Many of you have heard Andy Hunt's various talks over the last few years about improving the raw material of programming... that stuff in our heads. If you've heard my talks you've probably heard me mention topics like the Dreyfus learning model or mind mapping. Both of these topics come from Andy's talks and are covered in depth in this new book.
I was an early reviewer of the book and I think Andy's got another winner on his hands. The book talks about how our brains work and then covers practical topics for improving and tapping the potential we all have. Everyone I know who's heard Andy give one of the talks in the 'Wetware' series comes away with new ideas to try out.
Enough of a plug. I really like the book and the material. It's now in beta. I strongly encourage you to check this one out.
Refactor Your Wetware: Pragmatic Thinking and Learning
Release It! is now a Jolt finalist! Congratulations to Michael for an excellent book getting well-deserved accolades.
Release It!: Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software on the new Pragmatic site.
The Jolt finalists
6th Sense Analytics is running an advertising campaign with one of my favorite books. :)
When you sign up for a relevant trade magazine at Trade Pub, you'll get a shot at a free PDF copy of Ship It! Apparently it's a 'luck of the draw' shot. We're one of many promos running.
Some of the better known magazines involved at EWeek and CIO Insight, but there are many other titles available.
Enjoy and good luck!
By the way... a number of readers have gone to the 6th Sense Analytics web site looking for a promo to sign up for... it's not there. :) Visit Trade Pubs. I'm told your best bet is to hit the IT Software and Development category. Good luck!
I love the stuff that Technorati or Google Blog search can turn up... here's a review of Ship It! in Russian.
Ship It!
According to Google Translate, they liked it. :)
