Diane Duane - self-publishing

I've just bought a copy of Diane Duane's new book A Wind From The South in Palm reader format.

She's considering writing another Cat Wizards book, but needs commitments to buy it.

Count to 10 before sending the snotty email

If as a project manager you notice that there is a problem with a live content management application, and you come over to ask the lead developer to fix it, what do you think you should do next?
a. Let her get on with her job
b. Go back to your desk and meddle around trying to fix it yourself
Because you know what? If you choose b and set off a full publish while the developer is online to TechSupport and the consultant and making server configuration changes, it's not surprising that the application later spits out a load of java errors and falls over in a heap.

It is considered unwise to follow up your ill-considered meddling by sending an email round implying that the loss of service is due to the developers working on the live box. This is guaranted to piss off the aforesaid lead developer while she is trying to save your ass by fixing the problem before your visitors arrive for a live demo.

Today I am working from home. Because I can't spare the hour and a quarter needed to get into the office.