My next book project: an autobiography of the ASP.NET community
Hi everyone! I've been out of the blogging circuit for a few weeks working on a side project. Since my attempts at trying to get into Microsoft, Amazon.com and ESPN aren't proving fruitful I'm going to engross myself with a hobby for the next six months to pass the time.
I'm drafting a proposal for a new book to shop to various literary publishers - an autobiographical recollection of the events and people that have made up the ASP.NET community over the last four years. This would be the kicker of my career as a tech journalist. The premise is basically to document and give an insider's look at some of the more notable (and undocumented) events that have emerged.
I've got a prologue mapped out mentally, so when it's down on paper, I'll post it for your consideration and criticism.
I'll cite the experiences and profile the careers and contributions of great devs like Scott Mitchell, Doug Seven/Donny Mack, Jonathan Goodyear, Steve Smith, Bill Evjen, Dana Coffey, Charles Carroll, Rob Howard, Scott Guthrie and others whose respective work helped create a thriving community experience and positive learning environment and really allow the Active Server Pages platform to ascend to its level of dominance. And, if they'll let me, I'll give a bit of insight on the people behind the keyboards, showing who they really are and de-geekify them.
And arguably, the kicker: the incidents that almost divided the community apart - the fiasco over ASPFriends.
So if you get an e-mail from me in the near future trying to setup a phone interview time, you may be in a book!