Reading Catch Up
Over the past week-an-a-half, there has been quite a bit of stuff going on and now that it’s finally the weekend I’m able to catch up with all my reading.
“That isn’t that big of a deal.” - you say. “You just have a book that you’re reading and you want to read the rest of the book, Who doesn’t have that?”
ME - that’s who. I wish it were only that easy. However, I tend to read quite a bit and have to keep up with quite a bit. When you’re job is to know computers and the workings of the Internet, it’s important to make sure you’re up-to-date with everything you possibly can.
It’s a endless task and for those who are in the same line of work - you understand what I mean.
For starters, I read about 42 different websites daily. Each of those websites update anywhere from a once or twice a day to every hour. I do my best to keep up with it all. On top of reading those sites - they talk about other websites and companies. I’ll then go off and read those sites as well.
On top of that I have my normal reading life of Magazines and Books. I have 3 magazines that I read monthly and usually 2-5 books that I’m reading at a time.
To add more to the list - I try to keep up with current research on various subjects. Most importantly on Brands, Semantics, Usability and Accessibility. I’m also apart of various (a/b 3 right now) Mailing Lists that talk about many different subjects. Each list has about 300+ messages a day and although that sounds like a lot, I’ve got ways of dealing with the amount of Mailing List emails.
Of course I don’t always get to keep up with everything during the busy week so my weekends are filled with catching up and doing my own research and studies.
Now if I didn’t love doing this I would stop but I can’t get enough information. I love learning new things and how to improve on old methods. Even though I’ll never reach a peak in which I can’t learn anymore - it’s great to try.
