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That does look interesting but it might be too philosophical for many hackers. I would instead recommend Time Management for Sysadmins, Tim Lemoncelli, O'Reilly and Pragmatic Thinking and Learning, Andy Hunt, PragProg. Both are interesting and helpful but much more practical, especially TMSA, which I should dust off and re-read.

http://everythingsysadmin.com/books.html

http://pragprog.com/book/ahptl/pragmatic-thinking-and-learni...

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The ZP book is not about time management.

For someone who never heard of you, your book or "zen programming" before, there is not enough information either here or on your site to make a purchase decision.

I would respectfully ask a few questions. Who are you? Why are you qualified to write a programming book? Why are you qualified to write a "zen programming" book? How long have you been a programmer? What concrete things will someone who studies the book get out of it?

I read the intro of the site, the description of the book on the site, the testimonials and the Ten Rules of a Zen Programmer and still don't know the answers to these questions other than seeming platitudes.

Thank you for your constructive feedback.

I will add a few paragraphs with more information when I find a few minutes.

Please note, if you would buy the book and if you are not happy with it I will fully refund you (see terms). This is also the case when you purchase at Leanpub.

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