From: why the lucky stiff <ruby-talk@...>
Date: 2005-04-14T04:48:31+09:00
Subject: Re: On motivating a Ruby nubie

Sy wrote:

>On 4/13/05, Dave Burt <dave@burt.id.au> wrote:
>  
>
>>For books, I recommend Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby, which is a hilarious
>>romp through the Ruby language.
>>    
>>
>
>I noted that.  I read through some of it.. I understand some of it. 
>While it certainly cheers me up and gives a good introduction and
>such.. It's not motivating in the least.  It got very horrible very
>fast and I've no intention to finish it until I can make better use of
>the early chapters.
>  
>
Can you spell out any of your criticisms further?  I've never written a 
book before and I'm sort of guessing as to what really works.  
Genuinely, I thought of recommending the book here (except that it's 
incomplete) since the motivation provided by my book is in the 
narrative.  The story motivates learning because our right brain and 
left brain both become engaged.

But I can't presume to know for sure.  It's an experiment that I only 
hope will click.

_why