Archive for June 3rd, 2008

The Science of Dr. Watson

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Motivated by The Science of Sherlock Holmes I plan to write a book about the history of debugging with the following preliminary product details and tentative release date (which may come earlier if I have enough time):

  • Title: The Science of Dr. Watson: An Illustrated History of Debugging
  • Author: Dmitry Vostokov
  • Publisher: Opentask (01 September 2010)
  • Language: English
  • Product Dimensions: 22.86 x 15.24
  • ISBN-13: 978-1-906717-07-0
  • Paperback: 256 pages

- Dmitry Vostokov @ DumpAnalysis.org -

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Computer Memory Visualization

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

More books to come in 2009. One of them is full-color book illustrated with beautiful visual images emerging from inherent modularized structure of modern operating systems and applications. Preliminary product details:

  • Title: Computer Memory Visualization
  • Authors: Jamie Fenton, Dmitry Vostokov
  • Publisher: Opentask (01 February 2009)
  • Language: English
  • Product Dimensions: 28 x 21.6
  • ISBN-13: 978-1-906717-06-3
  • Paperback: 64 pages

- Dmitry Vostokov @ DumpAnalysis.org -

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Microsoft Campus in Redmond

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

I was visiting Microsoft in March and here are some pictures I took outside the building where I worked (click to enlarge):

 

I also visited the company store where people were buying “Microsoft Brain” toy and saw one of the thickest software engineering books (1488 pages) there. Initially I hesitated to buy it because of its price but subsequently bought it nevertheless upon my return to Ireland:

Software Engineering Foundations: A Software Science Perspective

- Dmitry Vostokov @ DumpAnalysis.org -

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MDAA Volume 1 Full-Color Collector’s Edition

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Full-color special edition is available now. PART 6: Fun with Crash Dumps that features memory dump visualization pictures is the most impressive there. All screenshots and diagrams are color too. The book is thicker, heavier and much more expensive. Print on demand color books are very pricey. It is only available on Lulu because my Ingram distributor, Lightning Source, doesn’t print color books with more than 480 pages:

Memory Dump Analysis Anthology Collector’s Edition, Volume 1 

- Dmitry Vostokov @ DumpAnalysis.org -

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