I arrived at work today to find this package.
It's from one "C. Petzold", whoever the heck that is .
This is a companion discussion topic for the original blog entry at: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/08/how-not-to-write-a-technical-book-epilogue.html
Blaine
August 21, 2007, 12:00am
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Guy has an awesome sense of humour.
Ryan
August 21, 2007, 12:00am
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Holy crap Charles Petzold lives in my zip code 3 blocks from me.
I think your “famous blogger” T-Shirt is officially no longer a joke.
Nate
August 21, 2007, 12:00am
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Kudus to Mr. Petzold for his great attitude!
Jeff, you might want to consider blurring out his mailing address - in case that happens to be his HOME address or something.
Edlin
August 21, 2007, 12:00am
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That was awfully nice of him after you so callously insulted his last book.
Once you’ve finished the book, tell us how you like it! I’m curious to see if your suggestions improved his work.
Geoff
August 21, 2007, 12:00am
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Jeff,
Was it wise to publish his mailing address?
I’m not sure I want to send you any mail now…
Geoffrey
Petzold is a class act indeed! And I still prefer his books to other Windows tutorials, colored or not
BG119
August 21, 2007, 12:00am
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It’s all to easy to forget the incredible amount of personal effort that goes into making a technical manual such as this by an author. Truly mind boggling…
I can imagine that after all the blood, sweat, and tears they put into their work that they’d be much more defensive. It’s great to see that he’s able to shoulder that criticism and win the critic over the old fashioned way.
Kudos.
Was it wise to publish his mailing address?
FWIW, he’s listed in the phone book under that address, so I don’t think it’s privileged information…
http://www.google.com/search?q=charles+petzold+%22new+york%2C+ny%22
jeff - could you please write down what c.p. wrote on the last pic? i can 't decipher what’s written there -.-
Haacked
August 21, 2007, 12:00am
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Hey Petzold, I think your book sucks too. Email me for my mailing address.
Andrew
August 21, 2007, 12:00am
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Pardon the stupid question: Is this book about 3D dev on Silverlight?
JosephC
August 21, 2007, 12:00am
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Kudos to CP. I can’t wait to add that WPF book to my growing collection.
hacktick, it reads:
Jeff,
Hope you enjoy [underlined]this[/u] one!
(And I hope I didn’t make too many coding [underlined]or[/u]
literary horrors.)
Charles Petzold
Allied
August 21, 2007, 12:00am
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@Andrew
This book is about WPF 3D programming. Silverlight uses a subset of WPF. It is very close to what you want, but not EXACTLY, as I’m not sure if Silverlight even supports 3D, and if it does, may not support everything in this book. I’m sure you can look it up somewhere.
Dan_F
August 21, 2007, 12:00am
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If it sucks I’m sure you could make a packet on ebay
Good job Mr Petzold, thats awesome.
OleE
August 21, 2007, 12:00am
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Charles Petzold is a god. A minor god, but a god. And to receive an actual signed copy of his book, unprompted, makes you a protogod. Wow.