10k page challenge starts in two days
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dynamik
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Nice ambition everyone. Glad to see this is becoming an annual tradition. -
hill1221
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I plan to WRITE 10K pages, not just read them.:)I make technology work for people, not people work for technology! -
veritas_libertas
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I plan to WRITE 10K pages, not just read them.:)
Are you going to keep us hanging? Are you writing a book? -
GT-Rob
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veritas_libertas wrote: »Are you going to keep us hanging? Are you writing a book?
Thats a pretty long book.
Maybe he is going to write in his diary every day :P -
hill1221
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I have been working on a set of technical manuals for Technology Security for a while.:)
I hink the first should be ready by March.
I make technology work for people, not people work for technology! -
mikedisd2
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People are going ahead with this? This goal is just a high-water mark; how can it achieve anything without the material being re-read, note taking, labwork etc.
Or does everyone here have a photographic memory?
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Forsaken_GA
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People are going ahead with this? This goal is just a high-water mark; how can it achieve anything without the material being re-read, note taking, labwork etc.
Or does everyone here have a photographic memory?
For me the goal is just something I'd do anyway. I try to spend at least 4 hours a day reading -
dynamik
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Forsaken_GA wrote: »For me the goal is just something I'd do anyway. I try to spend at least 4 hours a day reading
Yea, I stopped keeping track last year since I estimated that I'd hit my target around August. I probably do 1000-1500 pages/month. -
broc
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It's funny, I never thought about counting the number of pages I read until I saw all those threads, I just had a quick look at my reading list and it looks like I'm going to easily hit about 20000 pages this year..."Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.” -
veritas_libertas
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People are going ahead with this? This goal is just a high-water mark; how can it achieve anything without the material being re-read, note taking, labwork etc.
Or does everyone here have a photographic memory?
It's more of a fun goal...
You know they must be doing this since they are achieving their goal of getting certifications. -
skrpune
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I doubt I'll make the 10K pages, but I want to at least try to get some non-IT related reading done. Just got the George Carlin memoir for Christmas, and it's the first non-techy book I've read in a few years...excellent read so far...Currently Studying For: Nothing (cert-wise, anyway)
Next Up: Security+, 291?
Enrolled in Masters program: CS 2011 expected completion -
gorebrush
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10K is a lot.
ISCW, ONT, CCNA:V, QoS should make up the bulk of it for me this year
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Obdurate
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Since I decided to take up this challenge:
Picked up RAMA II from Arthur C. Clarke -- I liked the first one, but this second one is a little sluggish.
I know I should be reading all the classics, but after working all day and studying for my certs, the last thing I want to read is anything serious.
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GT-Rob
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Due to it being pretty quiet at work this week, I am 200 pages in and on track for 10k!
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Claymoore
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People are going ahead with this? This goal is just a high-water mark; how can it achieve anything without the material being re-read, note taking, labwork etc.
Or does everyone here have a photographic memory?
Perhaps a better way to explain it is a commitment to learning a little bit more and getting a little bit better at your job every single day. You need some way to measure that goal - some use certifications or promotions - and this is a way you can measure progress every day. I only have 4 exams planned for this year, and I've done that many in a month before. Certifications or a job change won't be a metric for me this year, but I can focus on reading goals and maybe pick up a few IT books that aren't specifically cert-related and work to get better at some of the things I already do.
It's only 27 pages of reading a day, but 'Annual 10,000 Page Challenge' sounds better than 'Annual 27 Pages Per Day Challenge'.
BTW, I'm 350 pages into the Exchange 2010 Administrators Pocket Consultant so I am ahead of schedule. (I'm also padding my stats with small pages.)
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GT-Rob
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someone once put it that even if you only absorb 10% of what you read, thats still 1000 pages of information you didn't otherwise know. Thats more than what most people do in their lives I bet.
