To everyone eagerly awaiting Dave's new book:
Yesterday I received my brand-spanking-new, hot-off-the-presses,
personally signed (thanks Dave!), one-and-a-half inch thick copy of the
new Pickaxe II book. It looks great, is chocked full of great new
stuff, and is destined to become a best seller.
Coming *real* soon to a bookstore near you...
/me drools
19 hours and counting...
Nathaniel
Terralien, Inc.
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On Sep 30, 2004, at 13:49, Warren Brown wrote:
To everyone eagerly awaiting Dave's new book:
Yesterday I received my brand-spanking-new, hot-off-the-presses,
personally signed (thanks Dave!), one-and-a-half inch thick copy of the
new Pickaxe II book. It looks great, is chocked full of great new
stuff, and is destined to become a best seller.Coming *real* soon to a bookstore near you...
Warren's copy came early because he was a reviewer. However, as of today we've shipped off all the the existing pre-orders (signed, of course :). The folks at RubyConf should be the first to see theirs, but the mailed copies should be arriving soon.
We're now taking (and shipping) regular orders. The PDFs will start shipping first thing in the morning 
PickAxe II is now officially available!
Cheers
Dave
On Sep 30, 2004, at 12:49, Warren Brown wrote:
Coming *real* soon to a bookstore near you...
[snip]
PickAxe II is now officially available!
Congrats Dave+Andy+rest of pickaxe team with the book.
This is really something big.
On Thursday 30 September 2004 20:08, Dave Thomas wrote:
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Simon Strandgaard
as of today we've shipped off all the the existing pre-orders (signed, of course :).
Mine just arrived here at work (perhaps being in Texas helps to get it quicker?). It looks great...nice job Dave!
Looks like I won't be getting much "real" work done for the rest of the day then
Cheers,
Kevin
Dave Thomas <dave@pragprog.com> wrote in message news:<BC763752-130B-11D9-9B57-000A95676A62@pragprog.com>...
PickAxe II is now officially available!
Cheers
Dave
If someone has had time to officially "review" this book, a Slashdot
submission would be some nice extra press for the book.
Dan
Got mine in Colorado today. I *love* the lay-flat binding. And believe me, it's going to get a lot of use.
A most excellent piece of work, Dave, Chad, and Andy!
Mike
That's a spectacular idea. Any volunteers?
On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 15:04:52 +0900, Daniel Berger <djberg96@hotmail.com> wrote:
If someone has had time to officially "review" this book, a Slashdot
submission would be some nice extra press for the book.
PLEASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEE stop enjoying it so much. I am
still waiting for my copy.
Victor
On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 05:05:01 +0900, Mike Clark <mike@clarkware.com> wrote:
Got mine in Colorado today. I *love* the lay-flat binding. And
believe me, it's going to get a lot of use.A most excellent piece of work, Dave, Chad, and Andy!
Mike
When I get mine in the mail, I was thinking of posting one somewhere anyway.
But I think anyone who wants to should write up their review and submit it, then let the /. editors choose. The various online stores (Amazon, BN) could always use a few reviews
/Curne
On Oct 5, 2004, at 10:47 PM, Bill Atkins wrote:
That's a spectacular idea. Any volunteers?
On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 15:04:52 +0900, Daniel Berger > <djberg96@hotmail.com> wrote:
If someone has had time to officially "review" this book, a Slashdot
submission would be some nice extra press for the book.
"Here are your recent submissions to Slashdot, and their status within the system:
• 2004-10-08 21:16:58 Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide (Book Reviews,Programming) (pending)"
James Edward Gray II
On Oct 5, 2004, at 3:47 PM, Bill Atkins wrote:
That's a spectacular idea. Any volunteers?
i heard some people already got emails because of the pdf version.
i didn't get anything yet.. is it pdf version officially out yet?
On Oct 1, 2004, at 14:34 Uhr, Victor Reyes wrote:
PLEASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEE stop enjoying it so much. I am
still waiting for my copy.
Just don't post any links to slashdot to DDoS sites with K? Its basically for the ubber kiddies. The amazon, and other book review sites should be better to post reviews. It'll be better for the community.
--dross
(Curne) Simon Conrad-Armes wrote:
When I get mine in the mail, I was thinking of posting one somewhere anyway.
