I just downloaded my copy of the new book. Can't say anything except that it is now available after being announced for a while and that it contains 502 pages.
Will start reading this weeking.

Tinderbox was designed and implemented by a person not by a committee, a corporation, or a focus group. That person is me: Mark Bernstein. I designed Tinderbox, and wrote just about every line of the tens of thousands of lines that make Tinderbox run. Tinderbox is the product of an individual vision.

I am very surprised to see that line in the website. I always assumed some kind of team behind Tinderbox.

Tinderbox / Eastgate has always been Mark Bernstein solo. He has some office assistance. Stacy Mason helped out with some literature for a while. But the entire vision, development, implementation, workshops, helpdesk, and web support is Mark. As a volunteer (a mega-volunteer, in truth) Mark Anderson contributes the enormous aTbRef that has documented every feature of every release from 2.0 thru 7.x

Eastgate is not an outlier. All the best Windows and Mac software -- the truly creative stuff -- is usually fewer than three and often only a single developer.

Dellu wrote:

Tinderbox was designed and implemented by a person not by a committee,
a corporation, or a focus group. That person is me: Mark Bernstein. I
designed Tinderbox, and wrote just about every line of the tens of
thousands of lines that make Tinderbox run. Tinderbox is the product of
an individual vision.

I am very surprised to see that line in the website. I always assumed
some kind of team behind Tinderbox.

Well he could use at least one sales person helping him to redesign the website and the UX of the program.

In a few days or weeks, I should be interested to hear from anybody who will by then have read the new edition in what general ways it adds to the contents of the first (which I read some years ago).

Incidentally, for those who are interested but who are unfamiliar with the earlier editions, TTW is not - or at least was not - a "How to..." book. It is much more about the philosophy behind the application.

(I have the impression that new users have occasionally read the book in the hope that it will teach them Tinderbox. To be fair, Mark B has always been very clear that this has not been its purpose. Its first edition was, nonetheless, an interesting read.

This is like catnip to me. Must reading. Thanks for the heads up.

Steve Z.

The times that I have called Eastgate, I’m pretty sure Mark Bernstein answered the phone. Reminds me of Neil Larson, developer of MaxThink.

For those interested, here's a link to the site for the book: http://www.eastgate.com/Tinderbox/TinderboxWay.html There's a link to a freebie of a chapter to read.

I own the paperback of the first edition but found the third edition to be a bit expensive for an ebook. Has someone read it and can tell me if it’s worth reading again?

Only if you use Tinderbox a lot and are interested in getting more out of it, is it a good read. Otherwise, you'll learn more on the Eastgate forum or by using Mark Anderson's aTbRef website -- for free in both cases.

Pixelpunker wrote:

I own the paperback of the first edition but found the third edition to
be a bit expensive for an ebook. Has someone read it and can tell me if
it’s worth reading again?