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A Look at Tech Publishing

If you’re interested in seeing a bit behind the curtain of publishing technology books, read this interesting article by David Heinemeier Hansson: Shaking up tech publishing (Loud Thinking), which talks about self-publishing and electronic publishing. Equally interesting is publisher Tim O’Reilly‘s notes in the comments (scroll down the page to find them), which compactly outlines ...

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Back on the Bike

A minor major accomplishment worth mentioning: six months after getting hit by a pickup truck, today I rode my bike to the office without incident. It sounds almost silly typing this, but I realized I was more skittish than usual, and it was a bit of a relief to have to stop at the intersection ...

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From Extreme to Extreme II

In January, I went from hectic insanity at Macworld Expo to the absolute calm of recuperating at my mom’s farm near Dixon, CA, anticipating a busy winter. I didn’t know at the time that my work schedule would be turned upside down. One thing I’ve learned as a freelance book author is that you can’t ...