My goal to read one book a month has continued, although I have shifted my reading efforts a bit. I have read a couple of books since March, but have not bothered to post about them as there was not much to say. One was a Microsoft Press book, Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server. The book was an excellent starting point for TFS research. It presented the basics of the system with links to study more advanced topics in-depth; very well written. The second was also a TFS book, Visual Studio Team System: Better Software Development for Agile Teams by Will Stott and James Newkirk. This book I did not like very much as it lost my attention rather quickly by using a story-like example with a fictional company/product to explain the processes. I actually stopped reading it halfway through as it was not providing much value for me.

Currently I am reading Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson. This is a photography book that I am reading to help me understand how to extract more value out of my new Rebel Xti camera. I have been taking a lot of pictures lately now that I have a real camera. Not sure what to do with all of the photos though.

I have no immediate plans to read more technical books as I now have a long list of technical blogs that I go through on a daily basis and also listen/watch channel 9 videos on occasion. In fact, just watched a video from the SoftGrid architect explaining how it works. Very cool stuff. Anyway, my goal with the reading is to keep my mind/body/soul in tune with the technical world as my day-to-day work does not always quench my thirst, if you know what I mean. I get to do some pretty cool technical work at times during my fulltime job, but, as goes with any job, there is the dirty, boring as well.