Comments on: Programming is writing, too http://dossy.org/2007/10/programming-is-writing-too/ Everything that comes out of Dossy, from the strange to the banal. Wed, 23 May 2012 18:59:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dossy http://dossy.org/2007/10/programming-is-writing-too/comment-page-1/#comment-810 Dossy Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:51:31 +0000 http://dossy.org/archives/000526.html#comment-810 bill: I have to say I haven't checked out that book yet, but now I definitely will--thank you for the great suggestion! bill: I have to say I haven’t checked out that book yet, but now I definitely will–thank you for the great suggestion!

]]> By: bill http://dossy.org/2007/10/programming-is-writing-too/comment-page-1/#comment-809 bill Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:47:51 +0000 http://dossy.org/archives/000526.html#comment-809 plz write the aolserver version of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0072120045/ref=nosim/dossy-20">this</a> book. still one of my favorites. plz write the aolserver version of this book. still one of my favorites.

]]> By: Dossy http://dossy.org/2007/10/programming-is-writing-too/comment-page-1/#comment-808 Dossy Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:00:44 +0000 http://dossy.org/archives/000526.html#comment-808 Michael: Wow, yeah, I haven't implemented open-tracking on feed entries, so I really have no insight into who actually reads what. Thanks for letting me know. re: buying a book on AOLserver ... that's interesting. What kind of material would be useful? I'm guessing having the Tcl API fully documented, with usage examples, would be the most useful book for someone who's already experienced with AOLserver? Michael: Wow, yeah, I haven’t implemented open-tracking on feed entries, so I really have no insight into who actually reads what. Thanks for letting me know.

re: buying a book on AOLserver … that’s interesting. What kind of material would be useful? I’m guessing having the Tcl API fully documented, with usage examples, would be the most useful book for someone who’s already experienced with AOLserver?

]]> By: Michael A. Cleverly http://dossy.org/2007/10/programming-is-writing-too/comment-page-1/#comment-807 Michael A. Cleverly Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:03:41 +0000 http://dossy.org/archives/000526.html#comment-807 Dossy, When I login to Google Reader and notice new items from your feed they are among the very first things I tend to read. So don't sell yourself short. Every year I fully intent to take a stab at <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/">NaNoWriMo</a> (national novel writing month) but so far (three attempts) I've yet to overcome the initial writers block and actually come up with an idea... so I can relate to how you are feeling. :-) I'd definitely buy a book about AOLserver; I'd even be happy to help you typeset it. Dossy,

When I login to Google Reader and notice new items from your feed they are among the very first things I tend to read. So don’t sell yourself short.

Every year I fully intent to take a stab at NaNoWriMo (national novel writing month) but so far (three attempts) I’ve yet to overcome the initial writers block and actually come up with an idea… so I can relate to how you are feeling. :-)

I’d definitely buy a book about AOLserver; I’d even be happy to help you typeset it.

]]> By: Dossy http://dossy.org/2007/10/programming-is-writing-too/comment-page-1/#comment-806 Dossy Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:33:11 +0000 http://dossy.org/archives/000526.html#comment-806 Jade: Thanks--I keep feeling like when I write, I don't say very much. I accept that mechanically, I'm skilled at putting together words to form sentences. But, they're empty sentences. I worry that they're worth even <em>less</em> to the reader than they are to me. Jade: Thanks–I keep feeling like when I write, I don’t say very much.

I accept that mechanically, I’m skilled at putting together words to form sentences. But, they’re empty sentences. I worry that they’re worth even less to the reader than they are to me.

]]> By: Jade Rubick http://dossy.org/2007/10/programming-is-writing-too/comment-page-1/#comment-805 Jade Rubick Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:00:23 +0000 http://dossy.org/archives/000526.html#comment-805 For someone who claims to not be a writer, you seem to write quite a bit, Dossy! Being a writer is just being structured about it, I think. For someone who claims to not be a writer, you seem to write quite a bit, Dossy!

Being a writer is just being structured about it, I think.

]]> By: Serdar http://dossy.org/2007/10/programming-is-writing-too/comment-page-1/#comment-804 Serdar Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:12:29 +0000 http://dossy.org/archives/000526.html#comment-804 "Writing Down the Bones" is a widely-recommended book in this regard, especially for the sake of kick-starting one's creativity. Actually, the single biggest writing influence I can cite was not a book of that nature, but Roger Ebert's movie books -- his compiled reviews, which were models of how to write well and incisively about creative things. Ultimately, though, I learned best from other writers. I'd read them and get ideas for how certain things could be explored -- and in the end, I found that they were getting most of their inspiration not from other writers, but from the world around them, which is the best source of all. “Writing Down the Bones” is a widely-recommended book in this regard, especially for the sake of kick-starting one’s creativity. Actually, the single biggest writing influence I can cite was not a book of that nature, but Roger Ebert’s movie books — his compiled reviews, which were models of how to write well and incisively about creative things.

Ultimately, though, I learned best from other writers. I’d read them and get ideas for how certain things could be explored — and in the end, I found that they were getting most of their inspiration not from other writers, but from the world around them, which is the best source of all.

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