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There's so much talk all the time about how kids are natural multi-taskers - they're on 4 MSN conversations, watching a YouTube video, doing an math assignment while listening to their iPod. I guess I must be old, because the extent of my "multitasking" is reading... At any given time, I'm usually reading 2 or 3 books - something on the...

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Every now and again, if you're open to it and you read enough, you get that great experience of having your eyes pried wide open, your ignorance exposed, your mind spun.  Tar Sands by Andrew Nikiforuk provided such an experience. Tar Sands is likely one-sided, and I must seek out opposing viewpoints.  For now, I'm committed to three posts. For...

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Steve started the "Books" tag with the short review of Break all the Rules .  So, I thought I'd continue the theme.  It's long been one of my favorite interview questions - "So, what have you read lately?".  It's very telling, I find.  One time, I was interviewing a guy for a intermediate .Net developer role...

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