Ask HN: How do you track progress of reading technical books? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: How do you track progress of reading technical books?

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Post by smiler » Tue, Nov 09, 2010, 4:28 PM UTC

imp wrote: post #10

smiler wrote: post #9

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Awesome site! Well done

Thanks! Let me know if you have any suggestions for the site. It's a project I've been bootstrapping for about a year, and I'm always looking for ways to improve it.

Do I have the ability to create private classes? I might be interested in setting some up with friends, but we wouldn't want to make it public

Re: Ask HN: How do you track progress of reading technical books?

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Post by imp » Tue, Nov 09, 2010, 4:39 PM UTC

smiler wrote: post #11

imp wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks! Let me know if you have any suggestions for the site. It's a project I've been bootstrapping for about a year, and I'm always looking for ways to improve it.

Do I have the ability to create private classes? I might be interested in setting some up with friends, but we wouldn't want to make it public

No, all classes are public right now. Would you want the entire class to be completely hidden from others, or can it be publicly viewable and require an invitation to join and participate?

Re: Ask HN: How do you track progress of reading technical books?

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Post by smiler » Tue, Nov 09, 2010, 5:54 PM UTC

imp wrote: post #12

smiler wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do I have the ability to create private classes? I might be interested in setting some up with friends, but we wouldn't want to make it public

No, all classes are public right now. Would you want the entire class to be completely hidden from others, or can it be publicly viewable and require an invitation to join and participate?

Both would be cool

Re: Ask HN: How do you track progress of reading technical books?

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Post by ld50 » Tue, Nov 09, 2010, 6:28 PM UTC

for me the key has been to develop a surgical/tactical approach to knowledge acquisition. whereas in school it's important to read the textbooks cover to cover, after having established a solid foundation in the fundamentals of computing and language my approach now is to read only exactly what it is i need to read to solve the problem at hand.