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Has anyone seen mjd lately? I haven't heard from him and he hasn't updated his blog since January. I'm starting to get worried. (This PDF was put up long before

by aaronsw 16y ago

Has anyone seen mjd lately? I haven't heard from him and he hasn't updated his blog since January. I'm starting to get worried. (This PDF was put up long before that.)

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rmk 16y ago
Last I checked, mjd appeared to be out of a job, and was soliciting donations for his (awesome) higher-order perl book. It's a shame he's out of a job, because if mjd cannot get a job, what about the rest of us?
- mst 16y ago
  He's working with rjbs over at pobox.com now. I've seen him in #dbix-class swearing at my code a few times. We tried to get him to YAPC::NA but he has this thing called a family that apparently sometimes intervenes with his ability to gallivant across the country, so I had to get Damian to heckle my "I wanted to be MJD when I grew up" joke instead.
  - telemachos 16y ago
    >> I've seen him in #dbix-class swearing at my code a few times. That sounds about right: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.perl.misc/msg/b2f911d6d9c5cef2?pli=1 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.perl.misc/msg/b2f91... (Note: I used to have a little program to pick one of these out at random and insert it as a signature for Mutt, but I seem to have lost it. I got some great replies based on some of those.) Edit - better link - thanks mjd
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- mjd 16y ago
  Getting another job was not actually that difficult, so there is no need to worry on that score. But if anyone wants to send donations anyway, I will still gratefully accept them.
  - perlsys 16y ago
    so is Pobox good work? And how is Perl working for them?
autarch 16y ago
I think he's been busy. Contrary to the other reply, he does have a job. My understanding is that family life has kept him very occupied.
mjd 16y ago
Sorry you were worried. I lost my job in 09/2009, but got a new one in 12/2009. I am okay, just very busy dealing with having two children instead of one. This is starting to get easier as they get older. I got out of the habit of blogging while I was unemployed. I hope to get back in the habit again soon, but I don't know when it will happen. Thanks for being concerned.
- rmk 16y ago
  hi mjd, i got your book from a used-book bookstore. just wondering if that means that you get any $$ from that, or whether it doesn't benefit you financially?
  - nkurz 16y ago
    Presuming you mean this as a genuine question, "no". There is no network that tracks sales of used books, and manages to send royalty payments to the appropriate party. Mark experiences no direct financial benefit when you purchase a used copy from a bookstore. The best possible interpretation would be that he sells more copies new because the existence of a secondary market allows people to buy new copies with greater abandon. It does sound like an interesting marketing approach though: open a used book store that does make this promise, and without obligation sends $1 per used book to the listed author. Since it's a 'gift', there would be no need to determine legal ownership, assigned rights, etc. I'm not sure that it would confer enough advantage to cover the lost $1 of profit, but I think it would attract a lot of attention and business if you could keep the prices competitive otherwise.
    - rmk 16y ago
      I like this idea :)
  - iamjustlooking 16y ago
    Your post suggests a lack of critical thinking on your part. 1. I sell my book to a used book store. 2. You buy the book I sold to the book store. 3. Somehow the author also takes a cut in that sale?

by aaronsw 16y ago

Has anyone seen mjd lately? I haven't heard from him and he hasn't updated his blog since January. I'm starting to get worried. (This PDF was put up long before that.)

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rmk 16y ago

Last I checked, mjd appeared to be out of a job, and was soliciting donations for his (awesome) higher-order perl book. It's a shame he's out of a job, because if mjd cannot get a job, what about the rest of us?

mst 16y ago
He's working with rjbs over at pobox.com now. I've seen him in #dbix-class swearing at my code a few times. We tried to get him to YAPC::NA but he has this thing called a family that apparently sometimes intervenes with his ability to gallivant across the country, so I had to get Damian to heckle my "I wanted to be MJD when I grew up" joke instead.
- telemachos 16y ago
  >> I've seen him in #dbix-class swearing at my code a few times. That sounds about right: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.perl.misc/msg/b2f911d6d9c5cef2?pli=1 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.perl.misc/msg/b2f91... (Note: I used to have a little program to pick one of these out at random and insert it as a signature for Mutt, but I seem to have lost it. I got some great replies based on some of those.) Edit - better link - thanks mjd
  - deleted 16y ago
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mjd 16y ago
Getting another job was not actually that difficult, so there is no need to worry on that score. But if anyone wants to send donations anyway, I will still gratefully accept them.
- perlsys 16y ago
  so is Pobox good work? And how is Perl working for them?

autarch 16y ago

I think he's been busy. Contrary to the other reply, he does have a job. My understanding is that family life has kept him very occupied.

mjd 16y ago

Sorry you were worried. I lost my job in 09/2009, but got a new one in 12/2009. I am okay, just very busy dealing with having two children instead of one. This is starting to get easier as they get older. I got out of the habit of blogging while I was unemployed. I hope to get back in the habit again soon, but I don't know when it will happen. Thanks for being concerned.

rmk 16y ago
hi mjd, i got your book from a used-book bookstore. just wondering if that means that you get any $$ from that, or whether it doesn't benefit you financially?
- nkurz 16y ago
  Presuming you mean this as a genuine question, "no". There is no network that tracks sales of used books, and manages to send royalty payments to the appropriate party. Mark experiences no direct financial benefit when you purchase a used copy from a bookstore. The best possible interpretation would be that he sells more copies new because the existence of a secondary market allows people to buy new copies with greater abandon. It does sound like an interesting marketing approach though: open a used book store that does make this promise, and without obligation sends $1 per used book to the listed author. Since it's a 'gift', there would be no need to determine legal ownership, assigned rights, etc. I'm not sure that it would confer enough advantage to cover the lost $1 of profit, but I think it would attract a lot of attention and business if you could keep the prices competitive otherwise.
  - rmk 16y ago
    I like this idea :)
- iamjustlooking 16y ago
  Your post suggests a lack of critical thinking on your part. 1. I sell my book to a used book store. 2. You buy the book I sold to the book store. 3. Somehow the author also takes a cut in that sale?