Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 3:20 PM

Free copies of "Programming WPF" for YOU!

I just got a box full of free copies of Programming WPF from ORA.

If you want one, post a comment on this post with a) a reason why you deserve one and b) contact info so I can follow up for snail mail addresses.

That's it! I'll pick the top n folks based on how many books I've got when I unpack the boxes. : )

148 comments on this post

Andrew Robinson:

Chris, Want a copy... Need! A Copy! Actually, I run the Bellingham area .NET Users Group (INETA Member) and we are in fact doing a presentation on WPF tonight. Any chance you could run a copy up here before 6pm? A copy in the mail later would be just fine, and I will share it with any member that wants to take a look. andleer@gmail.com. Thanks!

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 3:30 PM

Rogelio Morrell:

Hi Chris,

Today I read this book in Safari and it explained better the Data Driven UI
coding and also about the Keep Alive. I have the Orange book and Petzold book, so I think yours seems to be on track to be one of the best WPF.

Anyways, my email is molekilla@gmail.com

Thanks,
Rogelio

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 3:34 PM

Aaron Hockley:

Why? Because I've been to a couple SellsCons and would sign up for the next one when (if) there is one :)

ahockley@gmail.com

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 3:37 PM

Avery Moore:

I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and, doggonit, people like me!

ravinggoat@gmail.com

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 3:40 PM

David McConkey:

I am totally into learning WPF, but I have been preoccupied with other technologies lately....I feel getting a free book would motivate me to focus more on WPF. Thanks.

dwmcconkey{at}gmail{dot}com

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 3:41 PM

Dave Dustin:

I need to get upto speed on the "new" technologies and this would really help.

ddustin{at}gmail.com

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 3:42 PM

Brad:

Why? Because I went to the first DevelopMentor Conference.NET...you thought I was Ted Pattison Jr. :)

bradleybarber at gmail.com

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 3:46 PM

Oran:

Why? Because I bought a copy of it at PDC05 (they kept running out of them but I was persistent and snagged a copy) and voraciously read it from start to finish while on vacation.

gmail.com, odennison

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 3:47 PM

AC:

Apparently 9 out of 10 geeks prefer gmail!

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 3:49 PM

Jim Allen:

Because as a BizTalk XML man getting involved in Microsoft Surface I have a steep learning curver ahead of me! :) Jim_R_Allen [at] Hotmail.com.

Thanks - Jim

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 3:51 PM

Michael McMullen:

I've been reading a lot of info about WPF online since I first heard about it when the 2003 PDC was on (back when it was Avalon), but so far I've only used it for a couple of small fun projects and haven't really gotten into it. I'm going to be starting a new job soon, and will probably need to use WPF there, so a free book will be a big help.

cain{dot}au{at}gmail{dot}com

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 3:52 PM

Jason:

Thanks but i already bought it a while ago.

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 3:54 PM

Kevin Dente:

Cause I bought the original, and now it's a paper weight! :)

kevind@denteworld.com

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 3:57 PM

Chris Brandsma:

Because I'm organizing the Boise Code Camp, as well as leading an INETA user group, and need some swag...as well as material for topics.

If that doesn't work: according to you, it requires four books to grok WPF, and right now I only have Petzold's book. That leaves me three books shy right now.

Chris Brandsma
chris.brandsma@gmail.com

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 4:06 PM

Joe Greene:

I would like the 2nd Edition because I know it's much better than the first Edition which I purchased.

Email: jgreene74@msn.com

Thanks!

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 4:23 PM

Luke :

This seems the perfect book to get me started on WPF. And I like the kudu on the front.

luke9 - at - hotmail.com

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 4:25 PM

Ryan Wentzel:

Because my student loans keep me from buying more books ;)

blogger@thewentzels.org

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 4:28 PM

Mathew Upchurch:

Because I've bought all of your books so far -- and my bank account can only take so much (plus I really like WPF).

:-)

mupchu777@hotmail.com

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 4:29 PM

Kerry Jenkins:

Because I know yours will be soo much better than Nathan's, Anderson's, and Petzold's. :-)

KerryJenkins at gmail.com

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 4:30 PM

Doug:

As a .net dev/architect I've had my head down in the backend of systems, about time I looked at the UI doug.at.baralong.org

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 4:30 PM

AC:

Actually it looks like the trend is that Gmail is for early adopters, while MSN/Hotmail is for fast followers. ;)

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 4:32 PM

Kevin Blakeley:

I have the Petzold book and yours looks to be a good compliment to it.

