Archive for March 2011
Stir Trek: Thor Edition
Posted by: sarah on: March 21, 2011
What kind of conference has sessions on Web, Frameworks, Fundamentals, Mobile, Cloud, and Testing and also has a private showing of a movie? That would be Stir Trek: Thor Edition! On Friday, May 6, at the Marcus Crosswoods Theater, we will be hosting Stir Trek. As mentioned above, there are 6 tracks of 5 sessions [...]
By the Community, For the Community…?
Posted by: sarah on: March 20, 2011
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While reading on Twitter, I saw this post: #dddsw DDD South West 3 Call For Speakers closes in 2 days time (Tuesday) http://bit.ly/hHW555less than a minute ago via TweetDeck Favorite Retweet ReplyGuy Smith-FerrierGuySmithFerrier Being active in Cleveland’s technical community and in the Heartland District, I’m always curious to see what other communities are doing. I [...]
The Adventures of Book Writing, Part 2
Posted by: sarah on: March 20, 2011
This is a continuation of The Adventures of Book Writing. So how long did it take to write the book? I wrote my parts from October 2010 through February 2011. There were some weeks where I would write 2-3 hours/day for 2-3 days/week. But then there were also some weeks when I wouldn’t write (like [...]
Read an E-Book Week - Software For Reading eBooks
Posted by: sarah on: March 11, 2011
While there are plenty of eReaders out there nowadays, you don’t necessarily need to purchase them to read an eBook. You can easily read eBooks on your desktop, laptop, and yes, even your phones and iPads. Here are some pieces of software that can help you read eBooks on the desktop: Adobe Digital Editions - supports Windows and [...]
Read an E-Book Week - Accessing eBooks 24/7
Posted by: sarah on: March 10, 2011
Throughout this week, we’re looking at eBooks, from a tech perspective. Today, I want to show you how you can access eBooks online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, thanks to some services out there. First of all, I want to give a shoutout to companies that provide online titles to libraries and [...]
Read an E-Book Week - Wiley Makes Me Smiley
Posted by: sarah on: March 9, 2011
Disclaimer: Although my work is related to the topic at hand, these are the thoughts of Sarah, the book junkie, and are not necessarily those of my employer. As a developer, I’ve always been a fan of those books with the red covers and the yellow text along the spine. Those would be the books [...]
Read an E-Book Week - O’Reilly, O RLY?
Posted by: sarah on: March 8, 2011
Disclaimer: Although my work is related to the topic at hand, these are the thoughts of Sarah, the book junkie, and are not necessarily those of my employer. This owl made its rounds long ago, but every time I hear “Oh really?”, this is one of the things I think of: The other thing I [...]
Read an E-Book Week - MEAP, MEAP!
Posted by: sarah on: March 7, 2011
Disclaimer: Although my work is related to the topic at hand, these are the thoughts of Sarah, the book junkie, and are not necessarily those of my employer. Before I got an eBook reader, I would read eBooks - in EPUB and PDF formats - on my laptop and on my desktop with Adobe Digital [...]
Read an E-Book Week - Introduction
Posted by: sarah on: March 6, 2011
Disclaimer: Although my work is related to the topic at hand, these are the thoughts of Sarah, the book junkie, and are not necessarily those of my employer. Thanks to Nathan Blevins‘ retweet, I am now aware that this week is “Read an E-Book Week“. For Read an Ebook Week, you could try one of [...]
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