Justin Lloyd's Thinkering

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Reading

I made it a goal in 1985 to read one book a week.

Generally I have managed to stick to that goal for the most part.

Some years I couldn't get as much reading done as I wanted to.

My GoodReads list shows that I have a smidgen under 3,500 books that I have read.

And there are at least 300 books on my GoodReads list I have yet to tackle.

So much to read. So slow a reader.

Due to dyslexia I am not a particularly fast reader.

I plod through books at a pedestrian pace. I am jealous of people who can read quickly and I have no clue how people are able to speed read and retain all that information.

It's only dogged persistence that lets me get through a book some days.

Read – The Art of Computer Programming #4A: Combinatorial Algorithms, Part 1

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Today I finished reading “The Art of Computer Programming #4A: Combinatorial Algorithms, Part 1” by Donald Ervin Knuth

I wrote the below note to myself when I first realised that Donald Knuth was about to publish volume 4.

Oh…

Yay!

Here we go again…

The title suggests that this will be a two-volume book.

So Knuth couldn’t just torture me with a fourth volume after a 20+ year interval.

No.

He had to release two new volumes.

But not two separate volumes with different subjects in each one.

Two volumes covering the same subject.

This is going to be a long hard slog.

Really Mr Knuth? Really!!?

Update:

Well here we are. Volume 4A in this epic saga all wrapped up.

I first start reading this about a day after it went on sale.

Every page read.

Every page annotated.

Every example carefully built in Ruby until my output agrees with Knuth’s.

I am tired. And a bit burnt out.

I look forward with Volume 4B with apprehension.

Read – Just Listen

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Today I finished reading “Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone” by Mark Goulston

Read – Power

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Today I finished reading “Power: Why Some People Have it and Others Don’t” by Jeffrey Pfeffer

Read – Mastering the VC Game

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Today I finished reading “Mastering the VC Game: A Venture Capital Insider Reveals How to Get from Start-up to IPO on Your Terms” by Jeffrey Bussgang

Read – SuperFreakonomics

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Today I finished reading “SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance” by Steven Levitt

Read – Continuous Delivery

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Today I finished reading “Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases Through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation” by Jez Humble

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