Oh man, this book by Stephen Davis sounds great. WANT. I’ve said for years that GNR is maybe my favorite rock band ever (this, coming from someone who’s not really much into rock). Check out this bit from the intro:
An old man limped over to them. He gave them the once-over, seeming to linger over Bill’s cowboy boots. Bill was becoming uneasy now, his friend noticed, which was never a good thing, because, when agitated or upset, Bill’s behavior could get a little out there. Finally, the old man spoke, or rather squawked, in a high-pitched shriek: “DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE?” The boys, taken aback, just looked at him. “I SAID, DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE?” Bill Bailey said, “Uh, we’re just trying to get to…” “YOU’RE IN THE JUNGLE, BABY!”
Bill Bailey, of course, is W. Axl Rose’s childhood name (but interestingly, not his given name). Sounds awesome. Visit site »
Dan made us a site for Pro CSS Techniques. Sure, the book was released almost two years ago — but better late than never, right? The site Dan designed is beautiful. Ian and I couldn’t ask for a better promo for our book. Thanks, Rubin! Visit site »
Clint Ecker has a nice review on Ars of my buddy James Bennett’s new book, Practical Django Projects. Visit site »
Another new Django book on the horizon. Visit site »
Awesome news. The more Django books, the better. Congrats, Paul! Visit site »
DjangoBook.com, the online location where you can get the entire text of Jacob and Adrian’s new book The Definitive Guide to Django, has been updated to reflect the final copy used in the print edition (published by Apress — you can get it from Amazon). I’ve just received my print edition and it looks really, really great, so far. Congrats, guys. Visit site »
Congrats to Jacob Kaplan-Moss and Adrian Holovaty, who have finished writing on The Django Book, their forthcoming Apress title. It will be the definitive guide to web programming using everyone’s favorite rapid web application development framework. Of course, you can get almost all of it online, for free. Visit site »
Wizards are gay! (not that there’s anything wrong with that.) Visit site »
Cameron’s great little book on all things mobile web, previously only available as a PDF download, is now available in print — and until October 21st, it’s only $19. Get yours! Visit site »
Wrox wins the first-Django-book-to-market race. Looks like a good one. Visit site »
Roman Leinwather gives our book a really stellar review. Thanks so much, Lewro! Visit site »
Cameron’s great book on designing for the mobile web will be available as a “real” book in mid-October (it’s available as a PDF download today). I can’t wait. If you’ve purchased a PDF version, you can get the printed version at cost. Visit site »
Roger reviews Web Standards Creativity, which I contributed a chapter to. Visit site »
Cameron’s PDF book covering everything you ever wanted to know about the Mobile Web is now available. I’ve read parts and skimmed through the whole thing, and I think it’s really great. Information about mobile is scattered around the Interweb and it’s not always particularly easy to find what you’re looking for — here, Cameron has nearly put it all into one place, in a way that easy to read and digest. Check it out. Visit site »
Rands wrote a book. You should buy it. I know I will. Cool site, too. Visit site »