The CD that accompanies the book, though, has the potential for being incredibly useful. Included with the book is a demo version of Hammertap's Deep Analysis software, which Wilkinson used to gather most of the data in the book. Unfortunately, the demo version wasn't really usable — you can look at the interface, see where everything is, but I was never able to actually run a report. I have no idea whether I can use the raw data the program compiles, so I'm really not sure if I want to spend the $18 a month that it costs to use it. And that was a disappointment.
My wife and I sell on eBay pretty regularly. I've got a bunch of old books on Half.com, with more headed there and eBay very soon. (No, nothing I've reviewed!) A lot of the data in the book seemed to be common sense to me, but there is a lot of good stuff there. And maybe one day I'll be willing to part with $18 to see how I like the Deep Analysis software. But for now, I'd rather just have had the book, and been able to download the CD from Hammertap's web site.
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1 - Natalie Bennett
This article has been selected for syndication to Advance.net, which is affiliated with newspapers around the United States. Nice work!