- Jesse Liberty
Jesse Liberty (born
July 10 ,1955 inBrooklyn ,New York ), [ [http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?webtag=QueerPolitics Liberty's blog - see About Me section] ] now living inMassachusetts , [ [http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?webtag=QueerPolitics Liberty's blog - see About Me section] ] is a best-selling author [ [http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1222186873/ref=sr_st?rs=1000&page=1&rh=i%3Astripbooks%2Cp_27%3AJesse+Liberty&sort=salesrank Amazon lists numerous best-sellers within category] ] who has written extensively about programming [ [http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1222186873/ref=sr_st?rs=1000&page=1&rh=i%3Astripbooks%2Cp_27%3AJesse+Liberty&sort=salesrank Amazon lists over 2 dozen books programming books] ] and especially aboutMicrosoft .NET . [ [http://http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1222187097/ref=sr_pg_1?ie=UTF8&rs=1000&keywords=jesse%20liberty%20.net&rh=i%3Astripbooks%2Ck%3Ajesse%20liberty%20.net Amazon search finds over 1 dozen books by Liberty on .NET topics] ] He is the author of nearly two dozen books [ [http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1222186873/ref=sr_st?rs=1000&page=1&rh=i%3Astripbooks%2Cp_27%3AJesse+Liberty&sort=salesrank Amazon lists over 2 dozen books programming books] ] and dozens of articles for computer journals, [ [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc301077.aspx MSDN Magazine bio] ]newspaper s and web sites [ [http://softwarecommunity.intel.com/articles/eng/2137.htm Intel Column from 2003] ] , [ [http://71.248.178.27/LA//MyArticles.htm reprints of articles from numerous sources] ] and has written on both technical and non-technical topics. [ [http://www.simple-talk.com/author/jesse-liberty/ Simple-Talk column on politics and programming] ] [ [http://71.248.178.27/LA//MyArticles.htm note technical journals and mainstream non-technical articles] ]Currently: Senior Program Manager
Microsoft Corporation,Silverlight Development Team (working title: "Silverlight Geek") [ [http://http://silverlight.net/blogs/jesseliberty/about.aspx Silverlight Blog about page explaining role on team] ] . Responsibilities include creating resources for developers who are learning or usingSilverlight [ [http://http://silverlight.net/Learn/ Learn page with Liberty's videos and tutorials, etc.] ] . Liberty spends his time creating videos, tutorials, showcase applications, and speaking at industry events [ [http://vslive.com/2008/dallas/speakers.aspx typical industry event listing] ]Liberty's CV includes: VP of Technical Development at
Citibank [ [http://www.http://www.informit.com/authors/bio.aspx?a=1CE93B60-CD45-4B08-8933-0F89D072C4FA reference to position at Citibank] ] , Distinguished Software Engineer atAT&T [ [http://www.http://www.informit.com/authors/bio.aspx?a=1CE93B60-CD45-4B08-8933-0F89D072C4FA reference to position at AT&T] ] andPBS /Learning Link [ [http://www.http://www.cti.sba.uwm.edu/WorkshopDetail.aspx?Event=34 University of Wisconsin validation of position at Learning Link] ] and President of Liberty Associates, Inc, [ [http://www.libertyassociates.com Corporate site] ] and is on the faculty at Brandeis University where he periodically teaches in the Raab School of Continuing Studies (Graduate Division). [ [http://sys.brandeis.edu/directory/choose_user?uid=jliberty current faculty listing page] ] Liberty, an out bisexual [ [http://www.hrc.org/issues/3752.htm coming out story] ] , has been active ingay rights since 1971; former member of theGay Activists Alliance , and is active in theHuman Rights Campaign and theMassachusetts rights organizationMassEquality . Hiscoming out story was featured on theHuman Rights Campaign Coming Out Page [ [http://www.hrc.org/issues/3752.htm Awarded coming out story of 2004] ] and hisblog records his political comments.Quotes
* "Each time you miss a deadline, you make the next deadline easier to miss." [Clouds to Code Wrox Chapter 1]
* "Far more programs die from not shipping than from shipping with not enough features." [Clouds to Code, Wrox, Chapter 1]
* "Write like you won't be in the room when your book is read, because you won't." [Quoted in Scott Meyer's [http://www.aristeia.com/authorAdvice.html Advice to Prospective Book Authors] ]
* "Monogamy is what you choose, bisexual is what you are." [Acton Beacon May 2006]
* "If the gay community can't embrace bisexuals, how can we expect the straight community to embrace queers? [Private conversation] "elected books
* "Programming Silverlight" (Winter 2007)
* "Learning ASP.NET with AJAX" (ISBN 0-596-51397-6)
* "Programming .NET 3.5" (ISBN 0-596-52756-X)
* "Getting Started with .NET 3" (PDF published by O'Reilly)
* "Programming C#, 4th Edition" (ISBN 0-596-00699-3)
* "Learning C# 2005" (ISBN 0-596-10209-7)
* "Programming Visual Basic 2005" (ISBN 0-596-00949-6)
* "Visual C#: A Developer's Notebook" (ISBN 0-596-00799-X)
* "Programming ASP.NET, 3rd Edition" (ISBN 0-596-00916-X)
* "Programming .Net Windows Applications" (ISBN 0-596-00321-8)
* "Introduction to Computer Science Using Java" (ISBN 0-07-822593-0)
* "Teach Yourself C++ In 1 Hour A Day 5th Edition" (ISBN 0-672-32941-7)
* "Teach Yourself C++ In 21 Days 5th Edition" (ISBN 0-672-32711-2)
* "Teach Yourself C++ For Linux In 21 Days" (ISBN 0-672-31895-4)
* "Teach Yourself C++ In 24 Hours 4th Edition" (ISBN 0-672-32681-7)
* "Teach Yourself C++ In 10 Minutes" (ISBN 0-672-32425-3)
* "XML Web Documents From Scratch " (ISBN 0-7897-2316-6)
* "Clouds to Code" (ISBN 1-86100-095-2)
* "Beginning Object Oriented Analysis and Design" (ISBN 1-86100-133-9)
* "Idiot's Guide to a Career In Programming" (ISBN 0-7897-1995-9)External links
* [http://Silverlight.net Silverlight ]
* [http://Silverlight.net/blogs/JesseLiberty Silverlight web log]
* [http://www.JesseLiberty.com Portal ]
* [http://www.hrc.org/index.html Human Rights Campaign]
* [http://www.hrc.org/issues/coming_out/3752.htm Human Rights Campaign - Jesse Liberty's " Coming Out as a Happily Married Bisexual "]Notes
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