[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”246445″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_column_text] ‘don’t be evil’ by financial times journalist rana foroohar is basically a rallying cry for regulating big tech. in an investigative, ‘follow the money’ approach, foroohar makes the argument that big tech operates much like the railway monopolies did before they were broken up in 1911,...
Read More
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”246410″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]i read ‘no filter’ by sarah frier about the origin and rise of instagram as a follow-up to last week’s book ‘careless people’ by sarah wynn-williams. and as a follow-up, it worked nicely. events in both books were similar (the inner workings of two social media...
Read More
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”246388″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_column_text]i’ve been primarily focused on minimising my tbr lately, but when meta (the company) launches an all-out legal offensive against a memoir written by a former employee about her time at the company, i’m all ears — and well… eyes. after reading ‘careless people’ by sarah wynn-williams,...
Read More
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”246285″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_column_text]i’d been feeling a lot of ‘running around like a headless chicken’ energy lately. if you have too, keep reading. if not, but centring yourself sounds like a good idea, please do so anyway. as reading is my way of processing, i was looking for something to...
Read More
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”246272″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_column_text]when the financial times book of the year is written by an organisational psychologist, i’m all ears. or in this case, all eyes. turns out, rightly so. amy edmondson’s ‘the right kind of wrong’ dives into failure—when it’s good, when it’s bad, and when it’s bloody necessary....
Read More
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”246341″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_column_text]do you like ted talks? if so, keep reading. if not, please leave me a comment. i have follow-up questions. anyway, if you do like ted talks, chances are you’ll enjoy cy wakeman’s book ‘no ego’, because it basically reads like one long ted talk. it’s short,...
Read More
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”246343″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_column_text]reading at least some of the classics is definitely part of being well-read, in my opinion. and what could be more of a classic than ‘the art of war’, written by a military general named sun tzu over 2,500 years ago? add to that the fact that...
Read More
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”246344″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_column_text]ever read a book that made you nod along and roll your eyes within the same chapter? welcome to my journey with ‘never split the difference’ by chris voss. the pitch that pulls you in the premise of this read is simple: former fbi negotiator chris voss...
Read More
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”246287″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_column_text]so far, cal newport’s work has easily made it onto my tbr because his titles really speak to me. but somehow, i just never seemed to reach for them in the end. until now. my mind has felt very scattered lately, and since reading is my process,...
Read More
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”246286″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_column_text]my inbox and i have had this hate-hate relationship for quite some time now. it just keeps sending me mail, and i just keep quietly resenting it for it. i try to ignore this never-ending to-do list written by other people (*) to get my own work...
Read More