If you want to warm up, start with ACM journal articles. They're still pretty dense but aren't quite as formal. The problem with many CS papers is they're focu

If you want to warm up, start with ACM journal articles. They're still pretty dense but aren't quite as formal. The problem with many CS papers is they're focused at other experts in the same niche rather than to someone with a general knowledge of CS. ACM (and similar journals, I suspect) articles give similar information but are aimed at a more general audience.