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Old 08-05-2009, 07:04 AM   #2341
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Old 08-05-2009, 07:58 AM   #2342
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Actually, I'm thinking that might be too exciting...

As it happens, I want to implement what I can of ITIL where I work, but the official material is written in a way that is really uninspiring, which makes it hard for me to keep my own enthusiasm going, let alone anyone elses!
From what I've read so far it seems like a good initiative overall - but it's written in such a way that it sucks the life force out of you.
Even the bits where they're stating the blindingly obvious are explained in unnecessarily convoluted ways.
(And some parts of it are just plain wrong imho! )
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Old 08-05-2009, 08:27 AM   #2343
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From what I've read so far it seems like a good initiative overall - but it's written in such a way that it sucks the life force out of you.
Even the bits where they're stating the blindingly obvious are explained in unnecessarily convoluted ways.
(And some parts of it are just plain wrong imho! )
It is a good initiative, and because it's guidance and not prescriptive, it makes it actually useful, too! (And also means you ignore the bits you think are wrong I've just been looking at one of the service operation flowcharts and really can't work out why they think it should (or even could) work like that)

But they really need to get a readability consultant in
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Old 08-05-2009, 08:33 AM   #2344
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But they really need to get a readability consultant in
Yup, I keep thinking that, if this is what they've ended up delivering, they're not following their own advice.
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Old 08-05-2009, 05:24 PM   #2345
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Old 08-05-2009, 08:23 PM   #2346
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I have read the first 2 trilogies by Hobb. One of the best fantasy I have read.

I am reading Hearts in Atlantis by Stepehn King at the moment.
I thought it might be interesting to read Salem's Lot (I finished it a few days ago) and Hearts in Atlantis before I read the last book in The Dark Tower series.
I saw the movie, haven't read the book. Is there much of a difference?
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Old 08-07-2009, 06:47 AM   #2347
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The Collectors was EXCELLENT. I am going to save Stone Cold (the 3rd of the series for a while). I am now just getting into The Face of Deception by Iris Johansen. This is the first in her Eve Duncan series. So far the characters are just starting to get interesting...
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Old 08-08-2009, 05:23 PM   #2348
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I'm reading "The Johnstown Flood" by David McCullough. Excellent (and sad) book. I'll read "In the Heart of the Sea" by Nathaniel Philbrick next since I'm in the mood for some good history books.
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Old 08-09-2009, 12:15 PM   #2350
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I'm reading "The Johnstown Flood" by David McCullough. Excellent (and sad) book. I'll read "In the Heart of the Sea" by Nathaniel Philbrick next since I'm in the mood for some good history books.
"In the Heart of the Sea" is an excellent history read - factual & fascinating!!
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My publisher accidentally sent me ten copies of Arthur Phillips' The Song is You, instead of ten copies of my own book. I've just finished the first copy of Phillips' book; it was quite good. It has many musical references, only a few of which I picked up. Phillips was a Jeopardy champ; he has a scene of the protagonist's brother suffering a crash-and-burn on the show that is quite hilarious.
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Old 08-09-2009, 07:03 PM   #2352
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I'll read "In the Heart of the Sea" by Nathaniel Philbrick next since I'm in the mood for some good history books.
Philbrick is such a great historical author! A fellow Massachusetts-born and Nantucket inhabitant, he knows the area and all of it's rich history!
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My publisher accidentally sent me ten copies of Arthur Phillips' The Song is You, instead of ten copies of my own book. I've just finished the first copy of Phillips' book; it was quite good. It has many musical references, only a few of which I picked up. Phillips was a Jeopardy champ; he has a scene of the protagonist's brother suffering a crash-and-burn on the show that is quite hilarious.
So, when ya going to read the other nine?
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