Over the weekend, I posted an update to “The Yii Book”. This is version 0.5, which means I’m halfway there (about the time I was hoping to have the book done; so much for good intentions). With that in mind, my sincerest thanks to everyone for their patience. I know this is taking longer than we’d all like, but I’m doing my best and very much appreciate the understanding on your part. It’ll get done, I promise. And trust that “The Yii Book” is not taking a back seat to anything as far as my work goes these days.
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In November and December of 2012, I finally got around to reading the book “100 Things Every Presenter Needs to Know About People”, by Susan M. Weinschenk, Ph.D. This is an extremely helpful book, and one that anyone that does public speaking should read.
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When I compose a newsletter, I look at my well of possible materials–questions, links, blog posts, etc., and try to come up with a theme, if at all possible. When looking at these this time around, the ones that seemed most worth sharing immediately all focus on, well, me. For example, there’s the presentation I gave to Boston PHP: you can view the slides and the raw video of it. Or there are some articles that I’ve published online that you might like. And there’s the status on “The Yii Book”.
So this newsletter is far more me-centric than most, but hopefully it’ll be of use to you still. Because, presumably, you subscribed to this newsletter in the first place because you were interested in what I’m doing, thinking, interested in, and so forth.
Also, if you do have something you’d like me to write about, address, or answer in future newsletters, now is a good time to send that in, as my well of topics is getting shallow. I think my next newsletter is going to be on goals, if you have any thoughts or questions along those lines (e.g., technologies to learn, ways to learn, etc.). I’ve also got an upcoming newsletter planned on public speaking.
And, as always, thanks for your interest in what I have to say and do!
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So it’s 2013! I thought an update on “The Yii Book” would be a good way to start off the year. As you may know, I am behind schedule on the book, but this is apparently how I write books (i.e., always behind schedule). Not that it makes it right. Anyway…
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My publisher, Peachpit Press, has a 68% sale price on the eBook of my “PHP for the Web: Visual QuickStart Guide” this week. This is my beginner’s guide to programming with PHP, intended for those without any programming experience. This is the fourth edition, which came out last year. The sale price is good until the end of day tomorrow (Saturday, December 8th, PST).
