Saturday, December 11, 2004
Friday, February 13, 2004
Fan Mail---February 13, 2004
Just got some fan mail---it's a nice honest appraisal of my book, including the part about being a bit redundant and being a tome :)
Hello John!
I wanted to write a note and tell you that I really enjoyed your books, "Learn to Program with Visual Basic 6" and "Visual Basic Databases".
They were extremely helpful in learning the basic concepts from a total beginner's point of view.
Between those tomes and some help from the on-line forums I was able to not only learn but re-write a small DB program here at work in a total time of about 14 weeks.
I have at least 3 other VB books here in the office, but they weren't as helpful in covering the basics.
Your writing style can seem a tad redundant at times, but that's absolutely perfect for the beginner.
Whatever it is, it works and I hope you continue to write the way you do. I am going to pick up another book of yours here shortly (C++) and I'm confident that with your approach I should have it down in no time.
Sincerely,
Jason
Hello John!
I wanted to write a note and tell you that I really enjoyed your books, "Learn to Program with Visual Basic 6" and "Visual Basic Databases".
They were extremely helpful in learning the basic concepts from a total beginner's point of view.
Between those tomes and some help from the on-line forums I was able to not only learn but re-write a small DB program here at work in a total time of about 14 weeks.
I have at least 3 other VB books here in the office, but they weren't as helpful in covering the basics.
Your writing style can seem a tad redundant at times, but that's absolutely perfect for the beginner.
Whatever it is, it works and I hope you continue to write the way you do. I am going to pick up another book of yours here shortly (C++) and I'm confident that with your approach I should have it down in no time.
Sincerely,
Jason
Tuesday, July 1, 2003
New Publisher Found
You may recall that the publisher of my first book
Learn to Program with Visual Basic 6
Wrox Publishing, went bankrupt and my book has been in 'limbo' since.
I'm pleased to announce that the rights to the book have been purchased by Apress Publishing and will now be printed and distributed through them.
The ISBN is changed from 1902-745-00 to 1590-591-518.
The book can be purchased online at Amazon via the following link...
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1590591518/ref=nosim/professorsmileys
Learn to Program with Visual Basic 6
Wrox Publishing, went bankrupt and my book has been in 'limbo' since.
I'm pleased to announce that the rights to the book have been purchased by Apress Publishing and will now be printed and distributed through them.
The ISBN is changed from 1902-745-00 to 1590-591-518.
The book can be purchased online at Amazon via the following link...
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1590591518/ref=nosim/professorsmileys
Friday, November 1, 2002
My Java book to appear on the Sopranos!
I received word from my publisher that my Java book will be used in the context of the plot of HBO's Sopranos.
If you're familiar with the characters in the show, Svetlana, who will be taking care of Uncle Junior this year, will be using my book to teach herself Java and set up some kind of Web based business.
I'll let you know when I have a firm air date
If you're familiar with the characters in the show, Svetlana, who will be taking care of Uncle Junior this year, will be using my book to teach herself Java and set up some kind of Web based business.
I'll let you know when I have a firm air date
Monday, April 1, 2002
My Java book to appear on the Sopranos!
I received word from my publisher that my Java book will be used in the context of the plot of HBO's Sopranos.
If you're familiar with the characters in the show, Svetlana, who will be taking care of Uncle Junior this year, will be using my book to teach herself Java and set up some kind of Web based business.
I'll let you know when I have a firm air date.
If you're familiar with the characters in the show, Svetlana, who will be taking care of Uncle Junior this year, will be using my book to teach herself Java and set up some kind of Web based business.
I'll let you know when I have a firm air date.
Tuesday, January 1, 2002
Visual Basic Student Projects
Just a reminder that you can view my students' VB projects on my Web site:
You can check out Fran's Flowers project at
http://www.johnsmiley.com/flowers.htm
and Sneaker Projects at
http://www.johnsmiley.com/sneakers.htmA
s always, my thanks to the students for graciously sharing these projects with everyone.
They're beautiful works of art--I hope you enjoy them.
You can check out Fran's Flowers project at
http://www.johnsmiley.com/flowers.htm
and Sneaker Projects at
http://www.johnsmiley.com/sneakers.htmA
s always, my thanks to the students for graciously sharing these projects with everyone.
