Foucault and Deleuze are definitely not for beginners. Don't start there. It really depends what you are interested in. You might check out the Philosophy Bit

Foucault and Deleuze are definitely not for beginners. Don't start there. It really depends what you are interested in. You might check out the Philosophy Bites podcast: http://philosophybites.com/ http://philosophybites.com/ (now a book too) which has good, short discussions of current issues, and might help you figure out which philosophical questions you are interested in. If you really want to tackle continental philosophy and have a computer background, I suggest starting with Phil Agre's work, like here: http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/pagre/critical.html http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/pagre/critical.html