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Choose Your Own Coding Adventure

Choose Your Own Coding Adventure

Since we’ve started writing books for kids, we’ve seen and heard from hundreds of our readers that they “love” our books, or that they’re having “fun” with our books. These aren’t words that you typically hear adults say about computer

Chris Minnick September 1, 2019September 6, 2019 Articles Read more

How to Be a Professional Writer

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The best advice for anyone who’s aspiring to be a writer is this: “Stop aspiring and start writing.” –Alan W. Watts The second best advice is this: “Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river.” –Lisa

Chris Minnick October 9, 2016October 30, 2018 Articles Read more

Watz New from WatzThis?

Watz New from WatzThis?

Now that we’re in the 3rd quarter of Year 1 of WatzThis?, we thought we’d give you a progress update and let you know what to expect from us in the coming months. We recently finished our second book,JavaScript for

Chris Minnick July 24, 2015October 30, 2018 Articles Read more

Quality Writing Matters

Quality Writing Matters

Here at WatzThis?, we recently starting looking at Google Cardboard. If you’re not familiar with what Cardboard is, it’s an inexpensive way to experience virtual reality using your Android or iOS phone and a viewer that can be built from

Chris Minnick July 11, 2015October 30, 2018 Articles, Slider Read more

How monopolies harm content creators.

How monopolies harm content creators.

Musicians have been battling music streaming services, such as Spotify, for years. These services pay a minuscule royalty for each play of an artists song. David Lowery (of Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker) wrote an article titled My Song Got

Chris Minnick July 1, 2015October 30, 2018 Articles Read more

Do you want to be an author?

Do you want to be an author?

Most of what we do at WatzThis? involves writing of one type or another. On a daily basis, one or both of us is currently doing one or more of the following types of writing that we get paid to

Chris Minnick April 2, 2015October 30, 2018 Articles Read more

Total Immersion and Learning

Total Immersion and Learning

Total Immersion swimming (or TI) is a method of swimming instruction invented by Terry Laughlin. It emphasizes balance, streamlined movements, and strong, efficient propulsion instead of kicking faster or moving your arms more quickly. TI swimming is beautiful, nearly effortless,

Chris Minnick December 18, 2014October 30, 2018 Articles Read more

Coding JavaScript For Dummies and the WatzThis Authoring Method (WAM!)

Coding JavaScript For Dummies

Eva and I are hard at work on a new book for Wiley Publishing, titled Coding JavaScript For Dummies. The book is scheduled to be released in spring 2015 and we have more than 25% of it written now. In

Chris Minnick November 8, 2014October 30, 2018 Articles Read more

How and Why to Write Computer Books (part 2)

Writing a computer book is a grueling experience (for me, at least) that requires at least 20 hours of my time per week for a period of 4-6 months and doesn’t pay much or anything. Why do I do it?

Chris Minnick April 27, 2013October 30, 2018 Articles Read more
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