Matthiasnoback.nl Website Review

All of a sudden it became book-writing season. It began in August when I started revising my second book, Principles of Package Design. Apress had contacted me about adopting it, and they didn't want to change a lot about it. However, the book was from 2015 and although I had aimed for it to be timeless, some parts needed an update. Furthermore, I had happily pressed the Release bu*ton back then, but it's the same as with software development: the code you wrote last year, you wouldn't approve of today. Because Apress has their own pipeline for man*script to book conversion, I had to take the original Leanpub-flavored Markdown man*script, export it to HTML, then copy it into Mac Pages, and finally export it as a Word docu*ent. That was already a lot of work. Then I started reading the book and collected all the issues, creating post-its along the way. Having every little issue on display was a nice trick. It made progress visible, and made it feel like a project I could finish. Re-reading my own book was a very interesting experience. I noticed how often I'd been lazy and skipped a proper argument for a piece of advice. I also noticed how some advice wasn't very clear and could easily be misinterpreted. out several issues where the reader, given this or that background, could have difficulty understanding a section, or take unintended advice from it. Ross put in a lot of time and effort, so from this place, thanks again! Besides revising, I've also added several new sections, most notably about the following topics: Because there are many people who have read the first edition, who I don't want to force to buy the second edition as well, I've already published several articles that cover more or less the same ground: So, here we are. The release of the second edition of Principles of Package Design! The book is available on Apress,com but it's also a regular book, so your book store should be able to order it as well. I'm very curious about your opinion. If you've read the book (first or second edition), please let me know what you think of it. It would be