How Do You Keep Up with All of the Reading? 79
An anonymous reader asks: "As a professional working in software, my days are full as it is. Whenever possible, though, I attempt to keep up with my technical reading, whether it be IEEE or ACM journals, conference proceedings, Slashdot, or countless other sources. The problem is, there's no way to keep up! The magazines and journals that interest me alone create more material in a year than I could ever hope to absorb, and don't even get me started on the conferences. Do you, as a software professional, consider yourself up-to-speed enough when it comes to the latest and greatest in the public domain? If so, where do you draw the line?"
Reading is uncool (Score:5, Funny)
Don't read Slashdot at -1 for more free time ... (Score:5, Funny)
Ignorance is bliss! (Score:4, Funny)
'Nuff said.
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Your potential solution is osmosis theory (you know, sleep on the book and "absorb" the information). If there are any links to academic material proving its existance
education through defication (Score:5, Funny)
Re:There isn't any way, cut your losses (Score:5, Funny)
With thanks to Rumsfeld, the problem is not the known unknowns, for which information can be found. Rather, the problem is the unknown unknowns, those things which you not only don't know, but don't know that you don't know.
This would argue that the key is to read the titles and abstracts of publications, but not delve into them until you know you need them.
Yes, this entire post was just an excuse to get to play with the Rumsfeldian logic.
Re:Reading is uncool (Score:3, Funny)
Re:education through defication (Score:4, Funny)
I found a print out of the
Re:Reading is uncool (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Reading is uncool (Score:3, Funny)
Bush's supposed contempt for reading is vastly overstated. As even Farenheit 911 clearly demonstrated, the president considers reading with schoolchildren to be an even higher priority than responding to ongoing coordinated air attacks on American soil.