November 16 Status Update posted by Diego Zamboni @ Wed, 17 Nov 2010 05:52:08...
I cut it really close today! Started writing only at 11pm after a terribly busy day at work and my brain felt fried, so I chose an easy section (my first chapter with introductory content) and just...
View ArticleNovember 15 Status Update posted by Diego Zamboni @ Tue, 16 Nov 2010 03:17:13...
Wrote 1,088 words today, for a grand total of 16,388 according to 750words. My generated PDF is now at 48 pages.Today’s stats: http://750words.com/entries/share/377667Although I had a preliminary...
View ArticleDrink Something posted by Diego Zamboni @ Mon, 15 Nov 2010 06:06:01 +0000
Bob: nice to hear you are going to give Mate a try. As Scott said, the taste takes a little getting used to, but I also find it’s easier on the stomach than coffee, and it has quite a caffeine kick. My...
View ArticleCode: fully develop, debug and check now or later? posted by Diego Zamboni @...
I have a question about code examples that I write during this month.Would you advise code examples to be fully developed, tested and debugged at this time? I find often while I am writing code samples...
View ArticleSaturday 13th Nov check-in posted by Diego Zamboni @ Sun, 14 Nov 2010...
Raymond,I’ve been thinking also about converting my writing from Markdown to ReST and Sphinx, mostly to learn a new tool, but I’ve been forcing myself not to, to keep focused on writing. I’ve also...
View ArticleNovember 14th Status posted by Diego Zamboni @ Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:02:17 +0000
I wrote 912 words today, for a grand total of 15,300, and 45 pages.Slowly, I have evolved a firmer idea of how I want the book to look, but I’m still having trouble with the flow. So far my different...
View ArticleDrink Something posted by Diego Zamboni @ Sun, 14 Nov 2010 02:12:31 +0000
I’m a coffee guy myself, although I also enjoy Yerba Mate, like Scott. I enjoy it more, however, in the traditional Argentinian Mate gourd, though mine is still packed somewhere after the recent move....
View ArticleSaturday 13th Nov check-in posted by Diego Zamboni @ Sun, 14 Nov 2010...
I wrote 854 words today. Here are my stats: http://750words.com/entries/share/373240My technical chapters continue taking shape, I am now evolving a working cfengine policy by gradually adding more and...
View ArticleFriday check-in - November 12 posted by Diego Zamboni @ Fri, 12 Nov 2010...
Hello, everyone,What’s your page count so far?markdown2pdf gives me 39 letter pages. In total I have written 13,534 words according to 750words.com, and here are my stats for today:...
View ArticleNovember 11 status updates posted by Diego Zamboni @ Fri, 12 Nov 2010...
Today, I wrote in a bus. I am on a business trip and was completely swamped all day, but now on the bus back home (which has onboard WiFi) I finished today’s writing. Stats:...
View ArticleNovember 10th Status posted by Diego Zamboni @ Thu, 11 Nov 2010 05:58:19 +0000
I wrote a short portion in the morning, and I thought I wouldn’t be able to finish since I had such a busy day today. But in the end, right before midnight I managed to finish my 890 words, for a grand...
View ArticleNovember 9th Status posted by Diego Zamboni @ Wed, 10 Nov 2010 05:59:22 +0000
Today was an extremely busy day both at home (kids woke up at 6:30!) and work (back-to-back meetings all day), so I didn’t get to writing until after 11pm. Still, I managed to get my writing done...
View ArticleNovember 8th Status Updates posted by Diego Zamboni @ Mon, 08 Nov 2010...
I got 917 words written today, for a grand total so far of 9,230. Looking at my tentative table of contents, I have written text for 4 chapters already in semi-random order. However, I will definitely...
View ArticleNovember 7 status updates posted by Diego Zamboni @ Sun, 07 Nov 2010 18:51:09...
Travis – I’m really thinking about it, actually. If I can make the time, I’ll write some more tonight.Thanks to my after-midnight writing session, my “Daily Nudge” email from 750words this morning,...
View ArticleWhere Do You Write? posted by Diego Zamboni @ Sun, 07 Nov 2010 07:20:37 +0000
Like Josh, I find myself writing wherever I can, since I am in a similar situation (family with young kids + day job). My favorite location is my home office, where I can focus better, but the couch or...
View ArticleNovember 7 status updates posted by Diego Zamboni @ Sun, 07 Nov 2010 07:15:49...
I’ll start today’s status thread, I started writing shortly after midnight so I finished very early. I chose an “easy” topic (installing cfengine) since I was already pretty tired, and wrote 842 words...
View ArticleNovember 6 Status Updates posted by Diego Zamboni @ Sat, 06 Nov 2010 19:03:28...
Got working early today because I’ll have visits in the afternoon, and got my 1,153 words in before lunch!http://750words.com/entries/share/358528
View ArticleFriday check-in posted by Diego Zamboni @ Fri, 05 Nov 2010 17:15:47 +0000
It has been a very nice experience so far. I am using 750words.com as a tool both for keeping my word count and for encouraging myself to write (I signed up for the November challenge, which means if I...
View ArticleNovember 5 status updates posted by Diego Zamboni @ Fri, 05 Nov 2010 16:53:43...
I wrote my part early today, so I could take Friday night off. Wrote 1,252 words today, for a grand total after five days of 6,318 words!Today’s stats: http://750words.com/entries/share/356522
View ArticleNovember 4 status updates posted by Diego Zamboni @ Fri, 05 Nov 2010 05:07:29...
Still on track! I wrote 1,021 words today, for a grand total of 5,066 words so far: http://750words.com/entries/share/353849
View ArticleTip: 750words on full-screen mode posted by Diego Zamboni @ Thu, 04 Nov 2010...
I’ve been using http://750words.com for my writing these three days, and I am really enjoying it. Apart from the motivation (I signed myself up for public embarrassment if I fall out during November),...
View ArticleNovember 3 status updates posted by Diego Zamboni @ Thu, 04 Nov 2010 03:07:32...
My first day of all-new content! Happy to still be on track, and I found it easier to reach the 750-word mark than I had feared. My stats for today: http://750words.com/entries/share/352564
View ArticleNovember 02 status updates posted by Diego Zamboni @ Tue, 02 Nov 2010...
Today: 1,788 words: http://750words.com/entries/share/348931Another good day today – however I am now officially done with the text that I had already written for this book – it got me through the...
View ArticleNovember 1 status updates posted by Diego Zamboni @ Tue, 02 Nov 2010 07:37:56...
I actually had a pretty good first day, I also used 750words.com, and got a good 1360 words in. I cheated a bit because I used some snippets I had written previously, plus some written-today content,...
View ArticleRequesting help on tools and formats posted by Diego Zamboni @ Mon, 01 Nov...
I have started to write some content for the book I have in mind, and which I am determined to put in better shape during PragProWriMo. I had started writing in LaTeX, but I find myself getting bogged...
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