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A Customer!
Well, that’s a pleasant surprise. Somebody named Stephen has left a comment. And not one of those spam thingies, but some actual relevant questions about tech publishing. Answering them seemed like it might be fun..
A Little Birdie Told Me
In the interests of being able to push out quick updates on the book’s progress, I’ve created a Twitter account for the book. You can follow that account on the sidebar of this here blog, or at http://twitter.com/noelrappinbook – there’s also an RSS feed.
Book Updates
It’s been about a week or so of continued radio silence, so I thought I’d pop in with an update.
Announcing: Professional Ruby on Rails
I’m pleased to be able to say that I’ve contracted for a new book, Professional Ruby on Rails, scheduled to be available in “early 2008”, hopefully February or March. The publisher is Wiley, through the Wrox imprint – the ones with the red covers and the author’s picture on them....
Another IBM Article
It’s not exactly part five of the four part GWT series, but it is closely related. Please check out my newest article on IBM Developerworks: Simplify Ajax development using Cypal Studio for GWT.
Didn't I Say I Wouldn't Compare Languages?
I posted a version of this to JJ Behrens’ Blog post about Ruby, and decided it was probably worth also posting here.
WWDC Keynote, 2007
I think I’ll have to join in the general chorus of the underwhelmed. Bullet points:
Programming Perl, Personal Edition
Due to circumstances somewhat beyond my control, I find myself working in the largest Perl project I’ve ever done. Now, I’m not in the least interested in a “my language is better than your language” deal because a) this strikes me as very well covered territory, and b) it seems...
iTunes Plus... A Fresh Lemony Scent, Perhaps?
Couple thoughts on Apple’s first foray into the brave world of non-DRM’d music:
Text Auditor
I hate Microsoft Word. I feel that I came by this rightfully, after a whole book’s worth of numbered lists that refused to line up, images that refused to stay put, and the truly irritating indexing interface.