Notes

An unassuming place to think about what I'm learning.

"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest."

— Ben Franklin

This project serves three purposes:

1. a log - what I'm reading now
2. a queue - what I want to read in the future
3. an archive - what I've finished reading

Meta

Workflow

I read, highlight, and annotate articles mostly on Instapaper. Alternatively, I use Safari Books Online, Medium, or Genius. On occasion, I'll write summaries in Pinboard for hashtags. Feedly is my content inbox with automation via IFTTT for "must read" feeds. I also skim Hacker News daily.

I recommend two Mac apps for editing Markdown: FoldingText for writing, and Marked for previewing and reading.

Misc.

• I rarely read books cover-to-cover. Blank spots indicate skipped sections.
• Star ratings are recommendations on a 1-5 scale.

Articles

March 2016

1. [minimalism isn't traveling the world with nothing](articles/minimalism isn't traveling the world with nothing - babauta.md)
2. [the zen of limits](articles/The Zen of Limits - Babauta.md)

February 2016

1. [Fixing the Inequity of Startup Equity](articles/Fixing the Inequity of Startup Equity - Taggar 2016.md)

Books

• [Building Microservices](books/Building Microservices.md)
• [Flask Web Development](books/Flask Web Development.md)
• [Fluent Python](books/Fluent Python.md)
• [Founders at Work](books/Founders at Work.md)
• [Hackers & Painters](books/Hackers & Painters/Hackers & Painters.md)
• [How Google Works](books/How Google Works.md)
• [Idiot's Guides: Zen Living](books/Idiot's Guides: Zen Living.md)
• [Lightweight Django](books/Lightweight Django.md)
• Remote ⭐⭐⭐⭐
• [Show Your Work!](books/Show Your Work!.md) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
• [The 4-Hour Work Week](books/The 4-Hour Work Week.md)
• [The Elements of Investing](books/The Elements of Investing.md)
• [The Hard Thing About Hard Things](books/The Hard Thing About Hard Things.md)
• [The Launch Pad](books/The Launch Pad.md) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
• [The Pragmatic Programmer](books/The Pragmatic Programmer.md)
• [Two Scoops of Django 1.8](books/Two Scoops of Django.md)
• [You Have Too Much Shit](books/You Have Too Much Shit.md) ⭐⭐⭐
• [Zen Habits](books/Zen Habits.md)
• [Zero to One](books/Zero to One.md)

Essays

• [Walking](essays/Walking - Thoreau.md)

Magazines

• Offscreen

Podcasts

• a16z
• [Startup School Radio](podcasts/Startup School Radio)
• [Talk Python to Me](podcasts/Talk Python to Me)
• [The Lively Show](podcasts/The Lively Show)