bumbling into authorship

i’m strongly considering making an attempt to write two books (conveniently designed so i can do any part of any of them in any order):

  • a beginner’s guide to programming that starts from absolutely nothing and alternates frequently between theory/practice, multiple languages, multiple platforms, etc. so you would have to context switch a bit early on, but ultimately you would be able to make actual things instead of just text-only programs that convert from feet to meters. (this will probably span endless volumes and be an eternal work in progress)
  • a math book collab with lati in which each chapter tries to explain, in an actually accessible way, some topic that we feel western education treats extremely poorly. probably limited to calc 2 + linalg and below. ex: logarithms, trig functions, complex numbers

would you be interested in reading these

would you be interested in beta-reading these as i write them (because i have a hard time sticking with a project that i can’t use myself in a vacuum)

and most importantly, would you be interested in giving me dollars for a hard copy of these

  1. votbear said: A multiple-language/platform programming guide sounds really interesting, especially with you as author.
  2. bexrambles said: That programming book could be really great. I’d definitely consider buying it.
  3. p0larity said: Maths! Good idea!
  4. tster75-blog said: I would be interested in all of these
  5. antialiasis said: I’d beta and buy either/both given the chance. Don’t know what sort of beta you’re looking for, though.
  6. linkapics said: I’d totally buy these books once they were done, if I’m able to. I don’t hold confidence in beta reading, but I’d look forward to you making these books a reality. Especially math!
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