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PragProWriMo - Write a Technical Book this November

by gmcerveny on 10/26/11, 5:39 PM with 14 comments

  • by egypturnash on 10/27/11, 1:43 AM

    Hmm. I just started playing with a comic about "Miss Fussyspider", who likes to organize and sort things; a friend suggested that it could be a tutorial on different sort algos... and then I see this. HMMM.

    Wonder if they'd want a comic-book introduction to sorts. I always see the PragProg line as being a bit more hardcore than that but you NEVER KNOW.

  • by rumblestrut on 10/26/11, 7:45 PM

    I did it two years ago. When I was done, I shopped it around. No one was interested.

    Even still, it was totally worth it.

  • by mindcrime on 10/26/11, 8:06 PM

    Interesting. I'm tempted to take a stab at turning my Integrating Grails With The Real World talk into a book for PragProWriMo. Not sure if I can justify taking time away from working on my startup project though. sigh Too much to do, never enough time...
  • by gmcerveny on 10/26/11, 5:41 PM

    Contemplating an iOS / sound book for this. Anyone else participating this year?
  • by bphogan on 10/26/11, 8:15 PM

    I'll be participating in the forums, encouraging folks, and giving writing tips throughout the month. Would love to see some of you awesome HN folks join in the fun.
  • by FuzzyDunlop on 10/26/11, 9:25 PM

    Think I'll give this a go. Already had some stuff in mind about basic PHP security for beginners, so I may as well see how it goes on paper.
  • by softbuilder on 10/26/11, 6:54 PM

    Someone forgot to set up their twitter account. @pragprowrimo doesn't exist yet.