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Re: You Don't Know JavaScript Book Series

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Post by imdsm »

colund wrote: post #14

I posted this link after having read the author's comment to a one star review on Amazon: "Kyle Simpson8 months ago Report Abuse I can assure you, my goal of splitting up the content into a book series had ZERO to do with making more money. It's actually quite the opposite. One of the things I hate the most about tech books is that I spend $35-50 on a big book of which there's only a few chapters I actually care abou…

Valid points. Shouldn't have fed the guy but valid response none the less. 200 pages on a subject versus two or three 30 page chapters? Good call!

Re: You Don't Know JavaScript Book Series

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Post by ramblerman »

semperfaux wrote: post #2

"You don't know x." "10 things you didn't know about y." "Everything you thought you knew about z is wrong." Am I the only one that finds titles like this completely offputting? If you think you have insight that's useful to people, try not talking down to them. As it is, hell, I may not know Javascript, but I'm certainly not clicking through.

I think it says more about your ego imo. I mean you're getting worked up about a book's title to the point that you won't look at its content. Just because it insinuated you don't know said content.

It's amusing if anything.

Re: You Don't Know JavaScript Book Series

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AndrewDucker wrote: post #9
semperfaux wrote: post #2

"You don't know x." "10 things you didn't know about y." "Everything you thought you knew about z is wrong." Am I the only one that finds titles like this completely offputting? If you think you have insight that's useful to people, try not talking down to them. As it is, hell, I may not know Javascript, but I'm certainly not clicking through.

Yup. The original talks were called "Advanced JS: The 'What You Need To Know' Parts" - and I'd much rather have a book with _that_ title on my desk, rather than one that makes it look like I'm reading a "...For Dummies" book.

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semperfaux wrote: post #2

"You don't know x." "10 things you didn't know about y." "Everything you thought you knew about z is wrong." Am I the only one that finds titles like this completely offputting? If you think you have insight that's useful to people, try not talking down to them. As it is, hell, I may not know Javascript, but I'm certainly not clicking through.

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Re: You Don't Know JavaScript Book Series

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Post by tim_iles »

aphexairlines wrote: post #5
semperfaux wrote: post #2

"You don't know x." "10 things you didn't know about y." "Everything you thought you knew about z is wrong." Am I the only one that finds titles like this completely offputting? If you think you have insight that's useful to people, try not talking down to them. As it is, hell, I may not know Javascript, but I'm certainly not clicking through.

It's probably a play on the "you don't know jack" trivia game.

More likely the common phrase, "you don't know jack shit".

Re: You Don't Know JavaScript Book Series

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Post by 5outh »

semperfaux wrote: post #2

"You don't know x." "10 things you didn't know about y." "Everything you thought you knew about z is wrong." Am I the only one that finds titles like this completely offputting? If you think you have insight that's useful to people, try not talking down to them. As it is, hell, I may not know Javascript, but I'm certainly not clicking through.

I thought it was an homage to You Don't Know Jack (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Don%27t_Know_Jack_%28video_...). I read the title as "You Don't Know Jack Squat," haha. I don't know if that was the author's intent, though.

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Post by _getify »

5outh wrote: post #27
semperfaux wrote: post #2

"You don't know x." "10 things you didn't know about y." "Everything you thought you knew about z is wrong." Am I the only one that finds titles like this completely offputting? If you think you have insight that's useful to people, try not talking down to them. As it is, hell, I may not know Javascript, but I'm certainly not clicking through.

I thought it was an homage to You Don't Know Jack ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Don%27t_Know_Jack_%28video_... ). I read the title as "You Don't Know Jack Squat," haha. I don't know if that was the author's intent, though.

Yes, that was my intended (subtle) joke.

Re: You Don't Know JavaScript Book Series

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Post by _getify »

semperfaux wrote: post #2

"You don't know x." "10 things you didn't know about y." "Everything you thought you knew about z is wrong." Am I the only one that finds titles like this completely offputting? If you think you have insight that's useful to people, try not talking down to them. As it is, hell, I may not know Javascript, but I'm certainly not clicking through.

I explain the title, and the intended tone and purpose of the book series, in the preface. If you wouldn't mind taking the 3 minutes to read it, I'd be curious if it changes anything about your opinion of the title:

https://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS/blob/master/prefa...

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