Roaming the web
I subscribe and read Business2.0 but FastCompany is an equally good magazine for the tech industry. I browse the FastCompany blogs once in a while and ended up in this good write up which I think every avid reader must read. Written by Slacker Manager after being inspired by the book, Tim Sanders’ “Love Is The Killer App” the write-up has some god suggestions on how to read books, especially those from which you want to learn something.
A great tip is 800CEOREAD Recommendations which I have never heard of before but apparently is well known in the voracious reader circles.
The best tip of all is the “Request a library book” browser hack (not technically) by John Udell that lets me request a book from my local library in a click. I dont want to get started talking about the local bridgewater library, but every time I go there, it’s hard to step out. If you can read Tamil, read this blog post by PKS who has put it lot better than I could about the feelings of stepping into a bookstore and returning emptyhanded. So if you are in the US and know how to appreciate the wealth of knowledge in the local libraries and want to easily tap into it whenever you want to, Check out Jon Udell: LibraryLookup. Thanks to blogs, I wouldnt have come across this cool thing.