any length of time. Executive summary: this blog should be getting more content (and more varied content) in the future. Really.