Pragmatic Project Automation Available
I've just returned from 12 lovely, laptop-free days traveling around Ireland, Wales, England, and Scotland. If you're tuning in from one of those countries, thank you for your warm hospitality. Oh, and I'd love to make a return visit to help on your project. :-)
I'm sure I'll have more to say about the trip later. And even better than words, I have pictures galore that I'll sprinkle lightly in my upcoming talks. (You won't want to miss how I subtly weave pictures of sheep into stories about software.) But first, I'd like to rewind to July 15th at DIA airport. As I await the plane ride that kicks off the trip, I keep having the unsettling feeling that I've forgotten something important at home. And then I remember that I have no laptop in tow. But then I remind myself that I chose to leave it at home and go off the grid. Everybody needs to go dark once in a while to recharge. Oh, but the timing couldn't be worse because Pragmatic Project Automation will be coming off the presses the very next day. I won't be online to watch its maiden voyage and (here comes the really bad part) I'll be the last person on the planet to get a print copy.
All that bemoaning is interrupted by a chance meeting with Dave Thomas, right there in the airport with minutes to spare before my flight. And with a big toothy grin he extends a gift bag containing (surprise, surprise) two copies of the book literally hot off the press. In an amazing feat of logistics that you couldn't pull off again if you had to, Dave had obtained early prints. The first fruits of the harvest, as they say. He just happened to be flying through DIA and knew I'd be there all wrecked about not seeing the book until I came back a dozen days later. So I owe Dave and the folks at the print shop a big thank you for starting my vacation off right. Have I mentioned how much I like my publishers?
Here's the really exciting part: You too can get your very own bottled-at-the-source, lovingly hand-wrapped, delivered-straight-to-your-doorstep copy of Pragmatic Project Automation simply by placing an order.
Cheers!