| Ice and Wind: Standing on the Arctic Ocean [message #80125] |
Mon, 30 April 2012 22:38  |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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Folks,
A number of people have sent me e-mails over the years,
after reading something on my web page, suggesting that
maybe I ought to "write a book." You will be happy to
know (or, maybe not) that I have taken your suggestions
seriously. Today I announce a new book that has nothing
whatsoever to do with IDL, except that it was an IDL
friend who got me into this mess in the first place.
In fact, it was here, in the IDL newsgroup, where I first
announced that I really needed to "get out of town." The
next thing I knew, Ben Tupper had fixed me up with a group
of oceanographers heading up to the Arctic Ocean. When I
checked the weather the day Ben called, it was -35 degrees F,
with a wind chill of -65 degrees. Good God! I meant a sunny
beach in Greece where nobody spoke English!
So anyway, the result is a long essay about the month I
spent in the Arctic Ocean with these scientists. The book
is what we call long-form journalism, which means the story
is too long for a magazine article or essay, and too short
for a book. It is fast becoming my favorite kind of reading
on my Kindle.
The book, Ice and Wind: Standing on the Arctic Ocean, is
an E-book and is formatted for the Kindle, the iPad/iPhone/Nook/Etc
and the computer (in PDF format). (The iPhone is a great place
to read these kinds of articles, while you are waiting for your
next meeting to get started.) I've priced the book at half the
cost of a cup of coffee, and you enjoy it for approximately twice
as long. It will take you about an hour to read the story, more
or less.
You can find the book (in whatever format you need) in the E-Books
section of the Coyote Store:
http://www.idlcoyote.com/store/index.php
My plan, if all goes well, will be to make this book available
at the Kindle Store and other locations where people typically
buy E-books.
I hope you buy it, and I hope you enjoy it. In any case, I'd love
to hear from you about it. I have several more books in mind if
this one strikes a chord with anyone. :-)
Cheers,
David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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