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brianwelsch wrote: I hope it catches on too. If it does catches on we need to think of the way to make ratings of the recommendations possible... Just a thought...
Yes. I'd also like to make HTML tags work inside the messages. Haven't done Perl in awhile.;) BW "Gandalf. Yes. That is what they used to call me. Gandalf the Grey. *I* am Gandalf the White." - Gandalf the White
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Paul Watson wrote: PeopleProject.com :laugh: Well, maybe CodersProject. We don't want the message boards to turn into Yahoo, right? ;P But seriously, what I'm getting at is that it's not all that obvious how to get into the message boards here. It's not in the menu, it's on an orange bar off to the right of the page at the top. I'm not even sure how I stumbled in here the first time and I sure as hell can't find my way out! :-D Paul Pleasently caving in, I come undone - Queens of the Stone Age, No One Knows
Paul Riley wrote: I'm not even sure how I stumbled in here the first time and I sure as hell can't find my way out! :laugh: BW "Gandalf. Yes. That is what they used to call me. Gandalf the Grey. *I* am Gandalf the White." - Gandalf the White
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I've just finished reading a very good book and I can't help but wonder how reading of a good book can be so much fun. With all the other kinds of entertainment that we have today (TV, movies, games, shows, CDs, DVDs and so on) books are still very high on my list of choices of things to do in my free time (whenever I have it). Precisely, because I don't have that much of available time I usually try to be very selective at what I read and I have come to rely heavily on the word of mouth in my book selection process. I mean, I talk to my friends and family and they tell me about books that they've read or heard about. However, my interests and tastes are not always the same as theirs and the circle of people I communicate with not very large. There are down times when nobody have read anything that sounds interesting. This is the times when I wish that I could go to some place and see what other people recommend to read. I've seen many times people ask here in the lounge for what is the best book to read on a subject or "what do you guys/girls like to read" types of questions. That gave me an idea (perhaps not a new idea) of how cool it would be for CP to have a "recommended books" section. The idea is that CP would have a place where any member of CP can submit a book (title, author, short description) that they've read to a "recommended books list". Perhaps, together with their short comments. Other members can rate the book and add their comments (short reviews) about it. Next time someone like me who is not sure which book to pick up next or who is looking for a book on a given subject can turn to a "recommended books" section of CP to try and find out what sounds interesting and worth time and money. It can be any book on any subject (not just programming): science fiction, mystery, science, novels, dictionaries, manuals - anything. I know that there is a book review section on CP right now. But it appears to have only 2 entries and it appears to be strictly programming related. Also the ratings are for the review of the book rather than for the book itself. Yes, I know that Amazon.com has book reviews and stuff like that. The difference is that the reviews on the sites like that are written by complete strangers with whom you might have nothing in common and whose opinion and taste are completely unknown to you. Here at CP we have a community of smart people with a lot of common interests and tastes and opinions. We've come to know each other's names, general points of view, stands on importan
Good idea :) I try occasionally to pick up a book outside my usual topics (mainly sci fi) and something like this would be great :rose: Elaine (fluffy tigress emoticon) The tigress is here :-D
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Good idea :) I try occasionally to pick up a book outside my usual topics (mainly sci fi) and something like this would be great :rose: Elaine (fluffy tigress emoticon) The tigress is here :-D
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