One of the things I liked most about being a student was all the required reading. I usually picked my classes based largely on their reading lists. But it’s not like I have any shortage even when I’m not in school. This is what’s in my reading queue right now, keeping me busy:

  • Tutorial and spec for Scala. At this point, this is mostly so I can work with the lift framework, but I am very interested in Scala, too, as a language.
  • I’ll be reading the Erlang book shortly after it’s published in July.
  • Java Concurrency in Practice. I’m almost afraid to dive into this in much detail, but I really do need to understand concurrency better. With multi-core machines becoming the norm, concurrency is going to be important. This is half of why I want to learn Erlang and most of what still interests me in Java. First, though, I need to review the relevant sections in Thinking in Java.
  • Java Generics and Collections. Because it’s just incumbent on me to understand these as well as I can. The book has come highly recommended.
  • Kiara‘s book. She’s made changes to the manuscript and I need to get caught up.
  • The Myths of Innovation, Scott Berkun‘s latest book. I very much enjoyed his book on project management so this was pretty much a no-brainer.
  • The Ruby Way. I certainly need to know Ruby better
  • Several papers from Burton Group, mostly around the topics of software development methodologies and digital identity.
  • Security Metrics. Gunnar recommended this, and I figure: hey, security? Metrics? I’m on board.
  • Cross-Site Scripting Attacks, a long-awaited book from the likes of Jeremiah Grossman and RSnake.
  • Speaking of Faith. I love the radio show and have been looking forward to the book. I’m listenting to this on CD, which you might think I’m doing because I like Krista Tippett’s voice, but the real reason is that the printed book wasn’t available at the library.
  • Kim Stanley Robinson’s trilogy on global climate change.
  • Ray Kurzweil, The Singularity is Near. Al Essa‘s been bringing this one up a lot lately and I thought it was about time I read it.
  • Garth Nix’s Keys to the Kingdom series. Have I mentioned before that I’m a sucker for pre-teen fiction? No? Oh. I think it’s because I never read it when I was a pre-teen.