Charles Severance: Why Program?
Charles Severance‘s Python for Everybody is “the most popular programming course in the world, since 2014.” The course is completely free – and re-useable and… Read More »Charles Severance: Why Program?
Books and Recommendations
Harlan Coben on writing, productivity, and insecurity
The thriller writer Harlan Coben has some free advice for anyone who cares to ask: “If it produces pages: good. If it doesn’t produce pages:… Read More »Harlan Coben on writing, productivity, and insecurity
Podcast recommendation: Boss Talk and The Long Now
Boss Talk with Ben Horowitz and Ali Ghodsi This is a recording of an hour long chat on Clubhouse about the reality of managing a… Read More »Podcast recommendation: Boss Talk and The Long Now
Jordan Peterson on the Five Factor Model of Personality and the disadvantages of openness
Update 2022-08 – if you’re looking to understand the Five Factor Model more deeply, see also Jordan Peterson on the Five Factor Model of Personality… Read More »Jordan Peterson on the Five Factor Model of Personality and the disadvantages of openness
Does Contextly make a difference to a small blog?
On 7th March I started a 21-day free trial with Contextly – “the most powerful content recommendation system for publishers,” used by sites I enjoy… Read More »Does Contextly make a difference to a small blog?
Market Economics: Slate Star Codex on Drugs Vs Chairs and The Grumpy Economist on Paying for Public Toilets
I came across both of these posts in the last week, and they both highlight the problem of bad legislation. I recommend both – which… Read More »Market Economics: Slate Star Codex on Drugs Vs Chairs and The Grumpy Economist on Paying for Public Toilets
Dovetailed: Seth Godin on good tools on cool tools
You can get a router that will make a perfect dovetail every time, and my question is, why would you bother? Because the whole point… Read More »Dovetailed: Seth Godin on good tools on cool tools
Resident Contrarian On the Experience of Being Poor-ish
This is an interesting read I came across via Marginal Revolution. It’s a fairly straightforward, non-polemical description of the challenges of being “poor-ish” in the… Read More »Resident Contrarian On the Experience of Being Poor-ish
Isaiah and Cervantes on Bread
Isaiah “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters;and you who have no money, come, buy and eat!Come, buy wine and milk without money and without… Read More »Isaiah and Cervantes on Bread
Patrick McKenzie on time as asset; time as debt
The key resource if you’re running a business by yourself is your time. … And the key insight about time is that software lets us… Read More »Patrick McKenzie on time as asset; time as debt