The book that @sarna.dev and I co-authored on writing engineering blog posts is now published. And it’s flanked by the best imaginable “bookends”: a foreword by @bcantrill.bsky.social and an afterword by @scott.hanselman.com! Details and Amazon/Manning links at bit.ly/3AVPWn9. - ThreadSky

cynthiadunlop.bsky.social • 77 days ago

The book that @sarna.dev and I co-authored on writing engineering blog posts is now published. And it’s flanked by the best imaginable “bookends”: a foreword by @bcantrill.bsky.social and an afterword by @scott.hanselman.com! Details and Amazon/Manning links at https://bit.ly/3AVPWn9.

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donmackinnon.dev•77 days ago

Nice! Gonna pick this up!

cynthiadunlop.bsky.social•77 days ago

Thanks! Please share your thoughts. We're also taking requests for follow up topics to address via ... blogs, of course.

donmackinnon.dev•76 days ago

Cool, once I read through I’ll follow-up

marma.dev•33 days ago

I'm definitely going to get this. I just wrote my first article and realized that there is so much more to learn!

victor.hogemann.com•77 days ago

📌

zlipp.bsky.social•43 days ago

Just bought my copy - congrats!

richburroughs.dev•77 days ago

📌

richburroughs.dev•77 days ago

Those are very solid bookends.

cynthiadunlop.bsky.social•77 days ago

We still can't believe that Bryan and Scott were open to it. And just wait until you read them! Both are 🔥🔥🔥.

richburroughs.dev•77 days ago

That’s great :) I’m big fans of them both.

jiminykirket.bsky.social•76 days ago

🛒

gwenshap.bsky.social•77 days ago

Congratulations!!! What a great achievement and a gift to all of us.

cynthiadunlop.bsky.social•77 days ago

Thanks for your ongoing support! Hope you saw your in-book mention? 👀

gwenshap.bsky.social•77 days ago

I did not see it *yet*, but our friend Jonathan Gennick mentioned something :)

deepakpjose.bsky.social•76 days ago

@cynthiadunlop.bsky.social available in India?

cynthiadunlop.bsky.social•76 days ago

I hear it will be shipped January 25 on Amazon India and is available for pre-order now. @avi.im - is that correct?

avi.im•76 days ago

@deepakpjose.bsky.social not available for pre order yet but it shows January 25 as launch date on Amazon India

hicksyfern.bsky.social•43 days ago

Does the title mean “how to write when your target audience is developers” or “if you’re a developer this will help your writing”?

cynthiadunlop.bsky.social•43 days ago

Both ;-) If you're a developer writing blog posts for other developers, this is for you.

stungeye.com•77 days ago

This looks awesome. Looking forward to reading your writing on writing.

cynthiadunlop.bsky.social•77 days ago

Please share your feedback once you dive in!

stungeye.com•77 days ago

I teach a "Software Development & Documentation" course as part of a college game development program.

Was thinking of incorporating some of Google's tech writing materials (https://developers.google.com/tech-writing/for-instructors) but now I want to add tech blogging to the mix too!

cynthiadunlop.bsky.social•77 days ago

Yeah, could certainly be a fun exercise! I think one of the examples we featured was created as part of a UCSB class: https://saagarjha.com/blog/2020/05/10/why-we-at-famous-company-switched-to-hyped-technology/

abegong.com•76 days ago

📌

abegong.com•76 days ago

Also, I’ve gotta say I love the irony of writing a book about writing blog posts.

cynthiadunlop.bsky.social•76 days ago

Next up: we'll write a blog post about writing a book. ;-) Or write a blog post about writing a book about writing blog posts?

abegong.com•76 days ago

❤️ yes, please

tathagata.dev•76 days ago

What do you call this recursive loop of intellectual growth? Head recursion! A _nod_ to tail recursion.

ixstus.bsky.social•29 days ago

only available from May in the UK? Damn, but I just purchased the Kindle version :)

cynthiadunlop.bsky.social•29 days ago

Yeah, we learned that each Amazon region is its own fiefdom. Crazy that there's such a discrepancy.

gunnarmorling.dev•77 days ago

So cool, big congrats again! Can't wait to hold my paper copy in my hands :)

cynthiadunlop.bsky.social•77 days ago

Well they apparently ship to Poland faster than they ship to California (both originating from us-east) -- so you might get one before I do!

gunnarmorling.dev•76 days ago

Haha, ok will share a pic just to tease you ;)

rlamanna.bsky.social•77 days ago

Ordered.

cynthiadunlop.bsky.social•77 days ago

Cool, let us know what you think. :-)

cynthiadunlop.bsky.social•77 days ago

Huge thanks to Bryan, Scott, Technical Editor @ericlippert.com, Developmental Editor Doug Rudder, Acquisitions Editor Jonathan Gennick, the entire @manningbooks.bsky.social team, and all the brilliant blog authors featured in the book (way too many to list here - see https://bit.ly/41t9xpD).

ericlippert.com•77 days ago

This was such a fun project! And I strongly believe in the mission of helping developers be better at written communication. Congratulations on publication!

cynthiadunlop.bsky.social•77 days ago

If you read it, please let us know what you think!

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