Today I worked on updating the XenSource chapter. It hasn't really changed since the last time I wrote about it, but I figured that it would be best to work through the examples again and make sure they actually, you know, worked.
A lot of working on a tech book is doing these boring, redundant things. . . and then doing them again with slight variations to see what the important parts were. It's enough to drive you crazy after a while.
Ah well. Now that I've had some time away from this chapter, I can also see that these sections should be in a slightly different order. In the middle of talking about the GUI, I suddenly veer off and talk about the xe command-line interface for a while. Got to fix that.
I think I'm writing really poorly today. It happens, sometimes. One of the great things that I've learned from the book is that, most days, you can write anyway, and then you'll be in a better position when you have to edit tomorrow. Today, though, my head hurts and the fan noise is getting to me.
It's okay. I'll be done with this tomorrow.
A lot of working on a tech book is doing these boring, redundant things. . . and then doing them again with slight variations to see what the important parts were. It's enough to drive you crazy after a while.
Ah well. Now that I've had some time away from this chapter, I can also see that these sections should be in a slightly different order. In the middle of talking about the GUI, I suddenly veer off and talk about the xe command-line interface for a while. Got to fix that.
I think I'm writing really poorly today. It happens, sometimes. One of the great things that I've learned from the book is that, most days, you can write anyway, and then you'll be in a better position when you have to edit tomorrow. Today, though, my head hurts and the fan noise is getting to me.
It's okay. I'll be done with this tomorrow.
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