On Feb 25, 2005, at 9:43 AM, James Cuff wrote:
On Feb 25, 2005, at 3:23 AM, Glen Otero wrote:
My review of O'Reilly's latest clusters book published at
HPCwire (http://www.tgc.com/hpcwire.html):
Glen, bit out of character for you this.
A little bit. HPCwire likes it when I cut loose because all their
other material is so bland.
I just can't help but feel it has a slight air of sour grapes
to it.
Possibly. I got over *most* of my bitterness a few years ago.
I've seen far worse books... ever tried to learn about
Oracle from a book?
Exactly ;-).
Yikes. I hope I don't have to read one of those :-)
I think we should be a bit more proactive here.
I'm all about being proactive, which is why I maintain BioBrew and
write for HPCwire and ClusterWorld Magazine. And I'm on the program
committee for the ClusterWorld conference.
It's a real small world. There was a mention of a
'bioclusters book' on this list a while ago... maybe we should lead by
example? I'd be happy throw in a chapter...
However, all I know about writing books is that takes for ever and
ever, it's really hard work, big fat personal egos get in the way of
good content, most of it is out of date by the time you finish, and in
the end no one ever seems to thank you for it.
Book writing in this space is _very_ tough. I would certainly like to
help. First step is agreeing that a book is a good idea, instead of
things like wikis and HOWTOs, and then put together a list of
contributors, who can craft an outline. Maybe we should bring the
topic up again on the list?
Glen
Best,
j.
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