What I’m Reading, Listening to, and Using – Spring 2019

IÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂve listened to, read, and used a lot more than what is on this list, but this stuff is what I recommend to others. If you want specific recommendations, shoot me an email!

Books

The Starship and the Canoe is a dual biography of George Dyson and his father Freeman, theoretical physicist.

Possible Minds – Great collection of essays on AI

The New Right Archived Link by my friend Michael Malice. A breakdown of what is going on with the political right and where it came from.

Fall; or, Dodge in Hell by Neal Stephenson, a lengthy novel on digital consciousness with another novel in the middle

Carving out a Living on the Land by Emmet van Driesche – on building a small-scale sustainable business

Keep Going by Austin Kleon – 10 ways to stay creative. Great addition to his other work

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe

Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions by Johann Hari

When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel H. Pink

Idea Makers: Personal Perspectives on the Lives & Ideas of Some Notable People by Stephen Wolfram

Luna: Moon Rising by Ian McDonald – Futuristic moon civilization in civil war

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett – I wanted to get to this before the Amazon series came out!

Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild (and Not So Wild) Places

Discontent and its Civilizations: Dispatches from Lahore, New York, and London Archived Link – Short essays by Mohsin Hamid

Articles

Kevin Kelly on Amish Hackers – Amish arenÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂt anti-technology, they just have long adoption curves and strict criteria

Abigail Disney on growing up with more money than you can ever spend

Status as a Service (StaaS)

Job Title: ItÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs Complicated

Career advice I wish IÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂd been given when I was young

Open gardens by Manton Reece

Across the Border ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ Sahil Lavingia

GwernÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs Dual N-Back FAQ

CrashÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs weekly report on building our business – Morgan von Gunten does a great job assembling this every week Archived Link

Meta-Learners – learning how to learn on Fast Forward Labs

Suzanne PoliÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs incredible photos of the LGBTQ marches from Stonewall to today – Not an article, but incredible nonetheless. These photos are a historical treasure.

How Algorithms Know What YouÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂll Type Next

New Newsletters IÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂve Joined

DonÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂt call it a comeback. Newsletters have been here for years. Here are new oneÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs IÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂve joined:

The Art of Gig – Paid newsletter by Venkatesh Rao on indie consulting

Jocelyn K. GleiÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs Hurry Slowly newsletter

Book Freak newsletter Archived Link – Weekly newsletter with advice from books

Podcasts

Writing Online with John Gruber of Daring Fireball, Parts 1 and two at the Dialog Podcast. Daring Fireball is one of my favorite

A bunch of episodes of Cool Tools, my new favorite podcast: Adam Savage, Joshua Bearman, George Dyson

Crash Log Podcast Archived Link – Crash engineering teamÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs podcast

Becoming a Model Thinker with Scott Page on The Knowledge Project

Neil Gaiman on Tim FerrissÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs podcast

The Numberphile Podcast – Great interviews with mathematicians by Brady Haran

Margaret Atwood on Conversations with Tyler – We actually went to this live!

Emily Wilson on her new Odyssey translation on Conversations with Tyler

Emmet Audio – Emmet van DriescheÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs daily show. Very short with good tidbits. Half spoon carving, half life.

New Tools

MailDev – Intercepts outgoing emails during local development and put them in an web inbox on your locahost so you can test.

ngrok – Secure public URLs to your local development environment. We are using it to catch webhooks from third party services while we test locally

Story Grid – A method for writing fiction. IÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂm working through the book while I write something of my own

CSS Grid Generator – Tool for generating CSS Grid code and learning problems with your own

Studio NeatÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs Tote Book, a great follow up to the Panobook

Animated Knots – IÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂve been tying a lot more knots lately with my boat building. This is a very useful resource.

Cape Falcon KayakÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs video courses – This is what IÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂve been using to learn how to build my kayak and paddle

Memos – An app that adds text search to your Photos library and allows you to copy it out of photos. Indespensible.