> It seems that technical people will prefer the better solution. Delusional much?
dear hn, html5 != chrome
This is a great book, but it's definitely not introductory. I think Segaran's "Programming Collective Intelligence", mentioned above, is the best first bet, primarily because it's fun. And the code is good.
This isn't a very good comparison. I applaud the fact that the post is advocating a bit of realism (something which is in short supply in the entrepreneurial world). I also don't deny that there is an element of luck in…
> Graduating with a technical degree is like heading out into the real world armed with an assault rifle instead of a dull knife. Don't miss that opportunity because of some fuzzy romanticized view of liberal arts…
Instead of saying something cynical about the fact that you see business models as trumping human rights, I'll just link you to a more-balanced-than-I-can-be post about the sort of caution we should have regarding…
Take a look at the Mzoli's article now: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mzoli%27s This is really why Wikipedia rocks: the more people complain about it, the better it gets.
Just because people are interested in "Web2.0" doesn't mean they're not going to be interested in the kind of stuff in this book. In my opinion, interest in this sort of material is going to be propelled forward by…
Explicit self drove me bonkers with Python, and still does.
I find it sort of weird to talk about these books as if they were O'Reilly titles or something; they're not meant to be "used" so much as studied (slowly!).
Personally I think Python is easier to learn than Ruby; it takes a while to wrap one's newbish head around blocks, which are fundamental in Ruby.
> It seems that technical people will prefer the better solution. Delusional much?
dear hn, html5 != chrome
This is a great book, but it's definitely not introductory. I think Segaran's "Programming Collective Intelligence", mentioned above, is the best first bet, primarily because it's fun. And the code is good.
This isn't a very good comparison. I applaud the fact that the post is advocating a bit of realism (something which is in short supply in the entrepreneurial world). I also don't deny that there is an element of luck in…
> Graduating with a technical degree is like heading out into the real world armed with an assault rifle instead of a dull knife. Don't miss that opportunity because of some fuzzy romanticized view of liberal arts…
Instead of saying something cynical about the fact that you see business models as trumping human rights, I'll just link you to a more-balanced-than-I-can-be post about the sort of caution we should have regarding…
Take a look at the Mzoli's article now: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mzoli%27s This is really why Wikipedia rocks: the more people complain about it, the better it gets.
Just because people are interested in "Web2.0" doesn't mean they're not going to be interested in the kind of stuff in this book. In my opinion, interest in this sort of material is going to be propelled forward by…
Explicit self drove me bonkers with Python, and still does.
I find it sort of weird to talk about these books as if they were O'Reilly titles or something; they're not meant to be "used" so much as studied (slowly!).
Personally I think Python is easier to learn than Ruby; it takes a while to wrap one's newbish head around blocks, which are fundamental in Ruby.