Learning Node will be my last book for O’Reilly, at least for the foreseeable future. Learning Node was a particularly exhausting book. Not only is there much to cover in one book, Node is a very dynamic technology. I like to think my coverage is both comprehensive and solid, but I guess we’ll see how the book […]
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Learning Node: Raw
Evidently, O’Reilly is going to publish my Learning Node book as a Rough Cuts/Early Release. What people should know is that the material has not gone through a final edit, a copy edit, or a tech review. So yes, there will be typos, gotchas, and oopsies. Probably lots and lots of oopsies. But the advantage […]
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Node’s the thing
I just finished my fourth chapter for my newest book for O’Reilly. I never feel a book is solid and real until the fourth chapter. By the fourth chapter, you have a book, not just an idea or outline. My newest work is titled “Learning Node”, about Node, or Node.js for the purists among you. It’s […]
I did continue with my effort on the HTML WG, but I no longer feel either comfortable or welcome in the email list, so not sure what I’ll be doing with HTML 5 from this point. Chances are, I’ll just focus on preparing a couple of Formal Objections, which don’t require any email communication, other […]
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Reviewing Kindle samples
I purchased my Kindle because I liked the idea of my library of books being at my fingertip. I also liked the fact that ebooks are, typically, cheaper than paper books. What I didn’t expect was how much the Kindle opened up new avenues in reading for me, and it did so through the concept […]