Bruce W. Perry

http://twitter.com/fitnessforgeeks

Newburyport, Massachusetts

Technical writer, author

Areas of Expertise:

  • Fitness
  • nutrition
  • research
  • Java
  • consulting
  • speaking
  • programming
  • training
  • writing
Bruce W. Perry has developed Java software and written both software and fitness books. He played college soccer in New York, then amidst a varied career in journalism and software engineering finished many road races and multisport events. He's since moved on to family life and recreational alpine hiking, skiing, and resistance training. After an unguided youth, the author hangs out weightlifting in gyms again, and climbs with guides now, recently Piz Palu and the Monk in the Swiss Alps, Mt. Whitney's Mountaineer's Route, and Mt. Rainier.

Fitness for Geeks Fitness for Geeks
by Bruce W. Perry
April 2012
Print: $34.99
Ebook: $27.99

Google Web Toolkit for Ajax Google Web Toolkit for Ajax
by Bruce W. Perry
January 2007
Ebook: $9.99

Ajax Hacks Ajax Hacks
by Bruce W. Perry
March 2006
Print: $29.99
Ebook: $23.99

Java Servlet & JSP Cookbook Java Servlet & JSP Cookbook
by Bruce W. Perry
January 2004
Print: $49.99
Ebook: $39.99

AppleScript in a Nutshell AppleScript in a Nutshell
by Bruce W. Perry
June 2001
Print: $34.99

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Blessed Are The Cold Rivers: Willpower For Chill Power

May 22 2013

I had a great cold water swim today in a river. The river was high because of a wild, violent thunderstorm last night in Vermont, so I was actually able to swim against the current and stay in one place (my own "endless pool"). It was not just dive in… read more

Climb, Alone

May 10 2013

 It wasn't intentional–there isn't an easy way to privatise a small mountain in Vermont–but I had a nice time climbing alone this week. Soulful, and not all that super easy. I went up to a place called Burnt Rock Mountain.No one else at all happened to be hiking on the… read more

Dweeby Troll Sightings and The 'Get A Life' File

May 10 2013

I'm going to spend about 30 seconds on this post, but to set the record straight there is nothing in the book Fitness For Geeks about New Age auras. 99.9 percent of readers know what a "healthy glow" is, but if you're one of the illiterate 0.1 percent, try getting… read more

The New Kindle Book "Barbarous Coasts"

April 28 2013

A seasoned cop, a paroled hacker, and epic chicanery in the financial world.A well-dressed man falls forty-two floors off the roof of a New York City hotel. A Big League pitcher witnesses the event. Somehow, Detective Karl Standt, a Vermont boy who's made his mark in the big city, believes… read more

Boston: Shaken Not Bowed

April 23 2013

I was driving on the highway down from Vermont yesterday, ears glued to the radio stream, talking to family members on my cell phone and locating others. We got a text message from a nephew who was about a mile from the finish line on the marathon course. I talked… read more

10 Ways To Respond To Workout And Sports Injuries

April 23 2013

I can relate to this one because I got injured last weekend, my lower back around the lumbar spine, which can be scary. I completely failed #1 and #8 below, but now I seem to be on a fast road to recovery. At 56, I've had many common sports injuries… read more

Endomondo and Strava Sprinters Have a New Instructional Ebook

April 19 2013

Today, I rode my mountainbike since spring has finally arrived in the northeast U.S. I had both Strava and Endomondo apps running during the ride, because I like looking at both results pages.In the same spirit of "riding the two apps," I recently wrote a short book called Using Smartphone Apps… read more

This AP Picture Says It All Today

April 19 2013

This Associated Press picture says it all today–Boston, closed, in a wait-and-see mode as suspect(s) are pursued by police throughout the Metro area. Boston, closed!!I was in Boston late last night with my wife. I can say that normalcy had apparently returned–for just a few hours.This site is as good… read more

New Book For Strava And Endomondo Sprinters

April 12 2013

Check out my new ebook for the Kindle on using Endomondo and Strava for interval training: Using Smartphone Apps For Interval Training. This ebook includes step-by-step instructions for custom designing your own interval program and using the built-in interval programs in Endomondo. It also describes how to use the popular… read more

The Cast Away Diet

April 09 2013

The 2000 movie Cast Away is really about a man who never has enough time–he runs around with a stopwatch trying to get his FedEx workers moving, and can't even spend Christmas with his fiancee–then suddenly has so much empty time marooned on a South Pacific island that he attempts… read more

What Should Kids Eat For Breakfast? Ask Their Grandma...

March 24 2013

I sat next to a guy on a plane, nice fella, whose business it was to sell affordable packages of breakfast to USA school districts. His target student "wasn't the kid who drives a BMW to school and eats breakfast at Starbucks," but kids in cash-starved districts where they only… read more

Book Interview Out Of Sweden

March 01 2013

I gave an interview recently to a Swedish outfit called Psykologifabriken (Psychology Factory). See here, for all of the Swedish speakers among you. Here is my edited and translated version: Q. We want to change the small behaviors of people. What do you consider the first step: the smallest, easiest… read more

Is Self Tracking In Our DNA?

February 12 2013

Is self tracking innate behavior or just a glib facet of the digital age? People have a built-in need to capture and depict their experiences, and that's probably been true for centuries. Millenia. Human history has left us with cave paintings of surprising creativity, detail, and craft that rival… read more
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