Plus, I would be interested in reading it and giving it a review on my blog.

whoiskb at gmail dot com

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 4:32 PM

marcus:

Well, i live in Australia which might mean that i am ineligible for the book anyway, but there goes.

Here at my workplace I have introduced a sport called "faceball". In short, it involved me throwing a stress ball at a colleagues face while he is coding and oblivious to the outside world.

With your help, if i were to get a copy of this book, not only would it be a valuable resource, but i could introduce the same colleague (who sent me this article) to the wonderful new world of "facebook".

--

marcus

maraach@gmail.com

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 4:36 PM

Scott B:

If you have any copies still unspoken for, I would love to have one. I have enjoyed your other books very much.

Thanks!

scott@rehnonline.com

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 4:42 PM

Chris Simes:

I am Marcus's "faceball" tormented colleague. I need this book to deprive him of further weapons against me and perhaps even launch a counter attack. Oh yeah, and to learn WPF! Thanks.

csimes@gmail.com

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 4:47 PM

Dale Ragan:

Why, because I am taking over the world with home automation software which part of is written in WPF, plus I bought your beta book.

Contact: dwragan{at}gmail{dot}com

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 4:50 PM

David Douglass:

As a learning experience, I'm trying to build an enterprise quality app using WPF (and the rest of framework 3.0) with everything you'd expect in a high quality full featured app. I'm finding the WPF learning curve HUGE!!! I need all the help I can get. Adam Nathan's book has been great, but I still find myself wanting to know a lot more.

david_douglass at ieee dot org

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 4:53 PM

Darren B:

Yay! WPF is just the ticket for our upcoming re-vamping of the FTL computer's UI on the Enterprise!

dbatesx.sellsbrothers@dacusdev.com

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 4:54 PM

Jake Good:

not sure if you have any more copies or not, but I'd like one.

My reason? They are starting to do WPF at work and I might get fired if I don't know it ;) Plus I have too much time on my hands and need a new book to read...

jake@developstuff.com

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 4:55 PM

Ed:

Because my MSDN renewal costs too much to upgrade from the first edition.

edmccaffrey -[at]- gmail -[dot]- com

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 5:06 PM

Ron Ifferte:

Why - because if I read about WCF any more my head is going to explode!! I need something different!!

ifferte_AT_hotmail.com

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 5:15 PM

csano:

I'm in the office building across from yours (43) and can pick up the book from you. No shipping costs!

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 5:32 PM

Alex Burton:

I would love to get up to speed with WPF and how I could apply it to my projects.

Thanks,

Alex (alexb[at]blurg.net)

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 5:49 PM

Dan Vanorny:

I would love a copy of this book. I have purchased several WPF books, and this was the next one I was going to get. I work for a company called ImageTrend - and I am heading up the process of completely rewriting one of our main applications next year with WPF and .NET 3.5.

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 5:53 PM

Dan Vanorny:

(part 2): I forgot my contact information: tornado_county (at) yahoo.com -- Thanks!

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 5:54 PM

Ian Hamilton:

I want one and what better reason than you being able to say that you got a request from as far away as Australia

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 6:04 PM

Sangmin Park:

I love WPF. :)

contact: sangmin.park@gmail.com

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 6:09 PM

Rick Childress:

I deserve one as a contribution to the newly created (just 20 seconds ago) 'No Dev Left Behind' program. :)

richard.j.childress at gmail dotcom

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 6:17 PM

Doug Walker:

I need one so I can learn wpf well enough to convice my company that we should use it on our next big product (we're an ISV). I'm working on a wpf prototype now and need to make it convincing!

Thanks!

netapostle@yahoo.com

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 6:25 PM

Judah Himango:

I'd love one, Chris!

Why? Well, I'm trying to convince my company to move to WPF and am having a hard time, and one reason is that the team doesn't know WPF so well. This book would help spread the gospel of WPF. :-)

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 6:41 PM

Judah Himango:

Oh, forgot my contact info: judahgabriel at gmail.

Thanks!

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 6:41 PM

Bobby Heid:

Hi Chris,

I'd like the book for two reasons. One, I am trying to learn WPF now and I love your writing style, and two, I am collecting all of your books (slowly, but surely).

