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Code

less than 1 minute read

The never-say-die spirit once again, this time embodied in the form of Dan Colussy. It’s just amazing how you can — with considerable effort — bring together...

Eccentric Orbits

less than 1 minute read

The never-say-die spirit once again, this time embodied in the form of Dan Colussy. It’s just amazing how you can — with considerable effort — bring together...

Are Your Lights On

1 minute read

I can’t remember who recommended this book to me — I had the impression I’d first read about it on Paul Graham’s site but when I searched through I couldn’t ...

Thomas Edison: The wizard of Menlo Park

6 minute read

Wow — never has a book changed my opinion of a person as drastically as this one did! I had always known Edison as the man that invented the light bulb, but ...

Dyson: Against the Odds

6 minute read

I liked this book alot. James Dyson is a household name and the story of how he went through life in the unfavorable entrepreneurial conditions of the UK is ...

1984

1 minute read

The last George Orwell book I read was Animal Farm, a book I thoroughly enjoyed. Animal farm was not very distant from this one in concept — though I definit...

Be so good they can’t ignore you

1 minute read

What lured me in to reading this book was the title: Be so good they can’t ignore you. Yup, definitely fits my work-your-ass-off mindset .. I was game.

A guide to the good life

2 minute read

This is a book I got off Derek Sivers reading list. Had plenty of rave reviews, so I thought I’d give it a shot. It’s the first real philosophical book I’ve ...

Do the Work

1 minute read

Important not to overthink things – research to a certain point, but beyond that just take the plunge on faith.

High Output Management

22 minute read

There is no book ever that I have highlighted as much as this one! It’s so full of great advice in all sorts of different situations that I’m having a very d...