Over the past few months, I have been hard at work. I have underwent several life changes in that I now have a 8 month old daughter and I have retired my contracting business in order to work with a excellent company. In addition to these changes, I was presented an opportunity to work with some great guys in my field. Due to the nature of the business, we needed to keep this project under wraps for a couple of months. However, now that the ink has dried on the contracts and now that I have successfully completed several portions of the work, I am able to talk about it.
I am excited to say that I am going to be contributing to a Wrox Press book!
Needless to say, this is a great opportunity. First off, I get work with 5 other excellent developers. Some of these guys already have several books under their belt. I have been gaining a wealth of experience from these guys – probably at the expense of their sanity. In addition, Wrox is a publisher that I have read for years and years. In fact, I am pretty sure that my first book on Asp.Net and C# was a Wrox publication. It is really a little surreal to be writing with them now.
So, what’s the subject?
I am going to writing on developing Android applications leveraging a upcoming technology called MonoDroid. If you are a developer, you have probably heard about MonoTouch for iOS development. Basically MonoDroid does the same thing from Android applications in that it allows programmers to use .Net, C#, and Visual Studio to develop Android applications. It is a significant tool.
Until just recently, MonoDroid was a closed alpha / beta. However, you can now sign up for the public beta and get started playing with some code today. You can check them out at MonoDroid.net!
Also, we have gotten far enough that our book has an Amazon listing. You can see it at: http://amzn.com/1118026438 . The only downside is that the book image is currently a placeholder and it also only lists the lead author’s name at the moment. While this is great for Wally, this will be updated in the near future to reflect all the author’s names. At that point, I will be free to stick a printout on Mom’s fridge.
BTW, please feel free to pre-order it now while supplies last. >.>
So, what is in the future for me?
I am going to be focusing my extra time on writing. Over the next few weeks, I hope to begin a small series of beginning with MonoDroid posts. Finally, writing a book is one of the items on my bucket list. As I go along, I plan to capture my thoughts on the writing process to see how much I love it 2 months from now.
At the moment, I am very, very busy but I am still having a blast. What a great way to start out a new year!
Take care.
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How completely awesome! And you are right — an absolutely perfect way to start out the new year. Congratulations a thousand times over!
Comment by Devon Asdell on January 6, 2011 at 2:06 pm