Bookshelf
Tidbits of knowledge, people, and things that I've appreciated.
From software to entrepreneurship, to the human condition.
Texts
- A Grief Observed (C.S. Lewis)
- Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
- A Scanner Darkly (Philip K. Dick)
- An Artist of the Floating World (Kazuo Ishiguro)
- Kevin Kelly's bits of advice
- This is Water (David Foster Wallace)
- The Lessons of History (Will & Ariel Durant)
- Andy Matsuchak on Books
- There is no speed limit (Derek Sivers)
- Mark Zuckerberg on monetizing the Messenger ecosystem
- Warren Buffet & Jeff Zaikes on investment in Microsoft
- The Prophet (Gibran Khalil)
- The Navalmanack (Eric Jorgenson & Naval Ravikant)
- Life is short (Paul Graham)
- Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
- Bipolar Faith (Dr. Monica Coleman)
- The Overstory (Richard Powers)
- All the light we cannot see (Anthony Doerr)
- East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
- Steve Jobs (Walter Isaacson)
- Colorless (Haruki Murakami)
- Recursion (Blake Crouch)
- The Mamba Mentality (Kobe Bryant)
- The Memory Police (Yoko Ogawa)
- The answer to life (Julia Galef)
- Something wonderfully incredible happens (Frank Oppenheimer)
- Interview with Tobi Lutke
- Delivering Happiness (Tony Hsieh)
- The Nolan Variations (Tom Shone)
- Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
- Invent and Wander (Jeff Bezos)
- Hackers and Painters (Paul Graham)
- The Upside of Stress (Kelly McGonigal)
- Tesla's Secret Master Plan / (Part 2)
- Two Conceptions of Taste (Aaron Swartz)
- What I worked on (Paul Graham)
- What Happened to Lee Holloway
- From Third World to First (Lee Kuan Yew)
- Kitchen Confidential (Anthony Bourdain)
- The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
- How to read the Bible (James Kugel)
- Lee Kuan Yew: Hard Truths To Keep Singapore Going
- Familiarity and Belonging (Simon Sarris)
- Where to Live (Simon Sarris)
- Stories of Life (Moxie Marlinspike)
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
- A Man Called Ove
- Believe you can change (Aaron Swartz)
Talks
Artists
People I admire.
From cinematic directors to musical composers and basketball players.
- Edward Yang
- Wong Kar-wai
- Zach Hemsey
- Christopher Nolan
- Ridley Scott
- Ramin Djawadi
- Hans Zimmer
- Clint Mansell
- Haruki Murakami
- The Beatles
- Kobe Bryant
- Teddy Santis
- Wes Anderson
- Max Richter
- Daniel Day-Lewis
- Ludovico Einaudi
- James Turrell
- Kazuo Ishiguro
- Laura Berger
- Dee Hock
- Paul Graham
- Jamal Crawford
- Jake Gyllenhaal
Film
Some films that come to mind (a very non-exhaustive list).
- Taipei Story (1985)
- Yi Yi (2000)
- Oppenheimer (2023)
- In the Mood for Love (2000)
- Chungking Express (1994)
- Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
- The Godfather (1972)
- Inception (2010)
- Shawshank Redemption (1994)
- Gone Girl (2014)
- Totoro (1988)
- Porco Rosso (1992)
- The Dark Knight (2008)
- Dune (2021)
- Dune 2 (2024)