Book Fever
I’m on a weeks holiday from work at the moment, having fun with my wife and baby daughter in the limited sunny weather that our glorious nation provides us with. Time off is great for giving you the perspective you need to achieve what you want to achieve in the coming months and years.
This time around, it’s becoming glaringly obvious to me that – I need to learn something new. I’ve pretty much got most AJAX.NET down pat and I’m looking for the next big subject to tackle.
Not learn something as in ‘understand the basics and hack the rest’ ( I’ve heard this called JIT learning in some quarters!! ) but to really learn, understand and digest all facets of the chosen subject. So to this end, I’ve purchased a few books and am going to choose which amongst them feels the most suitable for me.
The chosen books are:
Introducing Microsoft LINQ: I’ve had a brief look at Linq but I’ll wait to get the book to see if it really has the depth I’m looking for. There’s no doubt I will be learning this, but to what level is the question.
Professional Microsoft Smartphone Programming: The dominance of S60 phones has always put me off really getting into windows mobile development, but with the advent of tools like Red Five Labs S60 SDK, the prospect of real cross platform development looks closer.
Beginning J2ME: I’m not that sure about this one. I’ve done a fair bit of J2ME hacking in the past, but it wasn’t much fun. I’m hoping that some of the projects in this book will spark a bit of interest. Anyway, 3 quid from ebay – can’t grumble!
