Blog, Page 93

To go faster in a car, you need not only a powerful engine, but also safety mechanisms like brakes, airbags, and seat belts. This is a talk I did as part of NerdW...

This seems to be the classical book about seeking enlightenment. It’s a quick read, with simple writing, and a simple story. I suspect much of it has become part ...

My blog post on The Macro, Y Combinator’s blog, about one of the most common reasons for startup failure: A Minimum Viable Product Is Not a Product, It’s a Process

An interview I did with Hakin9 Magazine on startups, agility, security, and more: A startup is a company that spends most of its time searching

I can print mostly. My wifi works often. The Xbox usually recognises me. Siri sometimes works. But my self driving car will be *perfect*.

To paraphrase Bill Gates, most people overestimate what they can do in a day and underestimate what they can do in a year. I definitely underestimated my 2015 and...

A novel within a novel within a novel, and not one of them is worth reading. Most of this book seems to be: Lengthy, flowery, descriptive prose. Snippets f...

This is a well-written book that makes an effective use of a Socratic dialogue to drive its point home. It discusses big ideas, such as man’s role in the world, u...

A few years ago, I wrote a blog post called Shit Recruiters Say, where I shared some of the funniest and most ridiculous recruiter messages I had seen. Today, I’m...

A good overview of how sales works and why today it’s more important than ever before. As with other Daniel Pink works, this book is well researched, easy to read...