[LRUG] Computer Science / Mathematics book group

[Tim Cowlishaw]

I'd assumed that a book might take more than one month, and that we  
could decide how many chapters to cover each month, then continue  
until finishing before picking a new book. However, it needn't be that  
formalised - perhaps if we have  a text to discuss, read as much of it  
as we each want to, then at each meeting decide by consensus whether  
to continue into another month or start something else, that could  
also work too... James's idea might also be useful here, if we've got  
a queue of books ready, then those who read quickly can progress on to  
the next one and offer those who need more time a bit of a preview of  
what to expect.

By the way, i've also been asked to add 'Code Comlete' to the list, so  
that will be up there shortly if anyone wants to vote for it.

Cheers!

Tim

On 5 Nov 2009, at 14:17, James Adam wrote:

> One way to work it might be to list the books more than a month in  
> advance. So, this coming month start with a short one, and pre- 
> decide what the next one will be already, and so on rolling  
> forwards. That will give people a heads up with more time to  
> cogitate, and maybe they don't attend each discussion.
>
> Does that make sense? My description might be terrible.
>
> - James
>
> On 5 Nov 2009, at 14:13, Matthew Willson wrote:
>
>> Yep, I guess it depends a bit if it's a more of a study group  
>> (where we'd need to nominate a particular chapter and try and do  
>> the exercises), or more of a "general discussion / help /  
>> bullshitting on some of the topics raised in this book".
>>
>> I was assuming more the latter, which might make some books more  
>> suitable than others, although provided there's enough subgroups  
>> with overlap in terms of chapters of books that they've read, it  
>> could still work...
>>
>> What do you think Tim?
>>
>> -Matt
>>
>>
>> On 5 Nov 2009, at 14:06, Murray Steele wrote:
>>
>>> 2009/11/5 Chris Lowis <chris.lowis at gmail.com>:
>>>> I'm interested, but can't seem to get to the voting page. For the
>>>> record SICP for me, _slowly_ working through it and could use some
>>>> motivation!
>>>
>>> One thought, are we really expected to churn through SICP or GEB or
>>> some of those others in a single month? It might be possible form a
>>> pure read the words point of view, but not sure what the  
>>> comprehension
>>> levels would be? (Well, I'm not sure what *my* comprehension levels
>>> would be).
>>>
>>> Muz
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