Curious to know what everyone is reading currently! It can be a technical book, fiction or anything else! Share what you are reading.
Besides being a dev guy, I have recently found some interest in global economy and how economy machine works. Thus, planning to read Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio. Also to read Quartz field guides on daily basis, you guys can check it out they put up amazing hard work on writing those in depth field guides on things thats gonna change the global economy.
I think 2 are enough for now! :D
I have a queue of picks on my TODO list for reading, but goodness knows when I'll get to them. My list includes sci-fi, fantasy, natural history, scientific, technical...some of it re-reads. However, I'm currently comparing/contrasting/learning about FOSS library (you know, those buildings chock full o' printed books) software to identify a solution set for a small, relatively financially strapped library whose web pages are living in the 20th century. I can't even begin to deploy code before July due to organizational changes (new director takes charge in July), but I have zero experience in programming for public libraries, and there is much to learn about the business issues as well as potential FOSS solutions.
In general, I like to read (I no longer own paper books - I donated all of them after building an e-library of thousands of "books"). Sometimes my reading requirement is as simple as words on a page - depends on where I am and what level of distraction I want. I read a lot of online news related to tech, science, and politics. Quick turnover, low time-commitment frequently matters most.
Placing one, single BOOK title at the top of my TOREAD list...Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child.
Currently I'm reading head strong - a bullet proof plan
It's all about getting your energy levels up, it's pretty whacko, but there is some good advice so far.
Software is super exhausting, hard to keep at it sometimes.
I am always reading too many books that I don't finish. Recently I've been perusing React in Action and Redux in Action for work, but I also just got React Design Patterns & Best Practices.
Since yesterday I am reading Django For Beginners. It is an excellent book till now. Read about 30 pages. After that I am going to take deep dive in Database Management System. But really don't know which book to study. In my university I used to read Korth. If anyone has any other book to recommend kindly let me know.
Currently reading The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz and The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. Both are amazing and I would really recommend it to whoever is reading this.
I'm not so much a book reader, and I don't often pick up a book to read. However, here are some I was or still am reading.
Among them are a few I like quite a bit, so let me summarize them here:
What's the future and why it's up to us by Tim O'Reilly is a book by the Tim O'Reilly, in which he describes how he thinks about current developments and what he thinks comes next - also describing the process of how he tries to predict future changes. It's a good book to read on a train to or from work, or during a break, because it does not take your mind away from the tech world while still being quite enjoyable to read.
The Art Of War by Sun Tzu is a classic.Though it's hard to read, because it only consists of a list of rules you should follow to wage war, I try to take one rule every now and then and think about how I can use it in my life, where literally waging war is not a thing. Most of the time, I can come up with good ideas how I can use the tips and where they might apply in my life. For making me think a lot about my life, I really like the book.
The complete life's little instruction book by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. is a collection life advice in the form of one-sentence-rules. They were given to a son by his father, and imho it is a very good guide to good behavior and living a positive life. It contains all the little things people should have learned from their parents during a good upcoming, though from a US-American perspective, and just flipping through the pages is enough to find some little treasure I should mind more in life. It has over a thousand tips, and I recommend it a lot, even if its sitting on the shelf most of the time...
Das Kochbuch für Geeks by Mela Eckenfels, Petra Hildebrandt is something for the German people here. It's an O'Reilly cook book, however, it's literally a cook book. It contains a lot of kitchen tricks for lazy people living alone, like what to buy, how to do basic things, which tools are important, etc. While I already can cook and had most of the stuff they recommend anyway, it's always useful to have a source of little tips and tricks and cheats.
Break my heart 1,000 times by Daniel Waters was released as a movie ("I still see you") just recently. I have to confess I first watched the movie, but now I am reading the book, and I love the story a lot. It's a very sad horror thriller about a world, where people who die might leave visual traces of themselves and their lifes in the real world. The story explores the background of why that is happening, and let me tell you one thing: not everything is as it seems to be. Great read before going to bed!
What's on my list for the future? Since I pick up technical books as soon as I need them, there are no real plans for now. However, I have some fiction books I want to read:
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Right now two books at the same time:
Next: other from Horus Heresy Series...
Well I even made goal for this year to read more novel than IT books ;P so...
I am still reading/doing Types and Programming Languages (I know I said this months ago and I'm still not halfway... I don't read books very often)
I am currently a bit lazy in this regards. I have multiple on my todo ;D
this is my current queue ;D lets see if I ever get there ;D ....
I am right now on a spiritual journey. The last 5 books I have read over the last 6 months are spiritual.
Swami Vivekananda
Sadhguru
Om Swami
Planning to break the spiritual roll with one of my favorite authors. Going to read Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I like audiobooks and I listen to them on audible. Mostly I like historical fiction. Like Magical swords and flying mountains. I love all the books by Morgan Rice. I am a big fan of his books. Time to time I also listen to motivational talks that increases productivity and makes me believe I can move a mountain. I am also a great fan of Amish Tripathi he writes fictional books and I like the style of how he takes the story.
Through Austin King's introduction post I came to know about this amazing book called BADASS: Making Users Awesome by Kathy Sierra. I am a big fan of Kathy's works, especially the Head First series of books. So, I read some online reviews and summaries of the book and instantly fell in love with the approach. I have gone ahead and placed the order on Amazon. Now I am waiting for it to be delivered. :)
Apart from the above I also have some fictions on my shelf, but hardly find any time to read them till the end. But one of my goals for this year is to read at least 5 pages everyday. Let's see how that goes. 😀
Richard Uie
"Live and learn" should have been "LEARN or DIE."
Slim
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Slim
Senior Software Engineer
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