Thanks!

bheid-at-sc-dot-rr-dot-com

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 6:57 PM

Ben Harrell:

Why - When I'm done soaking up the wonders contained therein it will perfectly replace the javascript book that levels my mismatched monitors ;)

benjaminharrell AT gmail DOT com

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 7:02 PM

Pete Clark:

I'd be interested in a copy. Why? Because you owe me, man. You owe me for all those apple ][ floppies we copied with locksmith upstairs at your house and down in my basement back when we were in junior high school. Too bad Jon had a VIC-20, or he could have played too. That, and because Grady Booch said that I rock. (yeah, there's a story there, but it's not as interesting as you might imagine it to be)

Actually, I'm sure you could find far more deserving people than me for this book, but still, it'd be cool to have a copy. You rock more than I do, no matter what Grady Booch says. Oh - hey - I'll trade you for a copy of my openstep book!

or maybe I deserve one for the most random non sequiturs in one post.

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 7:04 PM

Pete Clark:

Oh yeah - forgot to enter my email. But you know where to find me.

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 7:12 PM

Mohammad Azam:

Love to have a copy of Programming WPF". This is a new technology and I am very excited about it and want to dive deep into the details.

azamsharp@gmail.com

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 7:16 PM

Jamie Wright:

Chris -

I need this book because Ian told me it was good...plus I got training from him a couple of months ago :)

jwright@innovativstudios.com

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 7:23 PM

cSharpCoder:

I do not want to learn WPF.

I do not want the book.

Please do not contact me at cSharpCoder@handstand.biz to send the book I don't win.

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 7:31 PM

Sung M Kim:

I am at a point where I should stick with .NET or not depending on whether WPF will be good enough for Windows forms development.

So far, I do not see a compelling reason to even try out WPF(or even try out .NET 3.0)

Please educate me; so that I can make up my mind. Your book will decide my career path.

Thank you.

sungmkim80 At gmail dot com

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 7:58 PM

Brian Schroer:

I deserve a copy because I found this link to a cool "Sells Brothers" poster: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/i?pp/PPALL:@field(NUMBER+@band(cph+3b52424))

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 7:59 PM

Brian Schroer:

D'oh! Forgot my email address: brianschroer@gmail.com

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 8:00 PM

Brian Kriesel:

Because I bought the pre-release copy of the book at the PDC. It'd be nice if I didn't need to buy the newer version of the book. I've also have the .NET 1.1 and 2.0 version of your winforms book.

kriesel@gmail.com

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 8:04 PM

Karel Zuiderveld:

... because I subscribed to your blog for quite a while - and really enjoy your postings.

kzuiderveld@gmail.com

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 8:09 PM

David McClelland:

Well, I emailed you some link fixes for your site back in May, and you told me that "MS is hiring, if you need the WPF fix" - so I need your book so I can start studying!

- David dot McClelland at lyondell dot com

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 8:14 PM

Loren Halvorson:

Because I don't know much about WPF yet, but am anxious to learn
loren_halvorson at hotmail.

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 8:16 PM

Kory Masing:

Because I've spent the last several years in East Africa defending kudus from poachers. Kudu populations are dwindling at an alarming rate, and it is my goal to help our country recognize the significance of this magnificent beast. This book is about kudus, right?

korymasing (at) yahoo dot com

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 8:55 PM

Jalil Vaidya:

Why: Because I learned Winforms programming from your book and now want to learn WPF from your book too!
Email: jalilv at yahoo.com

Thanks!

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 8:55 PM

Jim Arthur:

If you were me, you probably would not read this far, but I am the sole IT / Web designer for a private school. We run on a limited budget and every benefit we can find helps. I am Microsoft Certified and would love to have a copy of this book both for work purposes and possibly for help in teaching the kids. jim.arthur@crcs.org

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 9:14 PM

Mauro Servienti:

For me it's a totally new technology, and this could be a *very* interesting opportunity.

mauro [ @ ] topics.it

TIA
.m

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 9:17 PM

Corrado Cavalli:

Because I own every published WPF book, but being your version 1 quite obsolete it is pretty useless to me now.
I'd love to have the new version on my desk and become "the reference" again.

corrado@mvps.org
http://blogs.ugidotnet.org/corrado

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 9:32 PM

Marco Parenzan:

Hi Chris,
I have your 1st edition book.
Now that I'm finally stating the development of a WPF application, I need to update it! Thanks in advance...

Bye,

Marco
marco.parenzan [at] libero.it

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 10:45 PM

Kenny Kerr:

Because I’d just love to see your great screenshots! ;)

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 10:50 PM

P.:

Because YOU wrote the book...
but I think your box will already be empty by now :-(
theCshark [at] hotmail.com

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 11:07 PM

WPF Junky:

I'm a MS employee. If you give me a copy of your book, you can save a bit of money by sending via Inter Office, instead of snail mail.

dotnetjunky (at) superkinhluan.us.

