Book recommendations - travelling soon
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Oh good... Was worried no one would get the joke :)
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)Your presumption that we are stupid is insulting! And what joke? :-D
The narrow specialist in the broad sense of the word is a complete idiot in the narrow sense of the word. Advertise here – minimum three posts per day are guaranteed.
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ragnaroknrol wrote:
If I have accidentally said something witty, smart, or correct, it is purely by mistake and I apologize for it.
Then you owe me an apology - I have been chuckling at your post for ten minutes now!
Sorry. :-\
If I have accidentally said something witty, smart, or correct, it is purely by mistake and I apologize for it.
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nativebyte wrote:
s/w design or usability
Now that should put you to sleep.
My signature "sucks" today
Abhinav S wrote:
Now that should put you to sleep
Probably that's what he wants.
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"Using WCF to disrupt flight controls, step-by-step" :-D
In the past, one of my flight got canceled because their team tried to upgrade navigation s/w and screwed up big time. This resulted in delay of 8-10 hour to reach my destination :)
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Given that I used to write air traffic control software, you might want to get a book of mellow meditations instead. :)
Christopher Duncan
www.PracticalUSA.com
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
Copywriting ServicesI hope you haven't written the s/w for my destination airport and airline :laugh:
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National Geographic’s “100 worst aviation accidents” - it will help you to relax before the flight.
The narrow specialist in the broad sense of the word is a complete idiot in the narrow sense of the word. Advertise here – minimum three posts per day are guaranteed.
Well I have seen couple of episodes of past http://natgeotv.com/uk/air-crash-investigation[^] series.
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Abhinav S wrote:
Now that should put you to sleep
Probably that's what he wants.
Well in that case I could read Visual Basic. :)
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nativebyte wrote:
s/w design
nativebyte wrote:
usability
Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability[^] If You have read that then: Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems[^]
Thanks Rama :rose:
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I think I still have a copy of that I bought in high school ('70s). It isn't anywhere near as bad as the intratubz.
Opacity, the new Transparency.
Did you keep it next to your copy of Abbie's book[^]?
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Did you keep it next to your copy of Abbie's book[^]?
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No. I was not into it as a political statement, I just wanted to know how to blow stuff up. :-D
Opacity, the new Transparency.
A good friend found directions on making a smoke bomb in this (the chapter started with "a little of this will fill up a city block") and decided this would be the perfect ploy for a senior prank. This was back when this sort of activity would get you a firm slap on the wrist instead of life in prison. Anyway, he was mixing up a batch on the stove while his dad was sleeping upstairs and managed to ignite the goo filling the house with smoke. He managed to get to his dad before he called the fire department. Dad was not pleased. :omg:
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I will appreciate if you can recommend any good technology book (ideally .NET, WPF, s/w design or usability) that I could carry along and read while at the airport.
A true classic and a fun read The Mythical Man Month
Psychosis at 10 Film at 11
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I will appreciate if you can recommend any good technology book (ideally .NET, WPF, s/w design or usability) that I could carry along and read while at the airport.
This is the best technology book I've ever read: CLR via C#[^]. If you haven't read it yet, it's a must.
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I will appreciate if you can recommend any good technology book (ideally .NET, WPF, s/w design or usability) that I could carry along and read while at the airport.
The Bug by Ellen Ullman here's a link to the Amazon page for the book: http://amzn.to/c2M7ZN
David
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I will appreciate if you can recommend any good technology book (ideally .NET, WPF, s/w design or usability) that I could carry along and read while at the airport.
Still the #1 hit with developers... but not most technical managers... "Rapid Application Development" by Stephen McConnell If nothing else, you will find exactly what your boss is doing wrong and how bad they can mangle your development efforts... By the way, I have implemented the technical analysis processes for project schedule development. As difficult as they are to learn and tweak... they work! With my first try I missed my targeted deadline by only 4 days on 3-4 month project. When you see the investment in time and effort to learn these processes you will understand why "4 day miss" on the first time round is top-draw...
Steve Naidamast Black Falcon Software, Inc. blackfalconsoftware@ix.netcom.com
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Given that I used to write air traffic control software, you might want to get a book of mellow meditations instead. :)
Christopher Duncan
www.PracticalUSA.com
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
Copywriting ServicesDid you work on VORTAC? Hm... Anyway, I just returned from Las Vegas and the books I brought were "When Computers Were Human" and "Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets." Neither one got read but they both have been marked by suntan lotion and beer. :-O
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The Bug by Ellen Ullman here's a link to the Amazon page for the book: http://amzn.to/c2M7ZN
David