Version Control By Example

Eric Sink from Source Gear just published a great book called Version Control by Example you should check out.  I was fortunate enough to have been able to be a reviewer on the book.  To my delight he sent me a signed copy and listed my name as a reviewer.

I was also recently selected by Microsoft Research to participate in a toolbar UI study in which I was able to review new features for toolbar management and UI layout in Visual Studio.  This was a good experience and Microsoft provided me a fee copy of Mac Office 2011 for my participation.

If you have an opportunity to be part of these types of reviews and projects I encourage you to participate!

Be sure to get Eric’s new book at http://www.ericsink.com/vcbe/ or buy here http://www.amazon.com/Version-Control-Example-Eric-Sink/dp/0983507902

Free Microsoft eBook–The Future of Technology

Microsoft is offering a free copy of the new book “The Future of Technology” from Microsoft research.  You can also obtain a copy via Amazon Kindle for $0.99!

If you’re taking a summer vacation and want to get some tech reading in, look no further than The Fourth Paradigm – a brilliant book about the future of technology from Microsoft Research. The Kindle version is available for only 99 cents, which is not so much a bargain as an absolute steal — at that price you really have no excuse not to get it. You’ll arrive back with deeper knowledge of the big transformational trends in computing that lie ahead.

...oh and if the Kindle isn't your thing, the book is available in many other formats

• Full text, low resolution (6 MB)

• Full text, high resolution (93 MB)

• By chapter and essay

Purchase from Amazon.com

• Paperback
• Kindle version

http://blogs.technet.com/b/next/archive/2011/08/11/the-future-of-technology-for-just-0-99.aspx