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 11:08 PM

Alberto Dallagiacoma:

I want to start learning WPF, and your book would be a great starting point.

Alberto Dallagiacoma
albyd74{at}hotmail.com

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 11:16 PM

Jordan:

I need it also.
Beacuse I think it will make me exciting.Hoping to receive it
Thanks!
E-mail:farmcheng@yahoo.com.cn

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007, 11:22 PM

paul van brenk:

I don't need it, but if you want to give it to me it would make my collection of WPF books (Essential WPF, Application = Code + Markup and the beta of your book) complete.

Not to mention that I will post a review of all 3 on my blog.

www.paulvanbrenk.com/blog

paul.van.brenk@gmail.com

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 12:30 AM

Robert Hendriksen:

We just created our first product www.getphotology.com! If you think it needs inprovements plz send a copy!

robert at enoetic.com

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 12:35 AM

Marius Filipowski:

By now, I haven't found any clear reasons to spend my time on WPF. And as i tried, I found it very hard to get started.

Can your book help and "convert" me from Win Forms and Web Forms Programmer to WPF? I'd like to give it a try ;-)

Snail mail via
mariusDOTfilipowskiATitergoDOTcom

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 12:53 AM

Paul Gibbons:

Because I'm in England!

Pauldotgibbons at bank of england dot co dot uk.

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 12:53 AM

Fabio Cozzolino:

Hi Chris,

I'm currently work a lot with WCF and now I really want to known other .NET tecnologies, as WPF, and this is a really great opportunity to learn it.

fabicoz@inwind.it
http://dotnetside.org/blogs/fabio

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 12:56 AM

Nicolai Sørensen:

A): Spent 5 mins thinking about why I deserve a free book and to be perfectly honest, I dont. I bought your original book back when it came, thought it was ok'ish but not a great book, so I guess the only slightly compelling reason for you to send me another copy is to show me that you can do better. Normally I'd just buy it, but since I already have the first edition it seems like Im spending money on something twice :(

you can contact me on nicolai.sorensenATgmail.com

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 1:04 AM

Paul B:

What's WPF?

p.d.brownATntlworldDOTcom

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 1:47 AM

Wilhelm Medetz:

Maybe you want to send one to Austria ...

Wilhelm.Medetz(AT)simcontrol.com

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 2:31 AM

Marc:

I recently discovered that I have opposable thumbs and and reading is a great way to use them!

roomthinker -- at -- yahoo.com

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 3:00 AM

XAMLess in DC:

So that I can enhance my team's platform strategy and roadmap by learning and doing based on practical examples [or not].

mail.boosh {shift 2} gmail {period} com

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 4:07 AM

Matt Newman:

a) I deserve one because I'm a poor student trying to make his way through life.

b) bestsnowman at bestsnowman . com

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 4:39 AM

Josh Fitzgerald:

I don't know much about WPF yet, but I would love to learn more.

aphoria at hotmail dot com

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 4:40 AM

Armitage:

I would gladly take one of those books!

WPF is something that I haven't even touched yet, but really want to get into.

I just started working for a new company this year and our overall application design/look and feel is pretty basic to the point of being painful.

ballpeenhammer {at} gmail.com

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 4:45 AM

Don Bailes:

I don't know if I "deserve" a copy of your book, but I would like to have one. I am a Professor of Computer Science at East Tennessee State University, and I like to offer courses on the newest Microsoft technology. This book would help me teach a new course using WPF sooner than I otherwise would - say next summer term.

Don Bailes
Computer and Information Sciences
PO Box 70711 ETSU
Johnson City, TN 37614

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 4:54 AM

Mike Shaffer:

Chris - Why? To sway me from the dark side of Eclipse/SWT/JFace! Seriously, my company is reevaluating it's technology and a lovely tome on the benefits of WPF would do me good.

And I want one...and want to learn WPF.

And I think your blog rox.....

mikedshaffer_AT_gmail_DOT_com

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 5:21 AM

Ryan Heath:

I have the first edition, but not the second ... :D

But probably I'm too late to end up in your top N.

Anyways: ryan.q.heath gmail

// Ryan

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 5:21 AM

Hank Wallace:

Reasons why I want a free copy:
1. I was a tech editor for the new edition. Is this an acceptable reason? ;)
2. Because I have been recommending the book to anyone who asks me how to get started with WPF. I have many of the other WPF books and still think the introduction (in my first edition copy) is by far the best.
3. Because my first edition had the worse case of dog ears I have ever seen!!!

