Sev's Blog

I was recently reading an old colleague's blog recently, where they were lamenting the lack of up to date IT books in UK libraries.

 

It soon dawned on me that my fellow developer and his sympathisers may not be aware of Safari Books Online. I have found this to be an excellent resource over the last few years, allowing me to browse and read the latest up-to-date IT books from anywhere I have a computer and internet connectivity.

 

True, there are times when it is nice to have good old paper pages to sift through, but for all other times this is the winner for me. Most major IT publishers are represented nowadays. Books are quick to search. There's no need to lug books around between home/office/meetings. No more wondering how to donate/dispose of all those older "Object Oriented Programming with Java SDK 1.2"-esque volumes gathering dust and taking up precious bookshelf space. No more wasting time finding/losing pages again, as you can save multiple bookmarks online.

 

For the record I have no affiliation with Safari, but if you are in the market for ~10 year old Computer Science textbooks, contact me :-)