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2009 08 11 - Tue

On Writing "Learn Cocoa"

posted by jack at 17:18 CET in / writing

It has come to my attention that I haven't said a word here about my current side project, which I'm spending all my spare time working on: I'm writing a book! This comes as a surprise to me as much as anyone, but there it is. Through a happy set of coincidences, I've been given the opportunity to work on the upcoming Apress book "Learn Cocoa on the Mac" along with Dave Mark and Jeff LaMarche, not to mention Mark Dalrymple doing tech review, and of course Clay Andres and the rest of the team at Apress.

This opportunity came about through a string of coincidences. Some of them hinge on things that I've done over time without any hope or intention of writing a book, which goes to show, perhaps, that sometimes when you reap what you sow, the harvest may be quite unexpected!

Anyway, this is a huge undertaking, and I feel like a bit of a hermit, eschewing the watching of TV and the reading of blogs in favor of the writing of pages, but I am truly having a blast.

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Re: On Writing
Kevin Anderson wrote on Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:52

Jack,

I've been anticipating your book since it was first announced on Apress' website. I'm glad you're enjoying yourself while writing. Aside from long nights and chapter rewrites, I hope the experience is a good one for you. I look forward to getting my hands on the book and diving into Cocoa!

Thanks,

Kevin

2009 08 02 - Sun

The truth about my current appearance

posted by jack at 20:39 CET in / life

At a party last night, a friend of a friend made a startling observation about my current appearance, saying that I resembled a combination of Wolverine and Swedish journalist Göran Greider, in terms of mutton-chops and wild-hairedness. See image below for astonishing proof!

You have no idea how hilarious this revelation was.

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Re: On Writing
Kevin Anderson wrote on Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:52

Jack,

Thanks,

Kevin

Re: The truth about my current appearance
Angry wrote on Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:45

Freaky. Must have been an interesting party, brining up Göran Greider and Woverine at the same time... :)

Re: The truth about my current appearance
Ingemar wrote on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:33

Hahahaha klockrent!

Re: The truth about my current appearance
Kyle Nutting wrote on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:57

Jack, as far as facial hair goes wolverine has nothing on you, i remember when your beard was about half as long as the pony tail you used to wear. Thank god i was born on the back end of the 80's. That journalist is F-ing creepy looking though, definitaly looks capable of cannibalism.