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 5:42 AM

Ian Pender:

Hi Ian,
Well methinks this may be a popular article...

My reason ? I bought Petzold, and found it heavy going. I bought Nathan and found it ok. So I'd like try another, but paying for another WPF book seems a little OTT.

Also, I think deeply. Code well.

ian_pender at hotmail dot com

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 5:56 AM

Patrick Bounaix:

1. Definitely want your insights on this platform.
2. The more concrete info I have on WPF the closer I can ome to justifying it on present/future projects.
3. Hook a brutha up! :D

pbounaix@hotmail.com

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 6:06 AM

Eugene Tolmachev:

reasons = { BoughtTheOriginal(true), GonnaBlogAboutIt("thoughtspam.spaces.live.com"), WillInfluenceAFewOthers(Range(2,3)) }

? chris.Eval( reasons )

// eDOTtolmachevATgmail.com

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 6:09 AM

David Osborn:

If you send one this way I can have it given away and the Central Iowa .Net Usergroup.

davido AT ctrlalt313373 DOT com

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 6:13 AM

Ricky Patel:

My brand new $500 jacket with my ipod was stolen on thursday. On top of it i spent about $600 this weekend taking this girl out, and I'm not even sure she likes me. I've had a frustrating week with my job. The only thing that could get me through life now would be a free copy of Programming WPF.

rickypatel9@gmail.com

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 6:33 AM

Alex:

I'm not going to go so far as to say I deserve one, but I'm trying to make a case for my company to upgrade to .NET 3.0, and while I just ordered the O'Reilly WCF manual, I have yet to pick this one up!
If you still have any by the time you get to this reply, I'd love one!

alex.boesel@gmail.com

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 6:35 AM

ryan rice:

because i'm a minnesota guy that has been slinging some .net code for the past few years, i love to learn, and love to read. and am ready to jump into taking on the such a great new stack of technology. plus, i have an upcoming project with a client that would really benenfit from some WPF love

ryanjrice--
at--gmail
-dot-com

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 6:49 AM

Frank:

Its difficult getting my company to buy me new books and I really need to get up to speed on WPF! (I *did* buy your Windows Forms book...)

fcaico@pharos.com

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 6:50 AM

Aaron:

Reasons why I deserve a free book:
- My parents beat me as a child.
- I'm very interested in declaritive presentation models.
- There's an empty space in my Chris Sells shrine next to my Essential .NET and Windows Forms 2.0 Programming books.
- I'm interested in the composition engine in WPF and how that evolves the story for composite applications.
- It's my birthday (well, not really)

AaronWitt at gmail dot com

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 6:58 AM

Michael Olivero:

Wow...like 50 people beat me to it. Chances are slim now :(....just posting as clearly this is what you wanted anyhow.

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 7:03 AM

Michael Olivero (mike95 at gmail.com):

Ok ok ok...let me follow your instructions so I get a real chance.

A - Former Microsoft student ambassador and am in the midst of jumping into WPF. For one, the WPF word will spread with me as I like to do presentations and just spread technology when it's good and WPF may be just that.

B - Use my gmail above. Thanks!

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 7:05 AM

Scott Johnson:

Just a few reasons why I would love to get a copy of Programming WPF :

- I live in Minnesota. We're on the cusp of winter and it gets freakin cold here. Need some juicy new knowledge bits to keep the old brain from gelling up like a diesel engine.

- I've always wished my parents had given me WPF as initials rather than SAJ. How cool would that have been?

- I'd love to help our current project make the informed decision to adopt this sweet new technology.

Thanks!
--Scott

email:
sajohnso -------at------- gmail.com

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 7:09 AM

Brian Kuhn:

Years later when you see me in the gutter, and you realize giving me this book could have changed the course of my life...
Also, did I mention I work with children? They are the future, and so is WPF.

Email brian.kuhn@ksd.org for a mailing address.

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 7:27 AM

Dan:

...because I've been a fan since I saw your Tetris thingy work in the browser...because you made me "grok" winforms...because I need a head start on code I'll be working on over the next several years...

Please! Send a copy to:

Dan Lee
Sr. Programmer Analyst
Small Business Service Bureau, Inc.
554 Main Street
Worcester, MA 01608-2014

MailTo: dleeATsbsbDOTcom

Thanks!

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 7:39 AM

Jim:

One should not have to pay for suckage.

elphantasmo21@hotmail.com

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 7:41 AM

Bruce Abernethy:

I would love to have a copy of your new book.