But I think anyone who wants to should write up their review and submit it, then let the /. editors choose. The various online stores (Amazon, BN) could always use a few reviews/Curne
On Oct 5, 2004, at 10:47 PM, Bill Atkins wrote:
That's a spectacular idea. Any volunteers?
On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 15:04:52 +0900, Daniel Berger >> <djberg96@hotmail.com> wrote:
If someone has had time to officially "review" this book, a Slashdot
submission would be some nice extra press for the book.
Yes it is. I got my PDF version this morning!
Victo
On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 22:30:17 +0900, Florian Weber <csshsh@structbench.com> wrote:
On Oct 1, 2004, at 14:34 Uhr, Victor Reyes wrote:
> PLEASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEE stop enjoying it so much. I am
> still waiting for my copy.i heard some people already got emails because of the pdf version.
i didn't get anything yet.. is it pdf version officially out yet?
It is, and we're currently working through a fairly decent sized backlog sending them all out. We should be up-to-date sometime today.
Cheers
Dave
On Oct 1, 2004, at 8:30, Florian Weber wrote:
i heard some people already got emails because of the pdf version.
i didn't get anything yet.. is it pdf version officially out yet?
Yes. I have received a notification email this morning (Paris/GMT+1)
saying that my PDF download was ready, and indeed it was.
And as expected, Pickaxe II rules.
Still waiting for my dead-tree version to cross the Atlantic though, the
PDF is very convenient to have on the Powerbook, but it just can't
replace the Proustian fragrance of ink and paper
Florian Weber <csshsh@structbench.com> wrote:
i heard some people already got emails because of the pdf version.
i didn't get anything yet.. is it pdf version officially out yet?
--
Luc Heinrich - lucsky@mac.com
I recieved mine. The pdf is huge
On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 10:30:17PM +0900, Florian Weber wrote:
On Oct 1, 2004, at 14:34 Uhr, Victor Reyes wrote:
>PLEASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEE stop enjoying it so much. I am
>still waiting for my copy.i heard some people already got emails because of the pdf version.
i didn't get anything yet.. is it pdf version officially out yet?
--
Roeland
I think the point of submitting book reviews to slashdot is, that they store them as articles on-site, ie. you don't need to link to other sites. I agree, it would be a tactical mistake to stuff an article in ruby-garden, then body-slam it with a slashdot post.
/Curne
On Oct 8, 2004, at 3:47 AM, David Ross wrote:
Just don't post any links to slashdot to DDoS sites with K? Its basically for the ubber kiddies. The amazon, and other book review sites should be better to post reviews. It'll be better for the community.
--dross
(Curne) Simon Conrad-Armes wrote:
When I get mine in the mail, I was thinking of posting one somewhere anyway.
But I think anyone who wants to should write up their review and submit it, then let the /. editors choose. The various online stores (Amazon, BN) could always use a few reviews/Curne
On Oct 5, 2004, at 10:47 PM, Bill Atkins wrote:
That's a spectacular idea. Any volunteers?
On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 15:04:52 +0900, Daniel Berger >>> <djberg96@hotmail.com> wrote:
If someone has had time to officially "review" this book, a Slashdot
submission would be some nice extra press for the book.
If anyone did want to post a /. review, then it'd be fine to link to
https://pragprog.com/titles/ruby/programming-ruby-2nd-edition/
That's got some spare bandwidth. Andy and my individual blogs don't (at the moment).
Cheers
Dave
On Oct 7, 2004, at 20:47, David Ross wrote:
Just don't post any links to slashdot to DDoS sites with K? Its basically for the ubber kiddies. The amazon, and other book review sites should be better to post reviews. It'll be better for the community.
Writing from RubyConf (http://rubycentral.org)....
The books look FANTASTIC! Congratulations, Dave! Excellent job.
Chad
On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 23:16:54 +0900, Dave Thomas <dave@pragprog.com> wrote:
On Oct 1, 2004, at 8:30, Florian Weber wrote:
> i heard some people already got emails because of the pdf version.
> i didn't get anything yet.. is it pdf version officially out yet?It is, and we're currently working through a fairly decent sized
backlog sending them all out. We should be up-to-date sometime today.