ACM Membership
Shameless plug time. I’m sat at work looking for a specific chapter from Martin Fowler at the moment [the ThoughtWorks guy, not the ridiculous BBC soap character]. Quick check of the library catalogue shows that the book I want isn’t available in our collection and so the usual recourse would be to head over to Amazon or some other volume seller to get a copy.
However, for the fairly pauperish sum of $99 a year I have access to both O’Reilly’s Safari Enterprise Library and Books 24×7 through membership of The ACM, and through that - access to the Fowler book in question. If you’re going to spend £50 on something, then might I suggest you spend it on ACM membership for a year?
Tags: ACM, books 24x7, good stuff, Professional Development, safari