1) I'm actually doing WPF programming and would love some new insights.
2) Bought the first book - waaaay, back when.
3) Met you at WinDev in Boston long, long time ago and have followed your work ever since.
4) Would write a review, blog it and present to our local .Net User Group.

Bruce Abernethy
3349 Balsam AVE NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49525
e-mail/MSN: bruce(at)abernethy.com

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 7:43 AM

Michael Collier:

Why? Because I think WPF has the potential to change the way desktop applications are developed in the not-to-distant future, and I'd love to learn more about developing interfaces that enhance the user's experience!

michaelscollier {at} gmail {dot} com

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 7:47 AM

Steve :

It is starting to get cold here in Chicago and what better way to keep warm than with a blanket, some hot chocolate and a copy of Programming WPF by Chris Sells (and a laptop of course)!

Also, I bought your WinForms book and unfortunately, it doesn't get much love now a days...I need a replacement :)

steven.frake {at} gmail {dot} com

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 7:53 AM

Darren Gapp:

Because Don Box wrote the foreward, Calvin Caldwell introduced me to you, and there is no better way to learn WPF than from the guru himself. Make me a WPF slave!

niceguy_so {"hat".Replace("h", "")} hotmail {Phonetics.SoundsLike("dawt")} com

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 8:08 AM

Bill Baker:

I love to keep up with the coolest technologies, and sometimes Petzold can be a little boring to read... :)

bill.baker(at)gmail.com

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 8:38 AM

Brian Lee:

I would love to have a copy of this book. I have been meaning to start exploring the .NET 3.5 stack but haven't had much of a chance.

Since free is never enough. I'd like to have your autograph. Ian's autograph. And anybody else that would like to sign the book (obviously I wouldn't know a real one from a fake one. :) ). THAT would be a kick in the pants to get me started on the road to WPF. ;-)

My email: brian.yin_AT_yahoo.com

Love to hear from you!

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 8:40 AM

Nick Schweitzer:

I deserve one... because I'll write a review of it on BlogCritics.org for you. I've written many reviews of technical books before. You can contact me at nick@thecodingmonkey.net.

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 9:32 AM

Hi Chris !:

Thank you for making such a great offer. I "deserve" your book because I have read you previous books and have gotten such a great education from you, I would do well to learn even more. WPF is an awesome technology, and I would love nothing more than to learn from the "master" himself. Thank you for being such a great teacher, and I look forward to reading your new book.

My email is initri@gmail.com

THANK YOU so much for being such a great teacher.

- Matthew

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 9:53 AM

Joel Marcey:

Well, I am towards the bottom of a very long list of maybe more deserving folks than myself.

Here is my story.

I quit my job in October to start my own software business. One of the products I am thinking of designing does have an important UI component to it, and, of course, WPF is at the front of the list to support that UI. I know your book would be invaluable in my effort to design the product.

Now, on a different thread, if you are a pro football fan, my favorite team is the Buffalo Bills. And, as such, the fans of that team have suffered over the years, especially with 4 straight Super Bowl losses in the early '90s. It would be nice to win something, even if it has nothing to do with football ;-)

Here is my contact info:

misc AT joelmarcey.com

Thanks Chris, even if I don't get the book.

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 10:12 AM

Christopher Estep:

Hi Chris! I need a copy...yes, need. :) Anything that can help me come up to speed more quickly. I work for a very large Telco that is a Java shop but I have an opportunity to work for another company down in the next 2 months but they are heavily invested in .net 3.0.

So you can see how I can use such a thing.

Besides, you have such a cool first name. :)
(send email to ce@christopherestep.com)

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 10:22 AM

Mike Weeks:

Since there aren't enough responses here, I'll add my own so you won't feel like no one reads your blog...

I am another who bought your first edition and have been fascinated by WPF since the earliest ctps. I even tried to do a demo of an early ctp for our .net users group which didn't work out so well (how do you guys make it look so easy?)

In any case, I think I deserve a copy since I invested in it when it was new and have been trying to spread the word ever since.

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 10:30 AM

Mike Weeks:

Sorry, guess it would help if I put my email address:

mgweeks -AT- gmail -DOT- com

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 10:31 AM

Steven Webb:

Do I *DESERVE* a copy? Well, uh, honestly, probably not. But I would REALLY LIKE a copy (autographed, if you wouldn't mind too much), and it would help lessen the transition into a (yet another) new programming model from Microsoft.

Not that I'm complaining, mind you, but for me the VB6-to-VB.NET conversion was less than fully entertaining.

Thanks for your consideration.

