November 16 Status Update posted by Daniel de Kok @ Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:43:48...
We are at 53 pages now.Also, the book had 13,000 unique visitors in 24 hours. We received lots of feedback and fixes.
View ArticleNovember 15 Status Update posted by Daniel de Kok @ Tue, 16 Nov 2010 07:29:32...
Wow, we had 7800 unique visitors now, and a lot of encouragement! :)
View ArticleNovember 15 Status Update posted by Daniel de Kok @ Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:44:35...
Unfortunately, no writing today due to social commitments. We were linked on Reddit, and are very happy about the first positive reactions!
View ArticleExercises posted by Daniel de Kok @ Sun, 14 Nov 2010 18:17:17 +0000
Susannah: Thank you! Short exercises between sections, and long end-of-chapter exercises would give best of both worlds.Travis: Indeed, something like ‘related projects’ would be great for enthusiastic...
View ArticleExercises posted by Daniel de Kok @ Sun, 14 Nov 2010 16:40:31 +0000
A quick question: where would you put exercises? At the end of sections or at the end of a chapter?I like having exercises at the end of a section, because then they immediately follow up on the...
View ArticleSaturday 13th Nov check-in posted by Daniel de Kok @ Sun, 14 Nov 2010...
Hi Raymond,To be able to focus on one piece of content and make WYSIWYG editing fast, we use one file per chapter. We also put some stuff like equations in separate files, so the we can easily include...
View ArticleNovember 14th Status posted by Daniel de Kok @ Sun, 14 Nov 2010 16:31:18 +0000
We are now at 50 A4 pages.Current version: http://nlpwp.org/
View ArticleSaturday 13th Nov check-in posted by Daniel de Kok @ Sat, 13 Nov 2010...
Had a party yesterday, so I had to catch up to day. We are at 44 A4 pages now.
View ArticleFriday check-in - November 12 posted by Daniel de Kok @ Fri, 12 Nov 2010...
Hi Susannah,What’s your page count so far?We are currently at 39 A4 pages.What challenges did you face this week?Our book covers natural language processing, but provides an introduction to Haskell at...
View ArticleNovember 11 status updates posted by Daniel de Kok @ Thu, 11 Nov 2010...
One week after startingKnee deep in monads38 A4 pagesSome proudnesshttp://nlpwp.org/
View ArticleNovember 10th Status posted by Daniel de Kok @ Wed, 10 Nov 2010 22:59:31 +0000
We are at 32 A4 pages now.http://nlpwp.org/
View ArticleNovember 9th Status posted by Daniel de Kok @ Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:45:57 +0000
Today we modified the DocBook generation process to handle MathML, equations come out nicely in PDF and XHTML output.We also added some more pages of material. We are now at 27 A4 pages.
View ArticleHow to "publish" the work-in-progress posted by Daniel de Kok @ Tue, 09 Nov...
I would think not. Getting the layout right is a lot of work, and can interrupt the flow and fun of writing.Since our material relies a lot on proper markup, we decided to use DocBook from now on. As a...
View ArticleNovember 8th Status Updates posted by Daniel de Kok @ Mon, 08 Nov 2010...
Today, we converted all our material to DocBook, because we were outgrowing Markdown (too few semantics, bad support for math). Besides that, we added new material, and are now at approximately 23...
View ArticleNovember 7 status updates posted by Daniel de Kok @ Sun, 07 Nov 2010 18:22:44...
We are at 8500 words now. But the day is not over yet ;).
View ArticleNovember 6 Status Updates posted by Daniel de Kok @ Sun, 07 Nov 2010 09:46:39...
“Never underestimate the bandwidth of a truck full of tapes hurtling down the highway.” – Andrew S. Tanenbaum
View ArticleNovember 6 Status Updates posted by Daniel de Kok @ Sat, 06 Nov 2010 19:11:01...
We are now around 5500 words. Content is available at:http://nlpwp.org/
View ArticleFriday check-in posted by Daniel de Kok @ Fri, 05 Nov 2010 21:36:57 +0000
3000 words still (no time today, family visit). However, I did find a great co-author :).
View ArticleDrink Something posted by Daniel de Kok @ Fri, 05 Nov 2010 08:27:39 +0000
Tea addict here as well. Being fresh indeed helps. The ritual of making tea also gives some time to recharge ;).
View ArticleWhere Do You Write? posted by Daniel de Kok @ Fri, 05 Nov 2010 08:25:47 +0000
Anywhere where I carry my MacBook ;). For me the moment is the most important. I write when I feel I have inspiration.
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