Books
I think there is a dirty little secret among techies. We have some wierd thing for technical books. No matter where I go I see just gaggles of books, but the binding always looks crisp. I will be honest with you, I probably have the biggest collection of "one-chapter-read" books. I really do intend to read them, but I find that life tends to get in the way. I think that is why techies also like magazines. The guilt is not there for not reading it. You read the articles you like and you move on. But books, they will sit around forever. "Never know when your going to need Programming DOS Apps with Visual Basic 3.0!"
I have said this before and will say it again, I want:
- smaller books with more value-add information (don't rehash help; in fact, point to the help that I should look at before your book).
- give me solutions-based book such as "building a portal application" or a cool book like "building games in .NET".
- get the price down (especially in Canada); I have been spoiled working here because I get a lot of books cheap or paid-for, bring it down for the common man - $50 for a rehash of the help file, c'mon!
6:52:55 PM 
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