currently reading

I'm currently reading


The CISM (Certified Information Security Manager) 2011 Review Manual. I'm taking the exam in a week and I'm just getting around to reading and finishing the book. Now to start taking practice exams. This is either going to go really well or very poorly.




I am also reading Good To Great by Jim Collins. But that's been on back burner for some time. I'm taking everything written in the book with a grain of salt because one of my mentors told me "Good to Great is for wankers".

I recently just finished Made to Stick. I think it's something that all IT people should read especially if they have to engage with stakeholders. I've noticed IT and specifically Security has a hard time justifying what they do and why it's important. 

Reading list

I just subscribed to GQ, something I've been meaning to do for a long time. I actually had been trying to decide between Details, Esquire, and GQ. All of them are similar but have subtle differences. I saw a deal on GQ for a 2 year subscription. Amazon made me an offer I couldn't refuse.

I love reading both online and in-print. I actually prefer print. I find large amounts of text on a screen are hard on the eyes. I think that's the appeal of the Nook and the Kindle.

What I've been reading

Latest Read
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (book cover from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville Library site)

 The first book of one of my favorite modern and still living writers. I picked up a copy of this while I was in Amsterdam's airport while on my way home to the US.

 Stylistically it seems very similar to the other books he has written in the sense that it is about the protagonist trying to find their identity. The major difference is that there isn't an alternate reality portrayed such as with Kafka on the Shore, The Wind Up Bird Chronicles, or my introduction to his work- The Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. It was a relatively quick read. I think I finished it in about 4 or 5 hours while on the plane and in the airport.

Reading list-online

From time to time, I'll share what I'm reading in print (magazines + books) and online.

This is my top 10 reading trends from Google Reader.

1. Techcrunch
2. Techmeme
3. Lifehacker
4. Forbes.com News
5. Boing Boing
6. Wired Top Stories
7. Ars Technica Front Page content
8. Wired Gadget Lab
9. Hack A day
10. The Economist

Why do I use Google Reader for RSS?
It integrates nicely with all my social media sites i.e. Feedburner syndication and it integrates with sites such as Digg and Facebook. Also the interface is pretty intuitive