How to read a technical book
Reading technical book is good to enhance one’s skill. Same time, it is difficult to keep reading through entire book. It’s thickness enough to make hesitate reading. It is double/triple punch for me if it is written in English..
Here is a small tip to read such kind of technical book. Basic idea is borrowed from the GTD : A big project is divided into small achievable tasks.
0. Buy a book to read
1. Copy 20 - 30 pages in one time
2. Put time tag when start reading
3. Put line and note as you like
4. Put time tag when finish reading
5. Pile the copy
6. Go to 1
Buying book is important to manifest “I read this book!” for oneself. Process 1 corresponds to dividing project into small tasks. Copying book makes goal explicit and visible while reading. It is also good to put line and note without any hesitation. This kind of freedom is important as the PoIC.
Extremely speaking, the copy can be trashed after reading. However, I keep it to see accomplishments as do for index cards.
難しい本は小分けにして読む。
