Join me at the launch party on September 8 at noon, details below
This week my book Wired For Coding is launching! So, how can you help?
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Join me at the launch party on September 8 at noon, details below
This week my book Wired For Coding is launching! So, how can you help?
Read more
Why write a book? That is a great question.
My plan goes far beyond just publishing the Wired For Coding book. Over the next six months, I will travel around our region and talk to every Computer Science student about what they need to do to launch their career after graduation.
This college book tour will be funded through corporate sponsors which will give a softcover copy of my book to every student. Besides the book, I will also share my knowledge through a 30-minute presentation.
And while writing, I took a break from publishing new content to my Blue Monkey Dev blog. This last year has been busy with BrightPlanet, Code Bootcamp, Gaming Bootcamp, writing Wired for Coding, serving as President of Health Connect and a few other projects.
I have become a super-fan of the guys over at Sterling & Stone and have written about their Fiction Unboxed project. A number of months ago they launched something that they call their “Platinum Reader” subscription. For $5.95 per month you get access to all their books before they are released, additional audiobooks, members-only short stories, and a backlog of a their previously published novels.
I read a lot of books every month, but virtually no periodicals. In fact the only two publications that I read every issue of religiously are Hacker Monthly and 2600 Magazine. There is a theme here, they are both curated content from the “hacker” community. But not the negative meaning of hacker, rather the meaning that refers to those who make things work better, like “Life Hacking.” Read more