Steve Webb
webbspace@gmail.com

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 10:51 AM

Robert Porter:

Why: Because my Vulcan Mind Meld link can't get through your firewall! (Can you open port "\\ //" please?)

Contact:

robertporter AT rp2c DOT com

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 10:52 AM

Steve Hiner:

I gotta think you don't have this many copies but I'll give it a shot anyway.

My only WPF book is based on the beta so I'm not sure it's very useful anymore.

email = myname.replace(" ",string.empty) & "@gmail.com"

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 11:58 AM

Pradeep Chellappan:

Why : Because I bought the first edition as soon as it came out and dont intend to buy the second edition now because I dont have the money :-)

Contact Info: c.pradeep@yahoo.com

Thanks,
Pradeep Chellappan

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 1:04 PM

Chris Sells:

Holy cow! That's enough requests now. Thank you. : )

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 2:34 PM

AC:

~114 requests * $32.99 = $3,760.86

Not bad!

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 3:26 PM

Chris Sells:

Wow. That was hard to pick. My first cut included about three dozen people.

Ultimately, I gave first priority to folks that were going to post a review and second priority to folks that purchased the 1st edition and were nice about looking for an upgrade. I really wanted all of the 1ed people to get an upgrade, but I just didn't have the copies.

Also, I really wanted to give copies to people in the midwest that were going to curl up somewhere warm and read the book, as that's exactly how I like to hear about it getting read. : )

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 6:26 PM

Chris OConnor:

With VS-2008 on the way, can't wait to do some WPF & Silverlight. I'm more a C# coder, not a designer - and a book would be great to get going.

Also, the SP1 of SharePoint will have Silverlight & WPF support - some great sites on the horizon.

Would be great to get a book - PLEASE !!

chris@grumpywookie.com

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 6:42 PM

Doug HIll:

Please, Please send me a copy. I'm a government employee and do not have the money to spend on books. I really want to learn WPF a make some stylin apps for the government.

Dugrhill@gmail.com

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 7:25 PM

Mike Minutillo:

Obviously too late for me but here are my reasons nonetheless.

#1 I am an indescriminate information sponge
#2 I review books on my blog
#3 I would have donated the book to our local user group library when done thereby maximizing the potential reach of a single postage and packaging cost.

Ah well. Congrats to all those that won.

P.S. Is it *just* coincidence that more gmail people are less frightened of spam-bots? michael.minutillo@gmail.com

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 8:31 PM

Brian Barlows:

If there's any way you could please spare a copy for me, a midwestern software developer / designer. WPF is just the thing I need to raise the level of my WinForm applications. I'll be using WPF on the project I'm gathering requirements on now. This would really give me an awesome boost.

Thanks for the opportunity! Brian

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 8:35 PM

Brian Barlows:

bbarlows@kc.rr.com
(sorry I failed to provide the address)

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007, 8:36 PM

:

a) Why?
1. I'm WPF passionate (e.g. ImagineCup 2007 competitor - Interface Design competition)
2. I'm WPF forum mentor on ITCore.pl new community website in Poland
3. I'm leader of Poznan .NET Group - www.dotnet.poznan.pl

b) marcin(dot)samelak[ at ]gmail(dot)com

Friday, Nov 16, 2007, 1:57 AM

Joshua Flanagan:

Wow - what a great way to find out for real who your readers are. Feedburner, eat your heart out.

Friday, Nov 16, 2007, 5:44 AM

Pavan Kondepudi:

Hi--Im a junior .Net developer working for an insurance company, Im always excited and motivated to learn newer technologies and be abreast with latest technologies. This would greatly help me to become a better developer.

Friday, Nov 16, 2007, 8:28 AM

:

Why: because I need to learn WPF to get a job to get some money, and when I have more money I will buy more of your books. Thanks!

agarwalmk@hotmail.com

Friday, Nov 16, 2007, 9:22 AM

Mike Potter:

Because I am not convinced it is a technology that will improve my applications.

Mike Potter
mdpotter55@yahoo.com

Friday, Nov 16, 2007, 9:28 AM

Matt:

Like a lot of people, I purchased an earlier edition, and a lot of WPF has since changed. I have since had to purchase another WPF book from another publisher, and I feel dirty inside. Please help me purge myself of all filth!

webmaster (at) the-web-cafe (dot) com

Friday, Nov 16, 2007, 9:55 AM

Michael McDaniel:

yeah, a day late and a dollar short... This would have been my reason: So I can add it to the "Chris Sells" row of my bookshelf!

