{"id":101,"date":"2009-02-09T18:13:33","date_gmt":"2009-02-09T12:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kirukkalgal.pathipagam.com\/?p=101"},"modified":"2009-02-09T18:13:33","modified_gmt":"2009-02-09T12:43:33","slug":"i-know-an-author-personally-hurray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirukkalgal.pathipagam.com\/?p=101","title":{"rendered":"I know an Author Personally, Hurray!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For long being famous is an unwritten and most undermined goal\/ambition for many. I think it will continue to be so as long as Human Kind is alive.<\/p>\n<p>I have my share of wanting to be famous\/well-known or at least know the famous\/well-known. The latest addition to the later part is knowing an author personally, esp. a technical writer.<\/p>\n<p>My colleague, Sivasundaram, has co-authored a book on JavaME (for the laymen: Java for Mobile; For Non-techies: Java is a computer language that is very popular and most of us would have experienced it at some point of time while we browse the internet).<\/p>\n<p>Though I have not read the book (and I am not planning to read this technical heavyweight), I believe it will be useful for a lot of people who intend to take the \u201cSun Certified Mobile Application Developer (Exam CX-310-110)\u201d Certification Exam.<\/p>\n<p>The details of the book, its availability are as below:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;font-family: Verdana\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Verdana\">Title: SCMAD Exam Guide \u2013 Exam  CX-310-110 (Sun Certified Mobile Application  Developer)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Verdana\"><br \/>\nAuthors: Ko Ko Naing, Sathya Srinivasan, Chad Davis, Sivasundaram  Umapathy<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Verdana\">ISBN-13:  978-0-07-007788-1<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Verdana\"><br \/>\nISBN-10:  0-07-007788-6<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Verdana\"><br \/>\nPrice: Rs. 625\/ $  62.5<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Verdana\">Publisher Website:<span style=\"color: navy\"><span style=\"color: navy\"> <a title=\"http:\/\/www.tatamcgrawhill.com\/html\/titleDetail.jsp?isbn=9780070077881.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tatamcgrawhill.com\/html\/titleDetail.jsp?isbn=9780070077881.html\">http:\/\/www.tatamcgrawhill.com\/html\/titleDetail.jsp?isbn=9780070077881.html<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Verdana\"><br \/>\nAvailability: Immediate: All Major  bookstores in India, Expected Soon: <a title=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/\">www.amazon.com<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Verdana\">Companion website: <a title=\"http:\/\/www.scmadbook.com\/index.php\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scmadbook.com\/index.php\/\">http:\/\/www.scmadbook.com\/index.php\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em><strong>PS: Contact me for Author signed copies<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Reviews: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blonnet.com\/ew\/2009\/02\/02\/stories\/2009020250040200.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Business Line, E World, 02\/Feb\/2009<\/a><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><a href=\"https:\/\/kirukkalgal.pathipagam.com\/files\/2009\/02\/scmad-front-cover.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-102 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/kirukkalgal.pathipagam.com\/files\/2009\/02\/scmad-front-cover-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For long being famous is an unwritten and most undermined goal\/ambition for many. 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