They're beautiful works of art--I hope you enjoy them.
Need help with Visual Basic? Check out my VB Experts Page
Need help with Visual Basic?
Check out my VB Experts page.
Some of you have heard about this, but to many of you it's a new idea.
I get tons of email questions (100+ a day) about VB. I also gets lots of emails from people asking me how they can become better VB programmers.
Most times I ask the people asking the questions to post them to my Yahoo helpwithvb group.
Recently I decided we could kill two birds with one stone by creating a web page with identified experts in certain areas of VB, that people could access to either read an article on click on an email link to an expert.
That's where you come in.
You may be thinking "I'm hardly an expert, how can I help?"
The answer is I want to narrow the expert focus so that everyone---even a beginner new to Visual Basic---can chip in and help out.
For instance, you may not be a VB expert, but could you be my identified expert for the Listbox Control?
If not the Listbox Control, how about the Text property of the Listbox control?
If you check VB Help, you'll see that there are only 3 paragraphs or so written about the Text property--could you be the expert just on that portion of VB?
Here's the link to my new VB Experts page
http://www.johnsmiley.com/vbexperts.htm
You'll notice that the page is entirely blank--for now anyway.
That means there's a spot for you to help out and be the recognized expert. The benefits can be tremendous---not only will you be a recognized expert at something, you'll gain confidence and experience (and learn something) in the process.
Teaching and helping others is a great way to get really good at something--are you willing to try?
How will this work?
Based on the feedback you give me, I'll create a topic tree, along with your name and a link to your email address. Someone who needs help will be directed to the Experts page, and if they see a topic with an expert, they'll click on it to send you an email. The help you provide them will then be up to you.
You can choose to give them help for free or name a price for your services (Keen.com is a great way to do this)If you are willing to try, please send an email to
becomeanexpert@johnsmiley.com
Include your name, your email address, and the topic for which you wish to be the identified expert.
If you have a support web site, include that also.As time goes on, you can grow your expertise in any way you desire---you'll be able to write articles about your expertise, or get paid for it if you desire by setting up a paid link to Keen.com.
You may even be able to host your own minicamp!
Check out my VB Experts page.
Some of you have heard about this, but to many of you it's a new idea.
I get tons of email questions (100+ a day) about VB. I also gets lots of emails from people asking me how they can become better VB programmers.
Most times I ask the people asking the questions to post them to my Yahoo helpwithvb group.
Recently I decided we could kill two birds with one stone by creating a web page with identified experts in certain areas of VB, that people could access to either read an article on click on an email link to an expert.
That's where you come in.
You may be thinking "I'm hardly an expert, how can I help?"
The answer is I want to narrow the expert focus so that everyone---even a beginner new to Visual Basic---can chip in and help out.
For instance, you may not be a VB expert, but could you be my identified expert for the Listbox Control?
If not the Listbox Control, how about the Text property of the Listbox control?
If you check VB Help, you'll see that there are only 3 paragraphs or so written about the Text property--could you be the expert just on that portion of VB?
Here's the link to my new VB Experts page
http://www.johnsmiley.com/vbexperts.htm
You'll notice that the page is entirely blank--for now anyway.
That means there's a spot for you to help out and be the recognized expert. The benefits can be tremendous---not only will you be a recognized expert at something, you'll gain confidence and experience (and learn something) in the process.
Teaching and helping others is a great way to get really good at something--are you willing to try?
How will this work?
Based on the feedback you give me, I'll create a topic tree, along with your name and a link to your email address. Someone who needs help will be directed to the Experts page, and if they see a topic with an expert, they'll click on it to send you an email. The help you provide them will then be up to you.
You can choose to give them help for free or name a price for your services (Keen.com is a great way to do this)If you are willing to try, please send an email to
becomeanexpert@johnsmiley.com
Include your name, your email address, and the topic for which you wish to be the identified expert.
If you have a support web site, include that also.As time goes on, you can grow your expertise in any way you desire---you'll be able to write articles about your expertise, or get paid for it if you desire by setting up a paid link to Keen.com.
You may even be able to host your own minicamp!
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