Friday, March 09, 2007

BarCamp Austin

I signed up to speak at BarCamp Austin tomorrow. It is not easy for me since I work weekends, but it should be interesting. Wish me luck.

Thursday, March 01, 2007

Book Outline

Beyond the Web with NewI\O
by Chris Nystrom

1. Why Internet applications?
2. What is wrong with current solutions?
3. What is NewI\O and How does it work?
4. Downloading, Installing and Running Dreadnought
5. Your First Program: Hello NewI\O!
6. Advanced NewI\O Programming
7. Extending the System: Adding to the API
8. Debugging NewI\O Programs
9. Running Your own NewI\O Server

Appendix A: NewI\O Links
Appendix B: NewI\O FAQ
Appendix C: NewI\O API

Current Witch's Brew is Apalling

To: cnystrom@newio.org,
Debra_Williams@prenhall.com
Cc: arnold@skeeve.com
Date: Feb 23, 2007 7:28 AM
Subject: RE: Prentice Hall interested in epublication of New I/O

> Chris,
>
> That is great news that you are interested in publishing with us.

Ditto! That's really great!

> I'll have to let Arnold speak for himself on discovering you.

I saw a discussion of your site and then your note on the 9fans mailing
list.

I went to your site and really liked what I saw. I have to admit that
I find the current witch's brew of server-side PHP, client-side
JavaScript, and HTML / XML to be just apalling.

Thanks!

Arnold