Friday, Nov 16, 2007, 2:40 PM

Chris Craft:

http://cjcraft.com/blog/
http://pdanug.net/

I run a .NET User Group, PDANUG, and we would love to add the book to our library. We've done Silverlight presentations, and an introductory WPF presentation as well.

Thanks,
Chris Craft
cjcraft@mail.com

Saturday, Nov 17, 2007, 1:15 AM

Brian Gallagher:

I'll read it forwards and backwards.

Thanks,
Brian
bkgallagher@gmail.com

Saturday, Nov 17, 2007, 11:20 AM

Alfred Myers:

Because the giving order is/should be LIFO :)
Just goofing... I don't live in the Midwest. In fact I don't even live in USA. But I would have no problem reading the book at the beaches down here in Brazil during the hollidays ;-)
Sun, caipirinhas, good reading... Stop it!

Saturday, Nov 17, 2007, 3:07 PM

Paco Hams:

Because i want to learn more about WPF

pacohams@hotmail.com

Monday, Nov 19, 2007, 6:14 PM

abhishek:

A) Why I?
I was never fascinated by UI technolgies. but now with WPF it looks interesting to get into UI stuff. And nothing looks better than this book to get going.

B) gmail singhhome

Monday, Nov 19, 2007, 10:12 PM

Fabrizio Bernabei:

Because WPF is the future.. and I want to be there :)

bernabei{at}gmail.com

Wednesday, Nov 21, 2007, 6:23 AM

Ethan King:

As a beginning Windows developer coming from a world of XML, HTML, & CSS WPF seems like the perfect place to start some serious Windows programming.

eking at blackacretech.com

Wednesday, Nov 21, 2007, 3:21 PM

Chris Sells:

Wrapping books: 2 hours (to 6 countries)
Shipping books: $132
Getting books into readers hands: priceless

Enjoy 'em folks!

Wednesday, Nov 21, 2007, 4:08 PM

Matthew Wetmore:

I suspect I missed the boat on the offer - but I'm sure my "good reason" would be that I kept you from wearing a pink tutu to your Microsoft interview. :)

Thursday, Nov 22, 2007, 1:14 AM

Harshani :

as a new Developer who has just started the career this bok will be really helpful to me. even though we started a project on .Net recently it is very hard to find resources on WPF and WF
my mail address is perera.harshani@gmail.com

Thursday, Nov 22, 2007, 5:01 AM

Samiq:

... dude I am in the middle of getting up and running in 110% WPF... I am building some tests for Surface and it is all WPF, I guess this book will come handy in my current process.

Thursday, Nov 22, 2007, 9:00 AM

Samiq:

forgot my contact info gcorrales at gmail dot com

Thursday, Nov 22, 2007, 9:01 AM

Dave:

So when my wife sees the box and starts with "Oh darling, you promised not to buy any more computer books this year" I can be incredibly smug. That's a good reason... right? Hmmm, okay.

dave [a@t] mythicsoft.com

Thursday, Nov 22, 2007, 4:11 PM

Mohan Raj K.:

Hi I am interested in WPF the fast growing paradigm. read your post.
And so, posting this. And My Mail Address is mohanraj_k@yahoo.com

Sunday, Nov 25, 2007, 4:35 AM

Pavan Kondepudi:

oops!! my conrtact pkondep1@progressive.com

Tuesday, Nov 27, 2007, 10:13 AM

Stuart Hallows:

Because I used Wahoo as the Easter Egg in a trading application.
stuart DOT hallows AT gmail DOT com

Saturday, Dec 1, 2007, 12:17 PM

mjwills1@optusnet.com.au:

I'd love me a copy. I am pushing for greater adoption of WPF and Silverlight within one of Australia's largest financial institutions.

Sunday, Dec 2, 2007, 8:15 PM

Telemachus:

I bought your windows forms 2.0 programming and thought it was excellent - rgeoffreyallen@hotmail.com

Wednesday, Dec 5, 2007, 5:34 AM

Bradley:

Because I'm still very interested in WPF, I love your blog, and it has received great reviews.

Basically I would be honored, and you would be assured that it would be put to good use.

Books are expensive.

mrbradleyt
at
gmail
com

Tuesday, Jan 8, 2008, 9:14 PM

comment on this post

moving companies
addiction treatment
sunglasses
Kratom
How To Lose Weight Fast
cocktail dresses
Credit Card Balance Transfer
Add URL
Stock Trading
International Air Charter
Promotional Merchandise
Jet Privé
loans for bad credit
Forex Broker


name:
comment:
	HTML tags will be escaped.