I've decided recently that I'm going to try and write up certain parts of my research, some technical, some not, as a series of blog posts. My supervisor frequently says, "clear writing indicates clear thinking", and over the course of ...
Note: I wrote this post in July 2018 and never shared it - whilst many of the points are still relevant over two years later, a couple have been resolved, and I decided to post this for completeness.
Notion is ...
One day when I was 19, after years of bad posture, long hours hunched over a laptop and heavy gaming, it finally hit me. My hands cramped up, I had shooting pains and tingling in the tips of my fingers ...
I've been thinking recently about reduction in data linkage across the various services I use online. When I worked for a small health data analysis startup, it kind of came as a shock how much power a small number of ...
Whilst I've deactivated my Facebook account several times in the past (mainly during exam seasons), I'd never really given it a proper go. Roughly a year or so before the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke, I was becoming increasingly uncomfortable with ...
Contrarianism-as-a-service
A comprehensive history of the Bell Telephone Company / AT&T, detailing the monopolistic practices of early information giants, with some of the most compelling arguments I've read in favour of strong anti-monopoly legislation targeting FAANG companies.
An in-depth investigation of Stuxnet, the Olympic Games programme and TAO's abilities. A great read for infosec nerds.
The OG book on the GTD system, definitely useful if you're already implementing a GTD system of your own. It's somewhat showing its age, given that most productivity nerds are going to be using established GTD systems like Omnifocus, Things, Todoist, 2Do, etc, but the concepts are still very valid.
A somewhat biased take on remote working given Basecamp makes its money, but Jason and DHH practice what they preach, and the book has a lot of relevancy given the shift in working patterns lockdown has caused, a trend that probably isn't going to reverse.
A book with an interesting premise about value in the workplace, but like other Cal Newport books, it's effectively one chapter of actual content and 8 chapters of padding.
A cool breakdown of the British East India Company's rise, dominance, and downfall, with some interesting parallels to modern behemoths.
A simultaneously horrifying and beautiful novel about the American Frontier, with one of the best-written villains in modern literature.