It’s not quite Microspeak, but it is a sort of Microjoke: Referring to a document as “light reading”.<\/p>\n
In common parlance, “light reading” is something that is easy to read without requiring significant mental effort: A magazine that covers celebrity comings and goings, a romantic comedy novel, a travel story. If you choose to read them, they are typically enjoyable content that doesn’t require close reading and which you can put down at a moment’s notice. If you encounter a section that you find boring, you can just skip over it without serious repercussions.<\/p>\n
At Microsoft, the term “light reading” is almost never used to mean that. Rather, it is used ironically to refer to a document that is one or more of the following: Lengthy, complex, mandatory.<\/p>\n
All of the documents that were covered at the directors review are available on this site. Enjoy the light reading!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Some light reading for the Tuesday meeting: (lengthy email message follows)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Here’s a citation from outside Microsoft:<\/p>\n