Writing Serendipity

I was at the State Library of Queensland this afternoon, studying for my Postgraduate Certificate in Editing and Electronic Publishing. I grabbed the library's copy of Creator to Consumer, a required reading by Bill Cope and Dean Mason, and made my way over to a corner with a great view.

Inside my book, I found a quirky business card, advertising the services of

Become a coder-poet in just 8 weekends?

This blog post might be of interest to technical writers who work in the IT industry. The premise is that you can go from a complete neophyte to a sort-of-competent programmer in 8 weekends.

I think I will probably give it a bash in about 6 months, but would love to hear about anyone who follows his program!