Re: [The Java Posse] Geek time

2010-07-09 Thread jitesh dundas
Have your tried the books on ACM..With this membership, there is an ocean of books on almost everuy technical subject(i am not talking of courses right now). Pretty good stuff in there too. Regards, jd On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 12:31 AM, shainnif ismail wrote: > have you tried safari books? > > s

Re: [The Java Posse] Geek time

2010-07-08 Thread Robert Casto
I used to have a 1.5 hour commute one way. You can get a lot done in that time. Now I don't need to commute all the time and it has gotten harder to get the reading done. That will change once school starts and my daughter starts doing lots of marching band stuff. :) On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 5:35 PM

Re: [The Java Posse] Geek time

2010-07-08 Thread Peter Becker
This might be not suitable for everyone, but I find the combination of (public transport + netbook + tethering) extremely helpful. OTOH I am currently accepting a commute of 1h+ as opposed to ~30min direct drive, I am not sure I'll keep that up. At the moment pretty much 90%+ of my private ema

Re: [The Java Posse] Geek time

2010-07-08 Thread Robert Casto
I'll check that out. Thanks! On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 3:01 PM, shainnif ismail wrote: > have you tried safari books? > > safaribooksonline.com/ > > most of the books can be seen on a mobile device > > Regards > Shaine Ismail > > > On 8 July 2010 19:51, Robert Casto wrote: > >> Maning doesn't have

Re: [The Java Posse] Geek time

2010-07-08 Thread shainnif ismail
have you tried safari books? safaribooksonline.com/ most of the books can be seen on a mobile device Regards Shaine Ismail On 8 July 2010 19:51, Robert Casto wrote: > Maning doesn't have everything I want to read but it might be a good start. > I have a subscription to Commonsware. > > I gue

Re: [The Java Posse] Geek time

2010-07-08 Thread Robert Casto
Maning doesn't have everything I want to read but it might be a good start. I have a subscription to Commonsware. I guess it would be nice if some of the Apress and O'Reilly books were available as well. I don't need the whole book on the phone. Just the chapter I want to read. :) On Thu, Jul 8,

Re: [The Java Posse] Geek time

2010-07-08 Thread jitesh dundas
Don't forget convertors to reduce the size for easy mobile-reading... Compression of files may help give you more pdfs to read. Try other formats too. Some may reduce pdf file size on conversion... Regards, jd On 7/9/10, Manfred Moser wrote: > You should be able to get the various books in ebo

Re: [The Java Posse] Geek time

2010-07-08 Thread Manfred Moser
You should be able to get the various books in ebook format. E.g. all the commonsware books are available in PDF .. and you can read them on your android phone just fine. Btw. welcome to the android dev club.. I guess we really need an android dev podcast .. at this stage javaposse and illegalarg

Re: [The Java Posse] Geek time

2010-07-08 Thread Mark Fortner
Most of the Manning books are available in both PDF formats. Some of them are available in ePub format as well. There are PDF readers for both iPod Touch/iPhone and Android that should let you read your books. I'm not sure how readable they'll be. I've had some success reading journal articles

Re: [The Java Posse] Geek time

2010-07-08 Thread Robert Casto
I now work on Android so it is a bit easier to keep up to date. :) I really struggled before because I was doing JDK 1.4 all the time. I'm hoping to find a way to do more reading on the Android so I don't have to lug books all the time. Kindle is on it, but none of the technical books I want to re

Re: [The Java Posse] Geek time

2010-07-08 Thread Steven Siebert
+1 podcasts I also find carrying around my mobile with several PDF's downloaded helps fill the gap when I may have an unexpected moment. These two help me keep the business/implementation side up to date. Membership in ACM is also helpful for the emails and quarterly publications (if you join a

Re: [The Java Posse] Geek time

2010-07-08 Thread Manfred Moser
I agree with Robert. I am married with three little boys under 5 and I find myself listening to podcast whenever possible. Since I have a mobile phone I also get to keep up with my RSS feeds in Google reader much better (subscribed to > 100 feeds easily). And magazines and books lay around the hou

Re: [The Java Posse] Geek time

2010-07-08 Thread jitesh dundas
wow!..I wish a single guy like me could manage time like that. regards, jd On 7/8/10, Robert Casto wrote: > I listen to the JavaPosse. > > Seriously. > > I also listen to other pod casts when exercising or driving to/from work. I > take books with me to my kids activities. When they are doing so

Re: [The Java Posse] Geek time

2010-07-08 Thread jitesh dundas
I am not married so no comments.However, I do would like to hear this reply. Thanks, jd On 7/8/10, Rakesh wrote: > Hi guys, > > this is targeted at those slightly older developers out there who have > been coding for a while now and consider themselves rather good at > what they do. > > How do y

Re: [The Java Posse] Geek time

2010-07-08 Thread Robert Casto
I listen to the JavaPosse. Seriously. I also listen to other pod casts when exercising or driving to/from work. I take books with me to my kids activities. When they are doing something, my attention is there. Before the concert or ceremony, I'll read a bit and try to catch up on something. On T

[The Java Posse] Geek time

2010-07-08 Thread Rakesh
Hi guys, this is targeted at those slightly older developers out there who have been coding for a while now and consider themselves rather good at what they do. How do you make time to keep up to date? I mean, I have a full time job which leaves me knackered in the evenings and a wife and son who